NoL90/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.4.87
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No959/87
of1April1986
fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,ningthestandardqualityandlayingdowndetailedrules
forcalculatingthecifpriceformolasses^;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
'EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,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;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No229/87(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(c)ofthatRegulation ;WhereastheCommissionmustdisregardinformationif
thegoodsconcernedarenotofsoundandfairmarketable
qualityorifthepricequotedinanofferrelatestoasmall
quantityandisnotrepresentative ofthemarket;whereas
offerpriceswhichcanberegardedasnotrepresentativeof
actualmarkettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereastheimportlevyonmolassesmustbeequalto
thethresholdpricelessthecifprice;whereasthe
thresholdpriceformolasseswasfixedbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1453/86of13May1986fixing,forthe
1986/87marketingyear,thederivedinterventionprices
forwhitesugar,theinterventionpriceforrawsugar,the
minimumpricesforAandBbeet,thethresholdprices
andtheamountofcompensation forstoragecosts(3),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1987/86(4);Whereasanypricesoroffertakenintoconsideration
whicharenotfordeliverycifRotterdammustbeadjusted,
accountbeingtakeninparticularofthedifferencesinthe
costoftransportingthegoodsbetweentheportofloading
andtheportofdestinationandbetweentheportof
loadingandRotterdam ;
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable,pricesmust,dependingon
thequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsobtainedbyapplying
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68;Whereasthecifpriceformolassesiscalculatedbythe
CommissionforaCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint
whichwasfixedatRotterdambyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No431/68of9April1968determiningthestan­
dardqualityforrawsugarandfixingheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);
Whereasthecifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferpricewhich
servedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationofthecif
priceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandiftheoffer
priceswhichareavailableandwhichappearnottobe
sufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarkettrendswould
entailsuddenandconsiderablechangesinthecifprice;Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfabourable
purchasingopportunitiesontheworldmarketestablished
foreachproductonthebasisofquotationsorpriceson
thatmarketadjustedforanydeviationfromthestandard
qualityforwhichthethresholdpriceisfixed;whereasthe
standardqualityformolasseswasdefinedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No785/68of26June1968determi­
Whereasthelevymustbefixedeachweek;whereas
pursuanttoArticle5ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL25,28.1.1987,p.1.
3)OJNoL133,21.5.1986,p.6.0OJNoL171,28.6.1986,p.6.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3. («)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.

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thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcorrectingfactor;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
thelevyformolassesshouldbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto,applicationofleviesonsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1428/78(2),thelevyisalteredonlyifthe
variationintheelementsusedtocalculateitwouldentail
anincreaseorareductionofnotlessthan0,06ECUper
100kilogramsinrelationtothelevypreviouslyfixed;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthis
RegulationisincorporatedintheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereasifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedoncurrenciesfollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectingfactorprovidedfor
inthelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1676/850,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportlevyreferredtoinArticle16(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81shallbe,inrespectofmolasses,asset
outintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2April1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1April1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof1April1987fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Levy
17.03 Molasses,whetherornotdecolorized 0,12
(')OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(2)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.