31992R1700

1 . 7. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 179 / 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1700/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing the import levy on molasses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 431 /68 of the Council of 9 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for calculating cif prices for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European sugar (6) ; Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Whereas this price must be based on the most favourable of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the purchasing opportunities on the world market established market in sugar (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) for each product on the basis of quotations or prices on No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof, that market adjusted for any deviation from the standard quality for which the threshold price is fixed ; whereas the standard quality for molasses was defined by Regulation Whereas Article 16(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 (EEC) No 785/68 of the Commission of 26 June 1968 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products determining the standard quality and laying down listed in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of that Regulation ; detailed rules for calculating the cif price for molasses Q ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing opportu­ overseas countries and territories with the European nities on the world market are being established, the Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on Commission must take account of all available informa­ imports of products originating in the overseas countries tion on offers on the world market, on quotations on the and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the exchanges which are important for world trade, on prices abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be recorded on important third-country markets and on sales charged on imports of certain products originating in the concluded in international trade of which it has know­ overseas countries and territories in order to prevent ledge, either directly or through the agency of the products originating from these countries and territories Member States ; whereas, under the terms of Article 7 of from receiving more favourable treatment than similar Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for products imported from Spain or Portugal into the this purpose take an average of several prices as a basis, Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ; provided this average can be regarded as being representa­ tive of actual market trends ; 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 the Commission must disregard information if tion (EEC) No 1718/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing, for the the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable 1991 /92 marketing year, the derived intervention prices quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to a small for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar, the quantity and is not representative of the market ; whereas minimum prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices, offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of the amount of compensation for storage costs and the actual market trends must also be disregarded ; prices to be applied in Spain and Portugal (4);

Whereas any prices or offer taken into consideration Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for which are not for delivery cif Rotterdam must be adjusted, the 1992/93 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­ account being taken in particular of the differences in the cable on 30 June 1992 should be laid down pursuant to cost of transporting the goods between the port of loading Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/92 of 24 June and the port of destination and between the port of 1992 on precautionary measure and the suspension of loading and Rotterdam ; advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (*),

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 Regulation (EEC) No the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or reduced in the light of the results obtained by applying 0) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 ; 0 OJ No L 6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19 . 0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 23. («) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3. 0 OJ No L 169, 24. 6. 1992, p. 12. O OJ No L 145, 27. 6. 1968 , p. 12.

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Whereas the cif price may, by way of exception, be left in the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council unchanged for a limited period if the offer price which Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (3), as last amended by served as a basis for the previous calculation of the cif Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), price is not available to the Commission and if the offer — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an prices which are available and which appear not to be average of the ecu rates published in the Official sufficiently representative of actual market trends would Journal of the European Communities, C series, over entail sudden and considerable changes in the cif price ; a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ cient referred to in the preceding indent ; Whereas the levy must be fixed each week ; whereas pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 of Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29 the Commission of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the June 1992, application of levies on sugar ('), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1428/78 (2), the levy is altered only if the variation in the elements used to calculate it would entail HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : an increase or a reduction of not less than ECU 0,06 per 100 kilograms in relation to the levy previously fixed ; Article 1

Whereas in accordance with Article 21 (1 ) of Regulation 1 . The import levy referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regu­ (EEC) No 1785/81 , the nomenclature provided for in this lation (EEC) No 1785/81 is now ECU 1,09 per 100 kilo­ Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs grams in respect of molasses falling within CN codes Tariff ; 1703 10 00 and 1703 90 00 .

Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies 2. However, no import levy applies to OCT originating should be calculated on currencies on the following basis : products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Article 2 of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the correcting factor provided for This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968, p. 42. O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34. (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.