CELEX: 31995R0181
Language: en
Date: 1995-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 181/95 of 31 January 1995 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Finland and Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Finnish and Portuguese refineries

No L 24/60                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                1  1  Q^
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 181/95
                                                       of 31 January 1995
                 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Finland and Portugal of certain quanti­
                           ties 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
                                                                   (EEC) No 1785/81 is to be that established, fixed and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   applied in accordance with paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the
Community,
                                                                   said Article 1 6a for Portugal ;
Having 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 (4), as last
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by the Act        amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 Q, are used to
of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden to             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
the European Union (2), and in particular Article 1 6 (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 (6), as last amended by Regula­
quantities of raw sugar originating in specified third             tion (EC) No 157/95Q ;
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 16a (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 12 10) 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 22,77 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 (3), during the
period from 1 January to 30 June 1995, the reduced levy            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1995.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 31 January 1995.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
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