Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/2002 of 20 June 2002 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
Date: 2002-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, additional duty, import, molasses, representative price, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1068/2002

of 20 June 2002

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 (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in su-
gar (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/
2002 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of
23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for im-
ports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 785/68 (3), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article
3(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif im-
port price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the ‘re-
presentative price’, should be set in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (4). That price
should be fixed for the standard quality defined in Article
1 of the above Regulation.

The representative price for molasses is calculated at the
frontier crossing point into the Community, in this case
Amsterdam; that price must be based on the most fa-
vourable purchasing opportunities on the world market
established on the basis of the quotations or prices on
that market adjusted for any deviations from the stan-
dard quality. The standard quality for molasses is defined
in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.

(3) When the most favourable purchasing opportunities 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-coun-
try markets and on sales concluded in international trade
of which the Commission is aware, either directly or
through the Member States. Under Article 7 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for this pur-
pose take an average of several prices as a basis, pro-
vided that this average is representative of actual market
trends.

(4)

The information must be disregarded if the goods con-
cerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or if
the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small quan-

(5)

(6)

tity that is not representative of the market. Offer prices
which can be regarded as not representative of actual
market trends must also be disregarded.

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

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 re-
presentative price is not available to the Commission
and if the offer prices which are available and which ap-
pear not to be sufficiently representative of actual market
trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in
the representative price.

(7) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for
the product in question and the representative price, ad-
ditional import duties should be fixed under the condi-
tions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95.
Should the import duties be suspended pursuant to Arti-
cle 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, specific amounts
for these duties should be fixed.

(8)

(9)

Application of these provisions will have the effect of
fixing the representative prices and the additional import
duties for the products in question as set out in the An-
nex to this Regulation.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in ac-
cordance with the opinion of the Management Commit-
tee 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 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(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 21 June 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 June 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

to the Commission Regulation of 20 June 2002 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties 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)

8,37

12,34

—

—

0

0

(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.