CELEX: 31994R1580
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/94 of 30 June 1994 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Portuguese refineries

No L 166/ 114                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 7. 94
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1580/94
                                                         of 30 June 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,                        Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                     1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (3), as
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (4), are used to
 Community,
                                                                    convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81               and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­        whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 tion (EC) No 133/94 (2), and in particular Article 16 (5)          tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 thereof,                                                           lation (EEC) No 1068/93 0, as amended by Regulation
                                                                    (EC) No 547/94 (6);
 Whereas Article 16 a (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 provides for a reduced rate levy to apply during the               Whereas application of the abovementioned provisions
 1994/95 marketing year to Portuguese imports of certain            gives a reduced rate import levy for the raw sugar
 quantities of raw sugar originating in specified third             concerned of the amount indicated in this Regulation,
 countries and for use by Portuguese refineries ;
 Whereas Article 16 a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 stipulates that this reduced levy is to equal the interven­
 tion price for raw sugar as indicated in Article 3 (2) of that     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation applicable when the sugar is imported, less an
 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 Portugal of the quanti­
 Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices             ties of raw sugar for refining (CN codes 1701 11 10 and
 for the 1994/95 marketing year, which commences on 1               1701 12 10) indicated in Article 16 a of Regulation (EEC)
 July 1994 ; whereas the price factors determined by                No 1785/81 shall, for standard quality, be ECU 22,04 per
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/94 Q should                     100 kg.
 accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of
 the levies in order to ensure that the import arrangements
 continue to operate in the sector concerned ;                                               Article 2
 Whereas pursuant to Article 1 6 a (5) the reduced levy is to
 be set each month for the following month ;                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
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