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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2001
of 14 March 2001
fixingthe representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sug ar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinsugar(
1), as amended by Commission Regulation 1527/
2000(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,
Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif
import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the‘representative price’, should be set in accordance withCommission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(
4). That price
should be fixed for the standard quality defined inArticle 1 of the above Regulation.
(2)TherepresentativepriceformolassesiscalculatedatthefrontiercrossingpointintotheCommunity,inthiscaseAmsterdam; that price must be based on the mostfavourable purchasing opportunities on the worldmarket established on the basis of the quotations orprices on that market adjusted for any deviations fromthestandardquality.Thestandardqualityformolassesisdefined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(3)When the most favourable purchasing opportunities ontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,accountmustbetakenofallavailableinformationonoffersontheworldmarket, on the prices recorded on important third-countrymarketsandonsalesconcludedininternationaltrade of which the Commission is aware, either directlyorthroughtheMemberStates.UnderArticle7ofRegu-lation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for thispurpose take an average of several prices as a basis,provided that this average is representative of actualmarket trends.
(4)The information must be disregarded if the goodsconcerned are not of sound and fair marketable qualityorifthepricequotedintheofferrelatesonlytoasmallquantity that is not representative of the market. Offer
prices which can be regarded as not representative ofactual market trends must also be disregarded.
(5)If information on molasses of the standard quality is tobecomparable,pricesmust,dependingonthequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedorreducedinthelightof the results achieved by applying Article 6 of Regula-tion (EEC) No 785/68.
(6)Arepresentativepricemaybeleftunchangedbywayofexception for a limited period if the offer price whichserved as a basis for the previous calculation of therepresentative price is not available to the Commissionand if the offer prices which are available and whichappear not to be sufficiently representative of actualmarket trends would entail sudden and considerablechanges in the representative price.
(7)Wherethereisadifferencebetweenthetriggerpriceforthe product in question and the representative price,additional import duties should be fixed under theconditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No1422/95. Should the import duties be suspendedpursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95,specific amounts for these duties should be fixed.
(8)Application of these provisions will have the effect offixingtherepresentativepricesandtheadditionalimportduties for the products in question as set out in theAnnex to this Regulation.
(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance 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 15 March 2001.(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 12.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 March 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 14 March 2001 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties to
imports of molasses in the sugar sector
(in EUR)
CNcodeAmountoftherepresentative
pricein100 kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountoftheadditional
dutyin100 kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountofthedutytobe
appliedtoimports
in100 kgnetofthe
productinquestion
becauseofsuspensionas
referredtoinArticle5of
Regulation(EC)No1422/95(2)
17031000(1) 9,13 —0
17039000(1) 11,08 — 0
(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.