l.7.97PEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL173/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1222/97
of30June1997
fixingtherepresentative pricesandadditionalimportdutiesforcertainproducts
inthesugarsector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EC)No1599/96(2),sentativeofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcanbe
assumednottoberepresentative ofactualmarkettrends
mustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandardquality
istobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesorreductions
fixedpursuanttoArticle5(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No
784/68mustbeaddedtoordeductedfromtheoffers
takenintoconsideration inthecaseofwhitesugar;
whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,thecorrectivefactors
providedforinArticle5(1)(b)mustbeapplied;
Whereastherepresentative priceismodifiedonlyifthe
variationintheelementsusedtocalculateitwouldentail
anincreaseorareductionofnotlessthanECU0,5per
100kilogramsinrelationtotherepresentative price
previouslyfixed;
Whereas,wherethereisadifferencebetweenthetrigger
pricefortheproductinquestionandtherepresentative
price,additionalimportdutiesshouldbefixedunderthe
conditionssetoutinArticle3ofRegulation(EC)No
1423/95;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
therepresentative pricesandadditionalimportdutiesfor
theproductsinquestionshouldbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1423/95of23June1995layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theimportofproductsinthesugarsectorotherthan
molassesf),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
1143/97(4),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph of
Article1(2)andArticle3(1)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1423/95stipulatesthatthe
cifimportpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugar,hereinafter
knownasthe'representativeprice',shouldbesetinaccor­
dancewithCommissionRegulation(EEC)No784/68(*),
asamendedbyRegulation (EC)No260/96(6);whereas
thatpriceshouldbefixedforthestandardqualities
definedinRegulation(EEC)No793/72OandinCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No431/68(8),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No3290/94(9);
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereas,whentherepresentative pricesarebeingfixed,
theCommission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotationson
theexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtradein
sugar,onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
markets,andonsalesconcludedininternationaltradeof
whichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthroughthe
agencyoftheMemberStates;whereas,however,pursuant
toRegulation(EEC)No784/68,theCommissionmust
disregardinformationifthegoodsconcernedarenotof
soundandfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequoted
inanofferrelatestoasmallquantitywhichisnotrepre­Article1
Therepresentative pricesandadditionaldutiesapplicable
totheimportoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle1of
Regulation(EC)No1423/95shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
3)OJNoL141,24.6.1995,p.16.
4)OJNoL165,24.6.1997,p.11.
s)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.
")OJNoL34,13.2.1996,p.16.
*)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1.
8OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1997. (9)OJNoL349,31.12.1994,p.105.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30June1997fixingrepresentative pricesandtheamountsof
additionaldutiesapplicabletoimportsofwhitesugar,rawsugarandproductscoveredbyCN
code17029099
(ECU)
CNcodeAmountofrepresentative
pricesper100kgnetof
productconcernedAmountofadditionalduty
per100kgnet
ofproductconcerned
17011110(') 24,00 4,30
17011190(') 24,00 9,53
17011210(') 24,00 4,11
17011290(') 24,00 9,10
17019100(2) 27,27 11,60
17019910(2) 27,27 7,08
17019990(2) 27,27 7,08
17029099(3) 0,27 0,38
(')ForthestandardqualityasdefinedinArticle1ofamendedCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68(OJNoL89,10.4.
1968,p.3).
(2)ForthestandardqualityasdefinedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No793/72(OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1).
P)By1%sucrosecontent.