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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1379/98
of 30 June 1998
fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products
in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organisation of themarket in sugar (
1), as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1599/96 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/
95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for theimport of products in the sugar sector other thanmolasses (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/
98 (4), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 1 (2) and Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 stipulates that the
cif import price for raw sugar and white sugar, hereinafterknown as the ‘representative price', should be set inaccordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 (
5),
as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (
6); whereas that price should be fixed for the standard
qualities defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (
7) and in Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (8), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (9);
Whereas, when the representative prices are being fixed,
the Commission must take account of all available infor-mation on offers on the world market, on quotations onthe exchanges which are important for world trade insugar, on prices recorded on important third-countrymarkets, and on sales concluded in international trade ofwhich it has knowledge either directly or through theagency of the Member States; whereas, however, pursuantto Regulation (EEC) No 784/68, the Commission mustdisregard information if the goods concerned are not ofsound and fair marketable quality or if the price quotedin an offer relates to a small quantity which is not repres-entative of the market; whereas offer prices which can beassumed not to be representative of actual market trends
must also be disregarded;
Whereas, if information on sugar of the standard quality
is to be comparable, the price increases or reductionsfixed pursuant to Article 5 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No784/68 must be added to or deducted from the offerstaken into consideration in the case of white sugar;whereas, in the case of raw sugar, the corrective factorsprovided for in Article 5 (1) (b) must be applied;
Whereas the representative price is modified only if the
variation in the elements used to calculate it would entailan increase or a reduction of not less than ECU 0,5 per100 kilograms in relation to the representative pricepreviously fixed;
Whereas, where there is a difference between the trigger
price for the product in question and the representativeprice, additional import duties should be fixed under theconditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No1423/95;
Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
the representative prices and additional import duties forthe products in question should be as set out in theAnnex hereto;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties applicable
to the import of the products referred to in Article 1 ofRegulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in theAnnex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 85, 20. 3. 1998, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 10.
(6) OJ L 34, 13. 2. 1996, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 94, 21. 4. 1972, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.
(9) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1998 fixing representative prices and the amounts of
additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered by CN code
1702 90 99
(ECU)
CN codeAmount of representative
prices per 100 kg net of
product concernedAmount of additional duty
per 100 kg net
of product concerned
1701 11 10 (1) 17,89 7,36
1701 11 90 (1) 17,89 13,42
1701 12 10 (1) 17,89 7,17
1701 12 90 (1) 17,89 12,91
1701 91 00 (2) 22,40 14,73
1701 99 10 (2) 22,40 9,51
1701 99 90 (2) 22,40 9,51
1702 90 99 (3) 0,22 0,42
(1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p.
3).
(2) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (OJ L 94, 21. 4. 1972, p. 1).
(3) By 1 % sucrose content.