EN OfficialJournaloftheEuro pean Com mun ities 8.1.98 L4/17
COMMISSION REG ULATION (EC)No14/98
of7January1998
fixingtherepresentativepricesandtheadditionalimportdutiesformolassesin
thesugarsector
THE COM MISS ION OFTHE EUR OPE AN COM MUN ITIE S,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablish ingtheEuro pean
Com mun ity,
HavingregardtoCouncil Regulation(EEC )No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommon organization ofthe
marketinsugar(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1599/96 (2),
Having regardtoCom mission Regulation (EC)No
1422/95 of23June1995layin gdowndetailed rulesof
applicationforimports ofmolassesinthesugarsector
and amendin gRegulation(EEC )No785/68(3),and in
particularArticles 1(2)and 3(1)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1422/95 stipulatesthat the
cifimportpriceformolasses,hereinafterreferred toas
the‘representativeprice',shou ldbesetinaccordance
with Com mission Regulation (EEC )No 785/68(4);
whereas that priceshou ldbefixedforthe standard
qualitydefined inArticle1oftheaboveRegulation;
Whereastherepresentativepriceformolassesiscalcu-
lated atthefrontiercrossing pointinto theCom mun ity,
inthiscase Amsterd am;whereasthatpricemustbebased
onthemostfavourablepurchasingopportunitiesonthe
worldmarketestablish edonthebasisofthequotations
orpricesonthat marketadjusted foranydeviationsfrom
thestandard quality; whereas thestandard quality for
molassesisdefined inRegulation(EEC )No785/68;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor-
tunities onthe worldmarket are beingestablish ed,
accountmustbetakenofallavailableinformation on
offersontheworldmarket, onthepricesrecorded on
importantthird-countrymarkets andonsalesconcluded
ininternationaltradeofwhichtheCom mission isaware,
eitherdirectly orthrough theMem berStates;whereas,
underArticle7ofRegulation (EEC )No 785/68, the
Com mission may forthis purp osetake anaverage of
severalpricesasabasis,provided that this averageis
representativeofactualmarkettrends;
Whereasthe information mustbedisregarded ifthe
goodsconcernedarenotofsoun dand fairmarketable
qualityorifthepricequotedintheofferrelatesonly toa
smallquantity that isnotrepresentativeofthemarket;whereas offerpriceswhichcanberegarded asnotrep-
resentativeofactualmarkettrendsmustalso bedis-
regarded;
Whereas,ifinformation onmolassesofthe standard
qualityistobecomparable,pricesmust,dependingon
the quality ofthe molassesoffered, beincreasedor
reducedinthelightoftheresultsachieved byapplying
Article6ofRegulation(EEC )No785/68;
Whereasarepresentativepricemay beleftunchangedby
way ofexceptionforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisfortheprevious calculationofthe
representativepriceisnotavailabletotheCom mission
and iftheofferpriceswhichareavailableand which
appearnot tobesufficien tlyrepresentativeofactual
market trendswouldentailsudd enand considerable
chan gesintherepresentativeprice;
Whereaswherethereisadifferencebetw eenthetrigger
pricefortheproductinquestion and therepresentative
price,additionalimportdutiesshou ldbefixedunderthe
conditionssetoutinArticle3ofRegulation(EC)No
1422/95;whereas shou ldtheimportdutiesbesuspended
pursuanttoArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95,
specificamounts forthesedutiesshou ldbefixed;
Whereasapplicationoftheseprovision swill have the
effectoffixingtherepresentativepricesand theaddi-
tionalimportdutiesfortheproducts inquestion asset
outintheAnnextothis Regulation;
Whereasthemeasuresprovided forinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewith the opinion ofthe Managem ent
Com mitteeforSugar,
HAS ADO PTEDTHISREG ULA TION:
Article1
The representativepricesand the additionalduties
applyingtoimportsoftheproducts referred toinArticle
1ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95 arefixedintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
This Regulationshallenterinto forceon8Janu ary1998.(1)OJL177, 1.7.1981 ,p.4.
(2)OJL206, 16.8.1996 ,p.43.
(3)OJL141, 24.6.1995 ,p.12.
(4)OJL145, 27.6.1968 ,p.12.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuro pean Com mun ities 8.1.98 L4/18
This Regulationshallbebindinginitsentirety and directly applicab leinallMem ber
States.
DoneatBrussels,7Janu ary1998.
FortheCommission
FranzFISC HLE R
Mem beroftheCommission
ANN EX
fixin gtherepresentativepricesandadditionalimportdutiesapplyingtoimports ofmolassesin
thesugarsector
CNcodeAmo untoftherepre senta tive
price inECU per100kgnetof
theprodu ctinquest ionAmo untoftheaddit ional
duty inECU per100kgnetof
theprodu ctinquest ionAmo untoftheduty tobe
appli edtoimpo rtsinECU
per100kgnetofthe
produ ctinquest ion
becau seofsuspe nsion as
referr edtoinArtic le5of
Regu lation (EC) No1422 /95(2)
1703 1000(1) 8,18  0,03
1703 9000(1) 11,35  0,00
(1)Forthestand ardquali tyasdefin edinArtic le1ofamen ded Regu lation (EEC )No785/6 8.
(2)This amou ntrepla ces,inaccor danc ewith Artic le5ofRegu lation (EC) No1422 /95, therate oftheCom mon Custo ms
Tarif fduty fixed forthese produ cts.