Commission Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 of 30 June 2004 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector in the 2004/05 marketing year

of 30 June 2004

fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector in the 2004/05 marketing year

Preamble

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 markets in the sugar sector ¹ , and in particular Article 24(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses ² , the cif import prices for raw sugar and white sugar set in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 ³ are to be considered the representative prices. Those prices are fixed for the standard qualities defined in Annex I(I) and II to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

(2) For the purpose of fixing the representative prices, account must be taken of all the information provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 764/68, except in the cases provided for in Article 3 of that Regulation.

(3) For the purpose of adjusting prices not relating to the standard quality, the price increases or reductions referred to in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 must be applied to the offers taken into consideration in the case of white sugar. In the case of raw sugar, the corrective factors provided for in point (b) of that paragraph must be applied.

(4) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product concerned and the representative price, additional import duties should be fixed under the terms laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95.

(5) The representative prices and additional import duties for the products concerned should be fixed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95.

(6) 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 the additional duties applying to imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto for the 2004/05 marketing year.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 2004. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Director-General for Agriculture

¹ OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 ( OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16 ).

² OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 16 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98 ( OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 5 ).

³ OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 10 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96 ( OJ L 34, 13.2.1996, p. 16 ).

Representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered by CN code 1702 90 99 for the 2004/05 marketing year

¹ Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 ( OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1 ).

² Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 ( OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1 ).

³ Fixed per 1 % sucrose content.

Footnotes

1. Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 (). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 (). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

3. Fixed per 1 % sucrose content. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴