31987R0959

No L 90/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 4. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 959/87 of 1 April 1986 fixing the import levy on molasses

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ' Economic Community, Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing opportu­ nities on the world market are being established, the Commission must take account of all available informa­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and tion on offers on the world market, on quotations on the Portugal, exchanges which are important for world trade, on prices recorded on important third-country markets and on sales concluded in international trade of which it has know­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ledge, either directly or through the agency of the Member States ; whereas, under the terms of Article 7 of of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 1 6 (8) thereof, this purpose take an average of several prices as a basis, provided this average can be regarded as being representa­ tive of actual market trends ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas the Commission must disregard information if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable Whereas Article 16(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to a small provides for charging a levy on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of that Regulation ; quantity and is not representative of the market ; whereas offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded ; Whereas the import levy on molasses must be equal to the threshold price less the cif price ; whereas the threshold price for molasses was fixed by Council Regula­ Whereas any prices or offer taken into consideration tion (EEC) No 1453/86 of 13 May 1986 fixing, for the which are not for delivery cif Rotterdam must be adjusted, account being taken in particular of the differences in the 1986/87 marketing year, the derived intervention prices for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar, the cost of transporting the goods between the port of loading minimum prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices and the port of destination and between the port of loading and Rotterdam ; and the amount of compensation for storage costs (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1987/86 (4) ;

Whereas, if information on molasses of the standard Whereas the cif price for molasses is calculated by the quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on Commission for a Community frontier crossing point the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or which was fixed at Rotterdam by Council Regulation reduced in the light of the results obtained by applying (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the stan­ Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 ; dard quality for raw sugar and fixing he Community fron­ tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; 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 fabourable served as a basis for the previous calculation of the cif purchasing opportunities on the world market established price is not available to the Commission and if the offer for each product on the basis of quotations or prices on prices which are available and which appear not to be that market adjusted for any deviation from the standard sufficiently representative of actual market trends would quality for which the threshold price is fixed ; whereas the entail sudden and considerable changes in the cif price ; standard quality for molasses was defined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 of 26 June 1968 determi­ Whereas the levy must be fixed each week ; whereas (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) 0 OJ No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 . No 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the 3) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 6. 0 OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1986, p. 6. 0 OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 . («) OJ No L 145, 27. 6. 1968 , p. 12.

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application of levies on sugar ('), as last amended by Regu­ these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ lation (EEC) No 1428/78 (2), the levy is altered only if the tion to the Community currencies referred to in the variation in the elements used to calculate it would entail previous indent and the aforesaid correcting factor ; an increase or a reduction of not less than 0,06 ECU per 100 kilograms in relation to the levy previously fixed ; Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that the levy for molasses should be as set out in the Annex Whereas in accordance with Article 21 (1 ) of Regulation hereto, (EEC) No 1785/81 , the nomenclature provided for 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 rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band The import levy referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of molasses, as set rate, multiplied by the correcting factor provided for out in the Annex hereto. in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 0, Article 2 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 April 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 1 April 1987 fixing the import levy on molasses

(ECU/100 kg) CCT heading Description Levy No

17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolorized 0,12

(') OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968, p. 42. (2) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34. O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .