CELEX: 31996R1008
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-05 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1008/96 of 5 June 1996 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector

6. 6. 96                EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 135/3
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1008 /96
                                                            of 5 June 1996
                     fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in
                                                           the sugar sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          quantity that is not representative of the market; whereas
                                                                       offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of
                                                                       actual market trends must also be disregarded;
  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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)             Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68;
  No 1 101 /95 (2),
                                                                      Whereas a representative price may be left unchanged by
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                      way of exception for a limited period if the offer price
  1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of               which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the
  application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector             representative price is not available to the Commission
 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (3), and in                  and if the offer prices which are available and which
  particular 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 that              price, additional import duties should be fixed under the
 price should be fixed for the standard quality defined in            conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
 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,
                                                                      specific amounts for these duties should be fixed;
 Whereas the representative price for molasses is calcu­
 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
                                                                      Committee for Sugar,
 Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing opportu­
 nities 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 interna­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 tional 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 goods              1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex
                                                                     hereto .
concerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or
if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small
(') OJ  No  L  177,   1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                                      Article 2
(J) OJ  No  L  110,   17. 5. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L  141 ,  24. 6. 1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ  No  L  145,   27. 6. 1968, p. 12.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 June 1996.
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                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 5 June 1996.
                                                                                      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 (')                       8,63                             —
                                                                                                                 0,00
            1703 90 00 (')                     12,02                             —
                                                                                                                 0,00
           (') For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of 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.