CELEX: 31996R0882
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 882/96 of 15 May 1996 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector

16. 5. 96           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 119/3
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 882/96
                                                        of 15 May 1996
                  fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in
                                                        the sugar sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       quantity that is not representative of the market; whereas
                                                                   offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of
                                                                   actual market trends must also be disregarded;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                  Whereas, if information on molasses of the standard
                                                                  quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81             the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                 reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying
 market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68;
 No 1101 /95 (2),
                                                                  Whereas a representative price may be left unchanged by
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   way of exception for a limited period if the offer price
  1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of           which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the
 application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector          representative price is not available to the Commission
 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (3), and in              and if the offer prices which are available and which
 particular Articles 1 (2) and 3 (1 ) thereof,                    appear not to be sufficiently representative of actual
                                                                  market trends would entail sudden and considerable
                                                                  changes in the representative price;
 Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the
 cif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the    Whereas where there is a difference between the trigger
 'representative price', should be set in accordance with         price for the product in question and the representative
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (4); whereas that          price, additional import duties should be fixed under the
 price should be fixed for the standard quality defined in        conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
 Article 1 of the above Regulation;                                1422/95; whereas should the import duties be suspended
                                                                  pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95,
                                                                  specific amounts for these duties should be fixed;
 Whereas the representative price for molasses is calcu­
 lated at the frontier crossing point into the Community,
 in this case Amsterdam; whereas that price must be based         Whereas application of these provisions will have the
 on the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the           effect of fixing the representative prices and the addi­
 world market established on the basis of the quotations or       tional import duties for the products in question as set
 prices on that market adjusted for any deviations from the       out in the Annex to this Regulation;
 standard quality; whereas the standard quality for molasses
 is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68;                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Sugar,
Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing opportu­
nities 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-country markets and on sales concluded in interna­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 tional trade of which the Commission is aware, either
directly or through the Member States; whereas, under
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commis­
sion may for this purpose take an average of several prices                                Article 1
as a basis, provided that this average is representative of
actual market trends;
                                                                  The representative prices and the additional duties
                                                                  applying to imports of the products referred to in Article
Whereas the information must be disregarded if the goods          1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex
                                                                  hereto.
concerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or
if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                                       Article 2
(2) OJ No L 110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 141 , 24. 6. 1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ No L 145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 12.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May 1996.
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                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 15 May 1996.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
           fixing the representative prices and additional import duties applying to imports of molasses in
                                                              the sugar sector
                                                                                                     Amount of the duty to be
                                                                                                    applied to imports in ECU
                                  Amount of the representative       Amount of the additional          per 100 kg net of the
                 CN code          price in ECU per 100 kg net of   duty in ECU per 100 kg net of         product in question
                                      the product in question         the product in question      in the event of suspension as
                                                                                                     referred to in Article 5 of
                                                                                                   Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 (2)
           1703 10 00 (')                       8,82                            —
                                                                                                                 0,00
            1703 90 00 (')                     11,80                             —
                                                                                                                 0,00
           (') For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of 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.