EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 9. 1999 L 232/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1888/1999
of 1 September 1999
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30
June 1981 on the common organization of the market insugar (
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1148/98 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of
23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application forimports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regula-tion (EEC) No 785/68 (
3), and in particular Articles 1 (2) and 3
(1) thereof,
(1) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that thecif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to asthe ‘representative price’, should be set in accordancewith Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (
4);
whereas that price should be fixed for the standardquality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation;
(2) Whereas the representative price for molasses is calcu-lated at the frontier crossing point into the Community,in this case Amsterdam; whereas that price must bebased on the most favourable purchasing opportunitieson the world market established on the basis of thequotations or prices on that market adjusted for anydeviations from the standard quality; whereas thestandard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation(EEC) No 785/68;
(3) Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing oppor-tunities on the world market are being established,account must be taken of all available information onoffers on the world market, on the prices recorded onimportant third-country markets and on sales concludedin international trade of which the Commission is aware,either directly or through the Member States; whereas,under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, theCommission may for this purpose take an average ofseveral prices as a basis, provided that this average isrepresentative of actual market trends;
(4) Whereas the information must be disregarded if thegoods concerned are not of sound and fair marketablequality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only toa small quantity that is not representative of the market;
whereas offer prices which can be regarded as notrepresentative of actual market trends must also bedisregarded;
(5) Whereas, if information on molasses of the standardquality is to be comparable, prices must, depending onthe quality of the molasses offered, be increased orreduced in the light of the results achieved by applyingArticle 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68;
(6) Whereas a representative price may be left unchanged byway of exception for a limited period if the offer pricewhich served as a basis for the previous calculation ofthe representative price is not available to the Commis-sion and if the offer prices which are available andwhich appear not to be sufficiently representative ofactual market trends would entail sudden and consider-able changes in the representative price;
(7) Whereas where there is a difference between the triggerprice for the product in question and the representativeprice, additional import duties should be fixed under theconditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No1422/95; whereas should the import duties besuspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should befixed;
(8) Whereas application of these provisions will have theeffect of fixing the representative prices and the addi-tional import duties for the products in question as setout in the Annex to this Regulation;
(9) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and the additional duties applying to
imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation(EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 September 1999.(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 12.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 9. 1999 L 232/5
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 September 1999.
For the Commission
Neil KINNOCK
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
fixing the representative prices and additional import duties applying to imports of molasses in the sugar sector
(in EUR)
CN codeAmount of the representative
price in 100 kg net of
the product in questionAmount of the additional
duty in 100 kg net of
the product in questionAmount of the duty to be
applied to imports
in 100 kg net of the
product in question
because of suspension as
referred to in Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 (2)
1703 10 00 (1) 6,19 0,28 —
1703 90 00 (1) 7,28 0,03 —
(1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(2) This amount replaces, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duty fixed
for these products.