NoL243/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.9.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2581/90
of5September1990
fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1069/89(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(c)ofthatRegulation;
Whereastheimportlevyonmolassesmustbeequalto
thethresholdpricelessthecifprice;whereasthe
thresholdpriceformolasseswasfixedbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1313/90of14May1990fixing,forthe
1990/91marketingyear,thederivedinterventionprices
forwhitesugar,theinterventionpriceforrawsugar,the
minimumpricesforAandBbeet,thethresholdprices,
theamountofcompensation forstoragecostsandthe
pricestobeappliedinSpainandPortugal(3);
WhereasthethresholdpricesfixedbytheCouncilhave
beenreducedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
1738/90(4)determiningthepricesandamountsinecus
applicableinthesugarsectorforthe1990/91marketing
yearwicharereducedasaresultofthemonetaryrealign­
mentof5January1990;
Whereasthecifpriceformolassesiscalculatedbythe
CommissionforaCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint
whichwasfixedatRotterdambyRegulation(EEC)No
431/68oftheCouncilof9April1968determiningthe
standardqualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunity
frontiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar(0;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavourable
purchasingopportunitiesontheworldmarketestablished
foreachproductonthebasisofquotationsorpriceson
thatmarketadjustedforanydeviationfromthestandard
qualityforwhichthethresholdpriceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityformolasseswasdefinedbyRegulation
(EEC)No785/68oftheCommissionof26June1968
determiningthestandardqualityandlayingdown
detailedrulesforcalculatingthecifpriceformolasses(*);
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;
WhereastheCommissionmustdisregardinformationif
thegoodsconcernedarenotofsoundandfairmarketable
qualityorifthepricequotedinanofferrelatestoasmall
quantityandisnotrepresentativeofthemarket;whereas
offerpriceswhichcanberegardedasnotrepresentativeof
actualmarkettrendsmustalsobedisregarded;
Whereasanypricesoroffertakenintoconsideration
whicharenotfordeliverycifRotterdammustbeadjusted,
accountbeingtakeninparticularofthedifferencesinthe
costoftransportingthegoodsbetweentheportofloading
andtheportofdestinationandbetweentheportof
loadingandRotterdam;
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable,pricesmust,dependingon
thequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsobtainedbyapplying
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68;
Whereasthecifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferpricewhich
servedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationofthecif
priceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandiftheoffer
priceswhichareavailableandwhichappearnottobe
sufficientlyrepresentativeofactualmarkettrendswould
entailsuddenandconsiderablechangesinthecifprice;
Whereasthelevymustbefixedeachweek;whereas
pursuanttoArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No837/68of
theCommissionof28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL114,27.4.1989,p.1.
OOJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.3.
(«)OJNoL161,27.6.1990,p.27.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3. 0OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.

6.9.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL243/35
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :applicationofleviesonsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1428/78(2),thelevyisalteredonlyifthe
variationintheelementsusedtocalculateitwouldentail
anincreaseorareductionofnotlessthanECU0,06per
100kilogramsinrelationtothelevypreviouslyfixed;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthis
RegulationisincorporatedintheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereasifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedoncurrenciesonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectingfactorprovidedfor
inthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1676/85(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2205/90(%Article1
TheimportlevyreferredtoinArticle16(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81isnowECU0,26per100kilogramsin
respectofmolassesfallingwithinCNcodes17031000
and17039000.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6September
1990.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5September1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.0OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.
(3)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.