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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 553/2001
of 21 March 2001
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market insugar (
1), as amended by Commission Regulation 1527/
2000 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of
23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application forimports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regula-tion (EEC) No 785/68 (
3), and in particular Articles 1(2) and
3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif
import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the‘representative price’, should be set in accordance withCommission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (
4). That price
should be fixed for the standard quality defined inArticle 1 of the above Regulation.
(2) The representative price for molasses is calculated at thefrontier crossing point into the Community, in this caseAmsterdam; that price must be based on the mostfavourable purchasing opportunities on the worldmarket established on the basis of the quotations orprices on that market adjusted for any deviations fromthe standard quality. The standard quality for molasses isdefined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(3) When the most favourable purchasing opportunities onthe world market are being established, account must betaken of all available information on offers on the worldmarket, on the prices recorded on important third-country markets and on sales concluded in internationaltrade of which the Commission is aware, either directlyor through the Member States. Under Article 7 of Regu-lation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for thispurpose take an average of several prices as a basis,provided that this average is representative of actualmarket trends.
(4) The information must be disregarded if the goodsconcerned are not of sound and fair marketable qualityor if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a smallquantity that is not representative of the market. Offer
prices which can be regarded as not representative ofactual market trends must also be disregarded.
(5) If information on molasses of the standard quality is tobe comparable, prices must, depending on the quality ofthe molasses offered, be increased or reduced in the lightof the results achieved by applying Article 6 of Regula-tion (EEC) No 785/68.
(6) A representative price may be left unchanged by way ofexception for a limited period if the offer price whichserved as a basis for the previous calculation of therepresentative price is not available to the Commissionand if the offer prices which are available and whichappear not to be sufficiently representative of actualmarket trends would entail sudden and considerablechanges in the representative price.
(7) Where there is a difference between the trigger price forthe product in question and the representative price,additional import duties should be fixed under theconditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No1422/95. Should the import duties be suspendedpursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95,specific amounts for these duties should be fixed.
(8) Application of these provisions will have the effect offixing the representative prices and the additional importduties for the products in question as set out in theAnnex to this Regulation.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and the additional duties applying to
imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation(EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2001.(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 12.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 21 March 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 21 March 2001 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties to
imports of molasses in the sugar sector
(in EUR)
CN codeAmount of the representative
price in 100 kg net of
the product in questionAmount of the additional
duty in 100 kg net of
the product in questionAmount of the duty to be
applied to imports
in 100 kg net of the
product in question
because of suspension as
referred to in Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 (2)
1703 10 00 (1) 9,31 —0
1703 90 00 (1) 11,31 — 0
(1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(2) This amount replaces, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duty fixed
for these products.