CELEX: 31994R3347
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3347/94 of 30 December 1994 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Finland and Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Finnish and Portuguese refineries

No L 350/ 100                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 12. 94
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3347/94
                                                     of 30 December 1994
                  fixing the reduced levy on imports into Finland and Portugal of certain
                      quantities of raw sugar intended for Finnish and Portuguese refineries
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       for Finland referred to in Article 16a (2a) of Regulation
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   (EEC) No 1785/81 is to be that established, fixed and
                                                                   applied in accordance with paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the
 Community,
                                                                   said Article 1 6a for Portugal ;
 Haying regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81              Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (3), as
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by the Act
                                                                   amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (4), are used to
of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden to
                                                                   convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 the European Union, and in particular Article 16 (5)              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
thereof,                                                           conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
Whereas Article 16 a (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81           whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
provides for a reduced rate levy to apply during the               tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 1994/95 marketing year to Portuguese imports of certain           lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (*), as amended by Regulation
quantities of raw sugar originating in specified third             (EC) No 547/94(0 ;
countries and for use by Portuguese refineries ;                   Whereas application of the abovementioned provisions
Whereas Article 16 a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81            gives a reduced rate import levy for the raw sugar
stipulates that this reduced levy is to equal the interven­        concerned of the amount indicated in this Regulation,
tion price for raw sugar as indicated in Article 3 (2) of that
Regulation applicable when the sugar is imported, less an          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amount equal to the average of the spot prices, adjusted
where necessary to the cif stage, quoted on the London
                                                                                              Article 1
market during the first 20 days of the month preceding
that for which the reduced levy amount is set ;                    The reduced levy on imports into Finland and Portugal of
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 6 a (5) the reduced levy is to       the quantities of raw sugar for refining (CN codes
be set each month for the following month ;                         1701 11 10 and 1701 1210) indicated in Article 16 a of
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall, for standard quality,
Whereas under Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC)              be ECU 19,19 per 100 kg.
No 3300/94 of 21 December 1994 laying down transi­
tional measures to apply in the sugar sector following the                                    Article 2
accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden (2), during the
period from 1 January to 30 June 1995, the reduced levy            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 December 1994.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                                   (3) OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992,  p. 1 .
                                                                   (4) OJ No  L 320, 22. 12. 1993,   p. 3:
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                               0   OJ No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p.  106.
j2) OJ No L 341 , 30. 12. 1994, p. 39.                             (*) OJ No  L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p.   1.