Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2004 of 29 April 2004 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector applicable from 30 April 2004
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs duties, import, molasses, representative price

30.4.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 900/2004

of 29 April 2004

fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
applicable from 30 April 2004

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), and in particular Article 24(4) thereof,

Whereas:

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
Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (2) stipulates that the cif
import price for molasses established in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (3),
is to be
considered the representative price. That price is fixed
for the standard quality defined in Article 1 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 785/68.

For the purpose of
fixing the representative prices,
account must be taken of all the information provided
for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, except
in the cases provided for in Article 4 of that Regulation
and those prices should be fixed, where appropriate, in
accordance with the method provided for in Article 7 of
that Regulation.

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

(5) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for
the product concerned and the representative price, addi-
tional import duties should be fixed under the terms laid
down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95.
to
Should the import duties be suspended pursuant
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95,
specific
amounts for these duties should be fixed.

(6)

(7)

The representative prices and additional
import duties
for the products concerned should be fixed in accord-
ance with Articles 1(2) and 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1422/95.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Prices not referring to the standard quality should be
adjusted upwards or downwards, according to the
in accordance with
quality of
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.

the molasses offered,

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.

Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (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

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-

sion Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

(2) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995 p. 12. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 79/2003 (OJ L 13, 18.1.2003, p. 4).

(3) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968 p. 12. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 (OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 12).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April 2004.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

Representative prices and additional duties for imports of molasses in the sugar sector applicable from 30
April 2004

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 (1)

1703 10 00 (2)

1703 90 00 (2)

8,23

9,90

—

—

0

0

(1) 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.

(2) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.