20.2.97IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL50/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No294/97
of19February1997
fixingtherepresentative pricesandtheadditionalimportdutiesformolassesin
thesugarsector
ifthepricequotedintheofferrelatesonlytoasmall
quantitythatisnotrepresentative ofthemarket;whereas
offerpriceswhichcanberegardedasnotrepresentative of
actualmarkettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,ifinformationonmolassesofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,pricesmust,dependingon
thequalityofthemolassesoffered,beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsachievedbyapplying
Article6ofRegulation (EEC)No785/68;
Whereasarepresentativepricemaybeleftunchangedby
wayofexceptionforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationofthe
representative priceisnotavailabletotheCommission
andiftheofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhich
appearnottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactual
markettrendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderable
changesintherepresentative price;
Whereaswherethereisadifferencebetweenthetrigger
pricefortheproductinquestionandtherepresentative
price,additionalimportdutiesshouldbefixedunderthe
conditionssetoutinArticle3ofRegulation(EC)No
1422/95;whereasshouldtheimportdutiesbesuspended
pursuanttoArticle5ofRegulation (EC)No1422/95,
specificamountsforthesedutiesshouldbefixed;
Whereasapplicationoftheseprovisionswillhavethe
effectoffixingtherepresentative pricesandtheaddi­
tionalimportdutiesfortheproductsinquestionasset
outintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1599/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1422/95of23June1995layingdowndetailedrulesof
applicationforimportsofmolassesinthesugarsector
andamendingRegulation (EEC)No785/68(3),andin
particularArticles1(2)and3(1)thereof,
WhereasRegulation (EC)No1422/95stipulatesthatthe
cifimportpriceformolasses,hereinafterreferredtoasthe
'representative price',shouldbesetinaccordancewith
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No785/68(4);whereasthat
priceshouldbefixedforthestandardqualitydefinedin
Article1oftheaboveRegulation ;
Whereastherepresentative priceformolassesiscalcu­
latedatthefrontiercrossingpointintotheCommunity ,
inthiscaseAmsterdam ;whereasthatpricemustbebased
onthemostfavourablepurchasingopportunitiesonthe
worldmarketestablishedonthebasisofthequotationsor
pricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviationsfromthe
standardquality;whereasthestandardqualityformolasses
isdefinedinRegulation (EEC)No785/68;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­
nitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished ,account
mustbetakenofallavailableinformation onofferson
theworldmarket,onthepricesrecordedonimportant
third-countrymarketsandonsalesconcludedininterna­
tionaltradeofwhichtheCommission isaware,either
directlyorthroughtheMemberStates;whereas,under
Article7ofRegulation (EEC)No785/68,theCommis­
sionmayforthispurposetakeanaverageofseveralprices
asabasis,providedthatthisaverageisrepresentative of
actualmarkettrends;
Whereastheinformationmustbedisregardedifthegoods
concernedarenotofsoundandfairmarketablequalityorHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Therepresentative pricesandtheadditionalduties
applyingtoimportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle
1ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95arefixedintheAnnex
hereto.
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
0OJNoL141,24.6.1995,p.12.
(4)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20February
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NoL50/4EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.2.97
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19February1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
fixingtherepresentative pricesandadditionalimportdutiesapplyingtoimportsofmolassesin
thesugarsector
CNcodeAmountoftherepresentative
priceinECUper100kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountoftheadditional
dutyinECUper100kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountofthedutytobe
appliedtoimportsinECU
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
becauseofsuspensionas
referredtoinArticle5of
Regulation(EC)No1422/95(2)
17031000(') 8,36— 0,00
17039000(') 12,20— 0,00
(')ForthestandardqualityasdefinedinArticle1ofamendedRegulation (EEC)No785/68.
(-)Thisamountreplaces,inaccordancewithArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95,therateoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyfixedfortheseproducts.