Commission Regulation (EC) No 1888/1999 of 1 September 1999 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
Date: 1999-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, molasses, representative price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1888/1999

of 1 September 1999

fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses 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 market in
sugar (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1148/98 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of
23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for
imports 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,

(1) Whereas 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
with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (4);
whereas that price should be fixed for the standard
quality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation;

(2) Whereas the representative price for molasses is calcu-
lated at the frontier crossing point into the Community,
in this case Amsterdam; whereas that price must be
based on the most favourable purchasing opportunities
on the world market established on the basis of the
quotations or prices on that market adjusted for any
deviations
the
standard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation
(EEC) No 785/68;

from the standard quality; whereas

(3) Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing oppor-
tunities on the world market are being established,
account must be taken of all available information on
offers on the world market, on the prices recorded on
important third-country markets and on sales concluded
in international trade of which the Commission is aware,
either directly or through the Member States; whereas,
under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the
Commission may for this purpose take an average of
several prices as a basis, provided that this average is
representative of actual market trends;

(4) Whereas the information must be disregarded if the
goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable
quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to

a small quantity that is not representative of the market;
whereas offer prices which can be regarded as not
representative of actual market
trends must also be
disregarded;

(5) Whereas,

if information on molasses of the standard
quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on
the molasses offered, be increased or
the quality of
reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68;

(6) Whereas a representative price may be left unchanged by
way of exception for a limited period if the offer price
which served as a basis for the previous calculation of
the representative price is not available to the Commis-
sion and if the offer prices which are available and
which appear not to be sufficiently representative of
actual market trends would entail sudden and consider-
able changes in the representative price;

(7) Whereas where there is a difference between the trigger
price for the product in question and the representative
price, additional import duties should be fixed under the
conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
1422/95; whereas
import duties be
should the
suspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should be
fixed;

(8) Whereas application of these provisions will have the
effect of fixing the representative prices and the addi-
tional import duties for the products in question as set
out in the Annex to this Regulation;

(9) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee 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.

(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 12.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 September 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 September 1999.

For the Commission

Neil KINNOCK

Member of the Commission

fixing the representative prices and additional import duties applying to imports of molasses in the sugar sector

ANNEX

CN code

Amount of the representative
price in 100 kg net of
the product in question

Amount of the additional
duty in 100 kg net of
the product in question

(in EUR)

Amount of the duty to be
applied to imports
in 100 kg net of the
product in question
because of suspension as
referred to in Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 (2)

1703 10 00 (1)

1703 90 00 (1)

6,19

7,28

0,28

0,03

—

—

(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.