CELEX: 31997R2121
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2121/97 of 29 October 1997 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector

30 . 10 . 97              EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 296/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2121/97
                                                        of 29 October 1997
                        fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in
                                                          the sugar sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          several prices as a basis, provided that this average is
                                                                       representative of actual market trends;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                       whereas the information must be disregarded if the
                                                                       goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                     quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a
 market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)               small quantity that is not representative of the market;
  No 1 599/96 (2),
                                                                       whereas offer prices which can be regarded as not rep­
                                                                       resentative of actual market trends must also be dis­
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                        regarded;
  1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of
 application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector
 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (3), and in
 particular Articles 1 (2) and 3 ( 1 ) thereof,                        Whereas, if information on molasses of the standard
                                                                      quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on
 Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the               the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or
 cif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as            reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying
 the 'representative price', should be set in accordance              Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 ;
 with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (4);
 whereas that price should be fixed for the standard
 quality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation;                Whereas a representative price may be left unchanged by
                                                                      way of exception for a limited period if the offer price
 Whereas the representative price for molasses is calcu­              which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the
 lated at the frontier crossing point into the Community,             representative price is not available to the Commission
 in this case Amsterdam; whereas that price must be based             and if the offer prices which are available and which
 on the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the               appear not to be sufficiently representative of actual
world market established on the basis of the quotations               market trends would entail sudden and considerable
 or prices on that market adjusted for any deviations from            changes in the representative price;
 the standard quality; whereas the standard quality for
 molasses is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 ;
Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing oppor­                   Whereas where there is a difference between the trigger
 tunities on the world market are being established,                  price for the product in question and the representative
 account must be taken of all available information on                price, additional import duties should be fixed under the
offers on the world market, on the prices recorded on                 conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
important third-country markets and on sales concluded                1422/95; whereas should the import duties be suspended
in international trade of which the Commission is aware,              pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95,
either directly or through the Member States; whereas,                specific amounts for these duties should be fixed;
under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 , the
Commission may for this purpose take an average of
                                                                      Whereas application of these provisions will have the
(') OJ   L   177,  1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                effect of fixing the representative prices and the addi­
(2) OJ   L   206,  16. 8 . 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ   L   141 , 24. 6. 1995, p . 12.                               tional import duties for the products in question as set
(4) OJ   L   145,  27. 6. 1968 , p. 12.                               out in the Annex to this Regulation;
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             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion
             of the Management Committee for Sugar,
             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                 Article 1
             The representative prices and the additional duties applying to imports of the products
             referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
                                                                 Article 2
             This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 October 1997.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 29 October 1997.
                                                                                       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 1 00 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 (')                      7,93                             —
                                                                                                                0,28
        1703 90 00 (')                     11,08                             —
                                                                                                                0,00
        (') For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended 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.