31984R1855

30 . 6. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 172/55

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1855/84 of 27 June 1984 fixing the import levy on molasses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN standard quality and laying down detailed rules for COMMUNITIES, calculating the cif price for molasses (*) ;

Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing oppor­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tunities on the world market are being established, the Economic Community, Commission must take account of all available infor­ mation on offers on the world market, on quotations on the exchanges which are important for world trade, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No on prices recorded on important third-country markets 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization and on sales concluded in international trade of which of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regula­ it has knowledge, either directly or through the agency tion (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and in particular Article 16 of the Member States ; whereas, under the terms of (8) thereof, Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for this purpose take an average of Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary several prices as a basis, provided this average can be Committee, regarded as being representative of actual market trends ;

Whereas Article 16(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the Commission must disregard information 1785/81 provides for charging a levy on imports of the if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of that Regulation ; marketable quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to a small quantity and is not representative of the market ; whereas offer prices which can be Whereas the import levy on molasses must be equal to regarded as not representative of actual market trends the threshold price less the cif price ; whereas the must also be disregarded ; threshold price for molasses was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1106/84 of 31 March 1984 fixing, for the 1984/85 marketing year, the derived Whereas any prices or offer taken into consideration intervention prices for white sugar, the intervention which are not for delivery cif Rotterdam must be price for raw sugar, the minimum prices for A and B adjusted, account being taken in particular of the diffe­ beet, the threshold prices and the amount of compen­ rences in the cost of transporting the goods between sation for storage costs (3); the port of loading and the port of destination and between the port of loading and Rotterdam ;

Whereas the cif price for molasses is calculated by the Whereas, if information on molasses of the standard Commission for a Community frontier crossing point quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on which was fixed at Rotterdam by Council Regulation the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the reduced in the light of the results obtained by standard quality for raw sugar and fixing he Commu­ applying Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 ; nity frontier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar (4) ; Whereas the cif price may, by way of exception, be left unchanged for a limited period if the offer price which Whereas this price must be based on the most fabour­ served as a basis for the previous calculation of the cif able purchasing opportunities on the world market price is not available to the Commission and if the established for each product on the basis of quotations offer prices which are available and which appear not or prices on that market adjusted for any deviation to be sufficiently representative of actual market trends from the standard quality for which the threshold would entail sudden and considerable changes in the price is fixed ; whereas the standard quality for cif price ; molasses was defined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 of 26 June 1968 determining the Whereas the levy must be fixed each week ; whereas pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. No 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the 0 OJ No L 74, 18 . 3. 1982, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 113, 28. 4. 1984, p. 14. M OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3. H OJ No L 145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 12.

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application of levies on sugar ('), as last amended by — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Regulation (EEC) No 1428/78 (2), the levy is altered arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of only if the variation in the elements used to calculate these currencies recorded over a given period in it would entail an increase or a reduction of not less relation to the Community currencies referred to than 0,06 ECU per 100 kilograms in relation to the in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­ levy previously fixed ; cient ;

Whereas in accordance with Article 21 (1 ) of Regula­ Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that tion (EEC) No 1785/81 , the nomenclature provided for the levy for molasses should be as set out in the Annex hereto, in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on currencies following basis : Article 1

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in The import levy referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regula­ relation to each other at any given moment within tion (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on molasses, as set out in the Annex hereto. their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 974/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1984.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 June 1984 fixing die import levy on molasses

(.ECU/100 kg)

CCT heading Description Levy No

17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolorized 0

(■) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42. (2) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.