Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001 of 29 June 2001 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector
Date: 2001-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, representative price, sugar, sugar product

30.6.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1309/2001

of 29 June 2001

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sugar (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of
23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the import of
products in the sugar sector other than molasses (2), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98 (3), and in particular
the second subparagraph of Article 1(2) and Article 3(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 stipulates that
the cif
import price for raw sugar and white sugar, hereinafter
known as the ‘representative price’, should be set in
accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 784/
68 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (5).
That price should be fixed for the standard qualities
defined in Annex I, point I and II, to Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001.

(2) When the representative prices are being fixed,

the
Commission must take account of all available informa-
tion on offers on the world market, on quotations on
the exchanges which are important for world trade in
sugar, on prices recorded on important third-country
markets, and on sales concluded in international trade of
which it has knowledge either directly or through the
agency of the Member States. However, pursuant to
Regulation (EEC) No 784/68,
the Commission must
disregard information if the goods concerned are not of
sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted
in an offer relates to a small quantity which is not
representative of the market. Offer prices which can be
assumed not to be representative of actual market trends
must also be disregarded.

the price increases or

If information on sugar of the standard quality is to be
comparable,
reductions fixed
pursuant to Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 784/
68 must be added to or deducted from the offers taken
into consideration in the case of white sugar. In the case
of raw sugar,
the corrective factors provided for in
Article 5(1)(b) must be applied.

(4)

The representative price is modified only if the variation
in the elements used to calculate it would entail an
increase or a reduction of not less than 1,20 EUR/100
kilograms in relation to the representative price previ-
ously fixed.

(5) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for
the product in question and the representative price,
import duties should be fixed under the
additional
conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
1423/95.

(6)

(7)

It
the
follows from applying these provisions that
representative prices and additional import duties for the
products in question should be as set out in the Annex
hereto.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The representative prices and additional duties applicable to the
import of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation
(EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16.

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to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 2001 fixing 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

ANNEX

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

(EUR)

26,59
26,59
26,59
26,59
33,73
33,73
33,73
0,34

3,31
8,24
3,17
7,81
8,37
4,22
4,22
0,32

(1) For the standard quality as defined in Annex I, point II, to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 (OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p.1).

(2) For the standard quality as defined in Annex I, point I, to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 (OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p.1).

(3) By 1 % sucrose content.