31987R2089

16 . 7 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 195/ 27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2089/87 of 15 July 1987 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 tion on offers on the world market, on quotations on the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and exchanges which are important for world trade, on prices Portugal, recorded on important third-country markets and on sales concluded in international trade of which it has know­ ledge, either directly or through the agency of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Member States ; whereas, under the terms of Article 7 of of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) this purpose take an average of several prices as a basis, No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 1 6 (8) thereof, 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 quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to a small Whereas Article 16(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 quantity and is not representative of the market ; whereas provides for charging a levy on imports of the products offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of listed in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of that Regulation ; actual market trends must also be disregarded ;

Whereas the import levy on molasses must be equal to Whereas any prices or offer taken into consideration the threshold price less the cif price ; whereas the which are not for delivery cif Rotterdam must be adjusted, threshold price for molasses was fixed by Council Regula­ account being taken in particular of the differences in the tion (EEC) No 1913/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing, for the cost of transporting the goods between the port of loading 1987/88 marketing year, the derived intervention prices and the port of destination and between the port of for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar, the loading and Rotterdam ; minimum prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices and the amount of compensation for storage costs (3) ;

Whereas, if information on molasses of the standard quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on Whereas the cif price for molasses is calculated by the the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or Commission for a Community frontier crossing point reduced in the light of the results obtained by applying which was fixed at Rotterdam by Council Regulation Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 ; (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the stan­ dard quality for raw sugar and fixing he Community fron­ tier 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 served as a basis for the previous calculation of the cif Whereas this price must be based on the most fabourable price is not available to the Commission and if the offer purchasing opportunities on the world market established prices which are available and which appear not to be for each product on the basis of quotations or prices on sufficiently representative of actual market trends would that market adjusted for any deviation from the standard entail sudden and considerable changes in the cif price ; quality for which the threshold price is fixed ; whereas the 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 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 (2) OJ No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 183, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 3 . (4 OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968 , p. 3 . 0 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 1 00 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 : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Article 1 tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central -The import levy referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation rate, multiplied by the correcting factor provided for (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of molasses, as set out in the Annex hereto . in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), 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 16 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 July 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of IS July 1987 fixing the import levy on molasses

(ECU/100 kg) CCT heading Description Levy No

17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolorized 0,54

(') OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968 , p. 42. (2) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . V) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .