29.6.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL168/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1854/91
of28June1991
fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,determiningthestandardqualityandlayingdown
detailedrulesforcalculatingthecifpriceformolasses(*);
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No464/91(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)thereof,Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­
nitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinforma­
tiononoffersontheworldmarket,onquotationsonthe
exchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,onprices
recordedonimportantthird-countrymarketsandonsales
concludedininternational tradeofwhichithasknow­
ledge,eitherdirectlyorthroughtheagencyofthe
MemberStates;whereas,underthetermsofArticle7of
Regulation(EEC)No785/68,theCommissionmayfor
thispurposetakeanaverageofseveralpricesasabasis,
providedthisaveragecanberegardedasbeingrepresenta­
tiveofactualmarkettrends;HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(c)ofthatRegulation;WhereastheCommissionmustdisregardinformationif
thegoodsconcernedarenotofsoundandfairmarketable
qualityorifthepricequotedinanofferrelatestoasmall
quantityandisnotrepresentative ofthemarket;whereas
offerpriceswhichcanberegardedasnotrepresentative of
actualmarkettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ; Whereastheimportlevyonmolassesmustbeequalto
thethresholdpricelessthecifprice;whereasthe
thresholdpriceformolasseswasfixedbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1718/91of13June1991fixing,forthe
1991/92marketingyear,thederivedinterventionprices
forwhitesugar,theinterventionpriceforrawsugar,the
minimumpricesforAandBbeet,thethresholdprices,
theamountofcompensation forstoragecostsandthe
pricestobeappliedinSpainandPortugal(3);Whereasanypricesoroffertakenintoconsideration
whicharenotfordeliverycifRotterdammustbeadjusted,
accountbeingtakeninparticularofthedifferencesinthe
costoftransportingthegoodsbetweentheportofloading
andtheportofdestinationandbetweentheportof
loadingandRotterdam ;
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,pricesmust,dependingon
thequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsobtainedbyapplying
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68;Whereasthecifpriceformolassesiscalculatedbythe
CommissionforaCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint
whichwasfixedatRotterdambyRegulation(EEC)No
431/68oftheCouncilof9April1968determiningthe
standardqualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunity
frontiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar(4);
Whereasthecifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferpricewhich
servedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationofthecif
priceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandiftheoffer
priceswhichareavailableandwhichappearnottobe
sufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarkettrendswould
entailsuddenandconsiderablechangesinthecifprice;Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavourable
purchasingopportunitiesontheworldmarketestablished
foreachproductonthebasisofquotationsorpriceson
thatmarketadjustedforanydeviationfromthestandard
qualityforwhichthethresholdpriceisfixed;whereasthe
standardqualityformolasseswasdefinedbyRegulation
(EEC)No785/68oftheCommissionof26June1968Whereasthelevymustbefixedeachweek;whereas
pursuanttoArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No837/68of
theCommissionof28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe 0OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL54,28.2.1991,p.22.
(3)OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.23.
(4)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3. (5)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.

NoL168/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.6.91
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon27
June1991,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :applicationofleviesonsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1428/78(2),thelevyisalteredonlyifthe
variationintheelementsusedtocalculateitwouldentail
anincreaseorareductionofnotlessthanECU0,06per
100kilogramsinrelationtothelevypreviouslyfixed;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthis
RegulationisincorporatedintheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereasifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedoncurrenciesonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectingfactorprovidedfor
inthelastsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1676/85(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2205/90(4),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficialArticle1
TheimportlevyreferredtoinArticle16(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81isnowECU0,21per100kilogramsin
respectofmolassesfallingwithinCNcodes17031000
and17039000.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(2)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(4)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.