5.10.95 IEN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL236/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2340/95
of4October1995
fixingtherepresentative pricesandtheadditionalimportdutiesformolassesin
thesugarsector
quantitythatisnotrepresentative ofthemarket;whereas
offerpriceswhichcanberegardedasnotrepresentativeof
actualmarkettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable,pricesmust,dependingon
thequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsachievedbyapplying
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68;
Whereasarepresentativepricemaybeleftunchangedby
wayofexceptionforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationofthe
representative priceisnotavailabletotheCommission
andiftheofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhich
appearnottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactual
markettrendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderable
changesintherepresentative price;
Whereaswherethereisadifferencebetweenthetrigger
pricefortheproductinquestionandtherepresentative
price,additionalimportdutiesshouldbefixedunderthe
conditionssetoutinArticle3ofRegulation(EC)No
1422/95;whereasshouldtheimportdutiesbesuspended
pursuanttoArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95,
specificamountsforthesedutiesshouldbefixed;
Whereasapplicationoftheseprovisionswillhavethe
effectoffixingtherepresentative pricesandthead­
ditionalimportdutiesfortheproductsinquestionasset
outintheAnnextothisRegulation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1101/95(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1422/95of23June1995layingdowndetailedrulesof
applicationforimportsofmolassesinthesugarsector
andamendingRegulation(EEC)No785/68(3),andin
particularArticles1(2)and3(1)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1422/95stipulatesthatthe
cifimportpriceformolasses,hereinafterreferredtoasthe
'representativeprice',shouldbesetinaccordancewith
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No785/68(4);whereas
thatpriceshouldbefixedforthestandardqualitydefined
inArticle1oftheaboveRegulation ;
Whereastherepresentative priceformolassesiscalcu­
latedatthefrontiercrossingpointintotheCommunity,
inthiscaseAmsterdam ;whereasthatpricemustbebased
onthemostfavourablepurchasingopportunitiesonthe
worldmarketestablishedonthebasisofthequotationsor
pricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviationsfromthe
standardquality;whereasthestandardqualityfor
molassesisdefinedinRegulation(EEC)No785/68;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,
accountmustbetakenofallavailableinformationon
offersontheworldmarket,onthepricesrecordedon
importantthird-countrymarketsandonsalesconcluded
ininternational tradeofwhichtheCommission isaware,
eitherdirectlyorthroughtheMemberStates;whereas,
underArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68,theCom­
missionmayforthispurposetakeanaverageofseveral
pricesasabasis,providedthatthisaverageisrepresenta­
tiveofactualmarkettrends;
Whereastheinformationmustbedisregardedifthegoods
concernedarenotofsoundandfairmarketablequalityor
ifthepricequotedintheofferrelatesonlytoasmallHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Therepresentative pricesandtheadditionalduties
applyingtoimportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle
1ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95arefixedintheAnnex
hereto.
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL110,17.5.1995,p.1.0OJNoL141,24.6.1995,p.12.
(♦)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5October1995.

NoL236/8|EN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.10.95
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4October1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
fixingtherepresentative pricesandadditionalimportdutiesapplyingtoimportsofmolassesin
thesugarsector
CNcodeAmountoftherepresentative
priceinECUper100kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountoftheadditional
dutyinECUper100kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountofthedutytobe
appliedtoimportsinECU
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
intheeventofsuspensionas
referredtoinArticle5of
Regulation(EC)No1422/95(2)
17031000(') 8,68— 0,00
17039000(') 9,43— 0,00
(l)ForthestandardqualityasdefinedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68.
(J)Thisamountreplaces,inaccordancewithArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95,therateoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyfixedfortheseproducts.