NoL271/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.10.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2533/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of4October1974
fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2476/74(2),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonmolassesmustbeequal
tothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;whereasthe
thresholdpriceformolasseswasfixedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1600/74(3)of29April1974
fixingforthe1974/75sugarmarketingyearthe
derivedinterventionprices,theinterventionpricesfor
rawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,the
thresholdpricesandthemaximumamountofthe
productionlevyandamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2518/74(4);
Whereasthecifpriceformolassesiscalculatedbythe
CommissionforaCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint
whichwasfixedatRotterdambyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No431/68(5)of9April1968determiningthe
standardqualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommu­
nityfrontiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifprices
forsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityfor
molasseswasdefinedbyCommission Regulation
(EEC)No785/68(6)of26June1968determiningthe
standardqualityandlayingdowndetailedrulesfor
calculatingthecifpriceformolasses;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotations
ontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
marketsandonsalesconcludedininternational trade
ofwhichithasknowledge ,eitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;whereas,underthe
termsofArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No785/68,the
Commissionmayforthispurposetakeanaverageof
severalpricesasabasis,providedthisaveragecanbe
regardedasbeingrepresentative ofactualmarket
trends;
WhereastheCommissionmustdisregardinformation
ifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsoundandfair
marketablequalityorifthepricequotedinanoffer
relatestoasmallquantityandisnotrepresentative of
themarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcanbe
regardedasnotrepresentative ofactualmarkettrends
mustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,oftheofferpricestakenintoconsideration ,
thosewhicharenotfordeliverycifRotterdammust
beadjusted,accountbeingtakeninparticularofthe
differencesinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam;
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,pricesmust,depending
onthequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsobtainedby
applyingArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No785/68;
Whereasthecifpricemay,bywayofexception,be
leftunchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationof
thecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandif
theofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhichappear
nottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarket
trendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthecifprice;
Whereasthelevymustbefixedeachweek;whereas
pursuanttoArticle5ofCommission Regulation
(EEC)No837/68(7)of28June1968ondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofleviesonsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1491/70(8),thelevyisaltered
onlyifthevariationintheelementsusedtocalculate
itwouldentailanincreaseorareductionofnotless
than0-05unitofaccountper100kilogrammesinrela­
tiontothelevypreviouslyfixed;(•)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL264,1.10.1974,p.70.
(3)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.3.
(4)OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.
(5)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(*)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.(7)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(8OJNoL.165,28.7.1970,p.8.

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Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thatthelevyformolassesshouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegula­
tionNo1009/67/EEC,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommitteewas
requested;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThelevyreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECis,inrespectofmolasses,herebyfixed
asshownintheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7October
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4October1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods Levy
No
17.03 Molasses,whetherornotdecolourized 0