Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2003 of 30 June 2003 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector
Date: 2003-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs duties, import, representative price, sugar

1.7.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1166/2003

of 30 June 2003

fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for 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 (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sugar (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/
2002 (2),

(3)

(4)

the price increases or

If information on sugar of the standard quality is to be
comparable,
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.

reductions

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
representative price
previously fixed.

in relation to the

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 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98 (4), and in particular
the second subparagraph of Article 1(2) and Article 3(1)
thereof,

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

import duties should be fixed under

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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 (6).
That price should be fixed for the standard qualities
defined in Annex I, point I and II, to Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001.

(6)

(7)

It follows from applying these provisions that the repre-
sentative 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
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

(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
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 repre-
sentative of
the market. Offer prices which can be
assumed not to be representative of actual market trends
must also be disregarded.

the Member States. However, pursuant

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.

(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. 16.
(4) OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 10.
(6) OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 2003 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)

15,31

15,31

15,31

15,31

18,39

18,39

18,39

0,18

8,93

15,23

8,70

14,71

17,53

12,09

12,09

0,46

(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.