11.4.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL90/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No632/96
of10April1996
fixingtherepresentative pricesandtheadditionalimportdutiesformolassesin
thesugarsector
quantitythatisnotrepresentative ofthemarket;whereas
offerpriceswhichcanberegardedasnotrepresentativeof
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)
No1101/95(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
concernedarenotofsoundandfairmarketablequalityor
ifthepricequotedintheofferrelatesonlytoasmallHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Therepresentative pricesandtheadditionalduties
applyingtoimportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle
1ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95arefixedintheAnnex
hereto.
(>)OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL110,17.5.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL141,24.6.1995,p.12.
4OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.12.Article2
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NoL90/4ΠενΊ OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.4.96
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10April1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
fixingtherepresentative pricesandadditionalimportdutiesapplyingtoimportsofmolassesin
thesugarsector
CNcodeAmountoftherepresentative
priceinECUper100kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountoftheadditional
dutyinECUper100kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountofthedutytobe
appliedtoimportsinECU
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
intheeventofsuspensionas
referredtoinArticle5of
Regulation(EC)No1422/95(2)
17031000(') 9,63— 0,00
17039000(') 11,38 1 — 0,00
(')ForthestandardqualityasdefinedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No785/68.
(2)Thisamountreplaces,inaccordancewithArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95,therateoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyfixedfortheseproducts.