Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001 of 29 June 2001 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector

• Published date: 30 June 2001
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 177, 30 June 2001

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001 of 29 June 2001 fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector

Official Journal L 177 , 30/06/2001 P. 0021 - 0022

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001

of 29 June 2001

fixing the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products 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 sugar(1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98(3), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 784/68(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96(5). That price should be fixed for the standard qualities defined in Annex I, point I and II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

(2) When the representative prices are being fixed, the Commission must take account of all available information 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. 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 representative of the market. Offer prices which can be assumed not to be representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded.

(3) 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. In the case of raw sugar, the corrective...