NoL176/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1739/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29June1973
fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1014/73(2),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;(EEC)No785/68(5)of26June1968determining
thestandardqualityandlayingdowndetailedrules
forcalculatingthecifpricef6rmolasses;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingop­
portunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestab­
lished,theCommissionmusttakeaccountofall
availableinformationonoffersontheworldmar­
ket,onquotationsontheexchangeswhichareim­
portantforworldtrade,onpricesrecordedonim­
portantthird-country marketsandonsalescon­
cludedininternational tradeofwhichithasknow­
ledge,eitherdirectlyorthroughtheagencyofthe
MemberStates;whereas,underthetermsofArticle
7ofRegulation (EEC)No785/68,theCommission
mayforthispurposetakeanaverageofseveral
pricesasabasis,providedthisaveragecanbere­
gardedasbeingrepresentative ofactualmarket
trends;WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation;
Whereastheimportlevyonmolassesmustbeequal
tothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;whereasthe
thresholdpriceformolasseswasfixedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1637/73(3)of18June1973fix­
ingforthe1973/74marketingyearthederivedinter­
ventionprices,theinterventionpricesforrawbeet
sugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethreshold
prices,theguaranteedquantity,themaximum
amountoftheproductionlevyandthespecial
maximumquota;WhereastheCommissionmustdisregardinforma­
tionifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsoundand
fairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedinan
offerrelatestoasmallquantityandisnotrepresen­
tativeofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcan
beregardedasnotrepresentative ofactualmarket
trendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,oftheofferpricestakenintoconsidera­
tion,thosewhicharenotfordeliverycifRotterdam
mustbeadjusted,accountbeingtakeninparticular
ofthedifferencesinthecostoftransportingthe
goodsbetweentheportofloadingandtheportof
destinationandbetweentheportofloadingandRot­
terdam;
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable,pricesmust,depending
onthequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreased
orreducedinthelightoftheresultsobtainedby
applyingArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No785/68;
Whereascifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculation
ofthecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommission
andiftheofferpriceswhichareavailableand
whichappearnottobesufficientlyrepresentative
ofactualmarkettrendswouldentailsuddenand
considerablechangesinthecifprice;Whereasthecifpriceformolassesiscalculatedby
theCommissionforaCommunityfrontiercrossing
pointwhichwasfixedatRotterdambyCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No431/68(4)of9April1968determin­
ingthestandardqualityforrawsugarandfixingthe
Communityfrontiercrossingpointforcalculatingcif
pricesforsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquota­
tionsorpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydevia­
tionfromthestandardqualityforwhichthethres­
holdpriceisfixed;whereasthestandardquality
formolasseswasdefinedbyCommissionRegulation
(*)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL106,20.4.1973,p.1.
(s)OJNoL165,22.6.1973,p.1.
(4)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3. (5)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.

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—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommittee
wasrequested;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovi­
sionsthatthelevyformolassesshouldbefixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation;Whereasthelevymustbefixedeachweek;whereas
pursuanttoArticle5ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No837/68(*)of28June1968ondetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofleviesonsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1491/70(2),the
levyisalteredonlyifthevariationintheelements
usedtocalculateitwouldentailanincreaseora
reductionofnotlessthan005unitofaccountper
100kilogrammesinrelationtothelevypreviously
fixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegu­
lationNo1009/67/EEC,thenomenclatureprovided
forinthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCom­
monCustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecasecurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThelevyreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECis,inrespectofmolasses,hereby
fixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(*)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(l)OJNoL165,28.7.1970,p.8.
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29June1973fixingtheimportlevyonmolasses
(u.a.HOOkg)
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods Levy
No
17.03 Molasses,whetherornotdecolourized 0