31992R3116

No L 312/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 10 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3116/92 of 28 October 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27 No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof, October 1992,

\ Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 887/92 (3), as last HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2925/92 (4) ; Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other Article 1 provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1887/92 to the information at present available to the Commission 1 . The import levy referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of that the levy at present in force should be altered Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of pursuant to Article 1 of this Regulation ; molasses falling within CN codes 1703 10 00 and 1703 90 00, ECU 0,80 per 100 kilograms. Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : 2. However, no import levy applies to OCT originating — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision tion to each other at any given moment within a band 91 /482/EEC O­ of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 2 the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1676/85 (s), as last amended by Regu­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 October lation (EEC) No 2205/90 0, 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 October 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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