CELEX: 31994R0447
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/94 of 28 February 1994 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Portuguese refineries

No L 57/28                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 3 . 94
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 447/94
                                                     of 28 February 1994
                 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Portugal of certain quantities of raw
                                         sugar intended for Portuguese refineries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (4), are used to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
Community,                                                        and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                  conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
Having regard to Cduncil Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81              whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                 tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
markets in the sugar sector (l), as last amended by Regula­       lation (EEC) No 1068/93(0 ;
tion (EC) No 1 33/94 (2), and in particular Article 16 (5)
thereof,                                                          Whereas application of the abovementioned provisions
Whereas Article 16 a (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81          gives a reduced rate import levy for the raw sugar
provides for a reduced rate levy to apply during the period       concerned of the amount indicated in this Regulation,
1 January to 30 June 1993 to Portuguese imports of
certain quantities of raw sugar originating in specified
third countries and for use by Portuguese refineries ;            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 16 a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
stipulates that this reduced levy is to equal the interven­                                Article 1
tion price for raw sugar as indicated in Article 3 (2) of that
Regulation applicable when the sugar is imported, less an         The reduced levy on imports into Portugal of the quanti­
amount equal to the average of the spot prices, adjusted          ties of raw sugar for refining (CN codes 1701 11 10 and
where necessary to the cif stage, quoted on the London             1701 12 10) indicated in Article 16 a of Regulation (EEC)
market during the first 20 days of the month preceding            No 1785/81 shall, for standard quality, be ECU 23,38 per
that for which the reduced levy amount is set ;                    100 kg.
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 6 a (5) the reduced levy is to
be set each month for the following month ;                                                Article 2
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (3), as                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1994.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 February 1994.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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