Commission Regulation (EC) No 1441/1999 of 30 June 1999 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector
1. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 166/77 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1441/1999 of 30 June 1999 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, assumed not to be representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organisation of the market in sugar (1), as last amended by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1148/98 (2), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/ 95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the import of products than in the sugar molasses (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/ 98 (4), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) thereof, sector other Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 stipulates that the cif import price for raw sugar and white sugar, hereinafter known as the ‘representative price', should be set in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 (5), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/ 96 (6); whereas that price should be fixed for the standard qualities defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/ 72 (7) and in Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (9); Whereas, when the representative prices are being fixed, the Commission must take account of all available infor- mation on offers on the world market, on quotations on the exchanges which are important for world trade in sugar, on prices recorded on important third-country markets, and on sales concluded in international trade of which it has knowledge either directly or through the agency of the Member States; whereas, however, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 784/68, the Commission must disregard information if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to a small quantity which is not repres- entative of the market; whereas offer prices which can be (1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. (2) OJ L 159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 38. (3) OJ L 141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 16. (4) OJ L 85, 20. 3. 1998, p. 5. (5) OJ L 145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 10. (6) OJ L 34, 13. 2. 1996, p. 16. (7) OJ L 94, 21. 4. 1972, p. 1. (8) OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3. (9) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. Whereas, if information on sugar of the standard quality is to be comparable, the price increases or reductions fixed pursuant to Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 must be added to or deducted from the offers taken into consideration in the case of white sugar; whereas, in the case of raw sugar, the corrective factors provided for in Article 5(1)(b) must be applied; Whereas the representative price is modified only if the variation in the elements used to calculate it would entail an increase or a reduction of not less than 1,20 EUR/100 kilograms in relation to the representative price previ- ously fixed; Whereas, where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product in question and the representative price, additional import duties should be fixed under the conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95; Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that the representative prices and additional import duties for the products in question should be as set out in the Annex hereto; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The representative prices and additional duties applicable to the import of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1999. L 166/78 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 7. 1999 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission ANNEX to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1999 fixing representative prices and the amounts of additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered by CN code 1702 90 99 CN code 1701 11 10 (1) 1701 11 90 (1) 1701 12 10 (1) 1701 12 90 (1) 1701 91 00 (2) 1701 99 10 (2) 1701 99 90 (2) 1702 90 99 (3) Amount of representative prices per 100 kg net of product concerned Amount of additional duty per 100 kg net of product concerned (EUR) 15,05 15,05 15,05 15,05 19,40 19,40 19,40 0,19 9,11 15,41 8,88 14,89 16,83 11,38 11,38 0,45 (1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3). (2) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (OJ L 94, 21. 4. 1972, p. 1). (3) By 1 % sucrose content