Commission Regulation (EC) No 946/2008 of 25 September 2008 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties applicable to molasses in the sugar sector from 1 October 2008
Date: 2008-09-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, molasses, representative price

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 946/2008

of 25 September 2008

fixing the representative prices and additional import duties applicable to molasses in the sugar
sector from 1 October 2008

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 143 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June
2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade
with third countries in the sugar sector (2),
lays down
that the cif import price for molasses is to be considered
the
the representative price. That price is fixed for
standard quality defined in Article 27 of Regulation
(EC) No 951/2006.

the purposes of

For
fixing the representative prices,
account must be taken of all the information provided
for in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, except
in the cases provided for in Article 30 of that Regulation
and those prices should be fixed, where appropriate, in
accordance with the method provided for in Article 33
of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.

(3)

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

quality of
the molasses offered,
Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.

in accordance with

(4) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for
the product concerned and the representative price, ad­
ditional import duties should be fixed under the terms
laid down in Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.
to
Should the import duties be suspended pursuant
Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, 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 Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The representative prices and the additional duties applying to
imports of the products referred to in Article 34 of Regulation
(EC) No 951/2006 are fixed in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 September 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24.

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ANNEX

Representative prices and additional import duties applicable to molasses in the sugar sector from 1 October
2008

(EUR)

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

Duty to be applied to imports as a result of the
suspension referred to in Article 40 of Regulation
(EC) No 951/2006 per 100 kg net of the product
concerned (1)

1703 10 00 (2)

1703 90 00 (2)

9,06

13,39

—

—

0

0

(1) This amount replaces, in accordance with Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duty

fixed for these products.

(2) For the standard quality as defined in Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.