CELEX: 31991R0157
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 157/91 of 23 January 1991 fixing the import levy on molasses

24. 1 . 91                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 18/ 13
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 157/91
                                                     of 23 January 1991
                                            fixing the import levy on molasses
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          lation (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                      tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (6),
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                              — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                        average of the ecu rates published in the Official
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
 >f 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                      a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 22
 Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by                 January 1991 ,
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 15/91 (3), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 102/91 (4);
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
 provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 15/91 to the
  information at present available to the Commission that                                    Article 1
 :he levy at present in force should be altered pursuant to
 Article 1 of this Regulation ;                                   The import levy referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of molasses falling
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies       within CN codes 1703 10 00 and 1703 90 00, ECU 0,67
 should be calculated on the following basis :                     per 100 kilograms.
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                     Article 2
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in     This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January
    the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu        1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 23 January 1991 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
(3) OJ No L 2, 4. 1 . 1991 , p. 8.                                O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 12, 17. 1 . 1991 , p. 11 .                            (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.