EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.7.2000 L 161/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1411/2000
of 30 June 2000
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 (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market insugar (
1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of
23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the import ofproducts in the sugar sector other than molasses (
2), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98 (3), and in particular
the second subparagraph of Article 1(2) and Article 3(1)thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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 (
4), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
260/96 (5). That price should be fixed for the standard
qualities defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (
6) and in Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (7), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (8).
(2) When the representative prices are being fixed, theCommission must take account of all available informa-tion 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. However, pursuant toRegulation (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 notrepresentative of the market. Offer prices which can beassumed not to be representative of actual market trends
must also be disregarded.
(3) If information on sugar of the standard quality is to becomparable, the price increases or reductions fixedpursuant to Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 must be added to or deducted from the offers takeninto consideration in the case of white sugar. In the caseof raw sugar, the corrective factors provided for inArticle 5(1)(b) must be applied.
(4) The representative price is modified only if the variationin the elements used to calculate it would entail anincrease or a reduction of not less than 1,20 EUR/100kilograms in relation to the representative price previ-ously fixed.
(5) 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) No1423/95.
(6) It follows from applying these provisions that therepresentative prices and additional import duties for theproducts in question should be as set out in the Annexhereto.
(7) 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 additional duties applicable to the
import of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation(EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2000.(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 94, 21.4.1972, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 89, 10.4.1968, p. 3.
(8) 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 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
CN codeAmount of representative
prices per 100 kg net of
product concerned
1701 12 90 (1)22,72 4,75
0,40
(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.0,25Amount of additional duty
per 100 kg net
of product concerned
1702 90 99 (3)24,68 8,371701 12 10 (1)
22,72 9,741701 11 10 (1)
22,72 10,17
1701 99 90 (2)22,72 4,9424,68 13,13 1701 91 00 (
2)ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 2000 fixing representative prices and the amounts of additional duties
applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered by CN code 17029099
(EUR)
24,68 8,37 1701 99 10 (2)1701 11 90 (1)