21.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L1633 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1068/2002 of 20 June 2002 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in su- gar ('), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/ 2002 (3, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for im- ports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (°), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif im- port price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the ‘re- presentative price’, should be set in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (*). That price should be fixed for the standard quality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation. (2)  The representative price for molasses is calculated at the frontier crossing point into the Community, in this case Amsterdam; that price must be based on the most fa- vourable purchasing opportunities on the world market established on the basis of the quotations or prices on that market adjusted for any deviations from the stan- dard quality. The standard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68. (3)  When the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market are being established, account must be taken of all available information on offers on the world market, on the prices recorded on important third-coun- try markets and on sales concluded in international trade of which the Commission is aware, either directly or through the Member States. Under Article 7 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for this pur- pose take an average of several prices as a basis, pro- vided that this average is representative of actual market trends. (4)  The information must be disregarded if the goods con- cerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small quan- () OJL 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. () OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26. () OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 12. () OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 12. tity that is not representative of the market. Offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded. (5)  If information on molasses of the standard quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying Article 6 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 785/68. (6) A representative price may be left unchanged by way of exception for a limited period if the offer price which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the re- presentative price is not available to the Commission and if the offer prices which are available and which ap- pear not to be sufficiently representative of actual market trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in the representative price. (7)  Where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product in question and the representative price, ad- ditional import duties should be fixed under the condi- tions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95. Should the import duties be suspended pursuant to Arti- cle 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should be fixed. (8)  Application of these provisions will have the effect of fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for the products in question as set out in the An- nex to this Regulation. (9)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in ac- cordance with the opinion of the Management Commit- tee for Sugar, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The representative prices and the additional duties applying to imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2002.