COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 431/98 of 23 February 1998 amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
Date: 1998-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, raw sugar, representative price, sugar product, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 431/98

of 23 February 1998

amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain
products in the sugar sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed imple-
menting rules for the import of products in the sugar
sector other than molasses (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1143/97 (4), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 1 (2), and Article 3 (1) thereof,

Whereas the amounts of the representative prices and
additional duties applicable to the import of white sugar,
raw sugar and certain syrups are fixed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1222/97 (5), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 387/98 (6);

it

follows

from applying the general and
Whereas
detailed fixing rules contained in Regulation (EC) No
1423/95 to the information known to the Commission
that the representative prices and additional duties at
present in force should be altered to the amounts set out
in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The representative prices
and additional duties on
imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 February
1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 23 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 165, 24. 6. 1997, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 173, 1. 7. 1997, p. 3.
(6) OJ L 48, 19. 2. 1998, p. 36.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 23 February 1998 amending representative prices and the
amounts of additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered
by CN code 1702 90 99

CN code

1701 11 10 (1)
1701 11 90 (1)
1701 12 10 (1)
1701 12 90 (1)
1701 91 00 (2)
1701 99 10 (2)
1701 99 90 (2)
1702 90 99 (3)

Amount of representative
prices per 100 kg net of
product concerned

Amount of additional duty
per 100 kg net
of product concerned

(ECU)

23,17
23,17
23,17
23,17
24,50
24,50
24,50
0,25

4,71
9,95
4,52
9,52
13,26
8,46
8,46
0,40

(1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p.

3).

(2) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (OJ L 94, 21. 4. 1972, p. 1).

(3) By 1 % sucrose content.