CELEX: 31994R2140
Language: en
Date: 1994-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2140/94 of 31 August 1994 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Portuguese refineries

No L 228/ 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 9 . 94
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2140/94
                                                        of 31 August 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 Council 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 ('), as last amended by Regula­       lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (*), as amended by Regulation
  tion (EC) No 133/94 (2), and in particular Article 16 (5)         (EC) No 547/94 (6);
  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              concerned of the amount indicated in this Regulation,
   1994/95 marketing year 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
i 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 22,75 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
                                                                                             Article 2
  be set each month for the following month ;
  Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (3), as                  1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 31 August 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
  (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                              (4) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
  O OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1994, p. 7.                                 O OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
  (3) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                            (6) OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .