Commission Regulation (EC) No 966/2004 of 13 May 2004 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector applicable from 14 May 2004
Date: 2004-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, molasses, representative price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 966/2004

of 13 May 2004

fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
applicable from 14 May 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of
in
sugar (1), and in particular Article 24(4) thereof,

the market

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 Regulation
(EEC) No 785/68.

the purpose of

fixing the representative prices,
For
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
in
accordance with the method provided for in Article 7
of that Regulation.

should be fixed, where appropriate,

quality of
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.

the molasses offered,

in accordance with

(4) 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.

(5)

(6)

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

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.

(3)

Prices not referring to the standard quality should be
adjusted upwards or downwards, according to the

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission 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 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 Regulation

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

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Representative prices and additional duties for imports of molasses in the sugar sector applicable from 14 May
2004

ANNEX

CN code

Amount of the represen-
tative 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)

8,35

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

(2)