NoL175/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.6.74
REGULATION (EEC)No1644/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of28June1974
fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1602/74(2),andinparticular
Article 14(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle 1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonmolassesmustbeequal
tothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;whereasthe
thresholdpriceformolasseswasfixedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1600/74(3)of29April1974
fixingforthe1974/75sugarmarketingyearthe
derivedinterventionprices,theinterventionpricesfor
rawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,the
thresholdpricesandthemaximumamountofthe
productionlevy;
Whereasthecifpriceformolassesiscalculatedbythe
Commissionfora(Communityfrontiercrossingpoint
whichwasfixedatRotterdambyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No431/68(4)of9April1968determiningthe
standardqualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommu­
nityfrontiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifprices
forsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityfor
molasseswasdefinedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No785/68(5)of26June1968determiningthe
standardqualityandlayingdowndetailedrulesfor
calculatingthecifpriceformolasses;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished ,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotations
ontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
marketsandonsalesconcludedininternational trade
ofwhichithasknowledge ,eitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;whereas,underthe
termsofArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68,the
Commissionmayforthispurposetakeanaverageof
severalpricesasabasis,providedthisaveragecanbe
regardedasbeingrepresentative ofactualmarket
trends;
WhereastheCommissionmustdisregardinformation
ifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsoundandfair
marketablequalityorifthepricequotedinanoffer
relatestoasmallquantityandisnotrepresentative of
themarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcanbe
regardedasnotrepresentative ofactualmarkettrends
mustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,oftheofferpricestakenintoconsideration ,
thosewhicharenotfordeliverycifRotterdammust
beadjusted,accountbeingtakeninparticularofthe
differencesinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
i
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,pricesmust,depending
onthequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsobtainedby
applyingArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No785/68;
Whereasthecifpricemay,bywayofexception,be
leftunchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationof
thecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandif
theofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhichappear
nottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarket
trendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthecifprice;
Whereasthelevymustbefixedeachweek;whereas
pursuanttoArticle5ofCommission Regulation
(EEC)No837/68(b)of28June1968ondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofleviesonsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1491/70(7),thelevyisaltered
onlyifthevariationintheelementsusedtocalculate
itwouldentailanincreaseorareductionofnotless
than005unitofaccountper100kilogrammes inrela­
tiontothelevypreviouslyfixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(I)ofRegula­
tionNo1009/67/EEC,thenomenclature providedfor(')OJNo30«,IX.12.1967,p.I.
(2)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.7.
(»)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.3.
(■»)OJNoL89,10.4.196«,p.3.
(5)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.(b)O)NoL151,.W.6.1968,p.42.
(7)OJNoL165,28.7.1970,p.8.

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Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thatthelevyformolassesshouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation ,inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommitteewas
requested;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThelevyreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECis,inrespectofmolasses,herebyfixed
asshownintheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
(tt.a.HOOkg)
CCT'
heading Descriptionofgoods Levy
No
17.03 Molasses,whetherornotdecolourized 0