31992R3881

No L 391 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3881/92 of 30 December 1992 fixing the import levy on molasses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 0, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (6), Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an Economic Community, average of the ecu rates published in the Official Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Journal of the European Communities, C series, over of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the a period to be determined, multiplied by the coef­ market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) ficient referred to in the preceding indent ; No 3484/92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29 Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by December 1992, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1887/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3754/92 (4) ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1887/92 to the information at present available to the Commission Article 1 that the levy at present in force should be altered pursuant to Article 1 of this Regulation ; The import levy referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be fixed, in respect of Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies molasses falling within CN codes 1703 10 00 and should be calculated on the following basis : 1703 90 00 to ECU 1,00 per 100 kilograms. — in the case of currencies which are maintained in re­ lation to each other at any given moment within a Article 2 band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 December provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the. Commission

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