CELEX: 31998R2597
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2597/98 of 2 December 1998 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector

3. 12. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 325/7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2597/98
                                                    of 2 December 1998
                  fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in
                                                       the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       whereas offer prices which can be regarded as not rep-
                                                                  resentative of actual market trends must also be dis-
                                                                  regarded;
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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68;
No 1148/98 (2),
                                                                  Whereas a representative price may be left unchanged by
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/              way of exception for a limited period if the offer price
95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of applica-         which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the
tion for imports of molasses in the sugar sector and              representative price is not available to the Commission
amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (3), and in partic-           and if the offer prices which are available and which
ular 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                price, additional import duties should be fixed under the
that price should be fixed for the standard quality defined       conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
in 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,
Whereas the representative price for molasses is calcu-           specific amounts for these duties should be fixed;
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
Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing opportun-            Committee for Sugar,
ities 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 inter-            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
national 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                1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex
goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable              hereto.
quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a
small quantity that is not representative of the market;
                                                                                           Article 2
(1) OJ L  177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L  159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L  141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 12.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 December
(4) OJ L  145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 12.                                1998.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 2 December 1998.
                                                                                         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           because of suspension as
                                                                                                        referred to in Article 5 of
                                                                                                     Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 (2)
        1703 10 00 (1)                      6,31                               0,24                                 —
        1703 90 00 (1)                      7,13                               0,08                                 —
        (1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended 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.