31994R3347

No L 350/ 100 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12. 94

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3347/94 of 30 December 1994 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Finland and Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Finnish and Portuguese refineries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, for Finland referred to in Article 16a (2a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is to be that established, fixed and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European applied in accordance with paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Community, said Article 1 6a for Portugal ; Haying regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (3), as markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by the Act amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (4), are used to of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies the European Union, and in particular Article 16 (5) and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural thereof, conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; Whereas Article 16 a (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ provides for a reduced rate levy to apply during the tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ 1994/95 marketing year to Portuguese imports of certain lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (*), as amended by Regulation quantities of raw sugar originating in specified third (EC) No 547/94(0 ; countries and for use by Portuguese refineries ; Whereas application of the abovementioned provisions Whereas Article 16 a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 gives a reduced rate import levy for the raw sugar stipulates that this reduced levy is to equal the interven­ concerned of the amount indicated in this Regulation, tion price for raw sugar as indicated in Article 3 (2) of that Regulation applicable when the sugar is imported, less an HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amount equal to the average of the spot prices, adjusted where necessary to the cif stage, quoted on the London Article 1 market during the first 20 days of the month preceding that for which the reduced levy amount is set ; The reduced levy on imports into Finland and Portugal of Whereas pursuant to Article 1 6 a (5) the reduced levy is to the quantities of raw sugar for refining (CN codes be set each month for the following month ; 1701 11 10 and 1701 1210) indicated in Article 16 a of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall, for standard quality, Whereas under Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) be ECU 19,19 per 100 kg. No 3300/94 of 21 December 1994 laying down transi­ tional measures to apply in the sugar sector following the Article 2 accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden (2), during the period from 1 January to 30 June 1995, the reduced levy This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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