31992R0990

No L 105/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 4. 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 990/92 of 22 April 1992 fixing the import levy on molasses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Economic Community, a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 cient referred to in the preceding indent ; of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the market in sugar (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 21 No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof, April 1992, Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 277/92 (3), as last HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 889/92 (4); Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 277/92 to Article 1 the information at present available to the Commission that the levy at present in force should be altered 1 . The import levy referred to in Article 16 ( 1 ) of pursuant to Article 1 of this Regulation ; Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of molasses falling within CN codes 1703 10 00 and Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies 1703 90 00, ECU 0,51 per 100 kilograms. should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ 2. However, no import levy applies to OCT originating tion to each other at any given moment within a band products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision 91 /482/EEC 0­ of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regu­ Article 2 lation (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (% This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 April 1 992.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 April 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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