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20 . 1 . 87 No L 17/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 135/87 of 19 January 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 67/EEC (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (®), and in particular the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market among those which Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European are most representative of the real trend of the market, Economic Community, account being taken in particular of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and goods offered must also be taken into account, whether Portugal, this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731/75 (10), as last amended by Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Regulation (EEC) No 1028/84 ("), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No No 1 579/86 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, 158/67/EEC (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3135/84 (13), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (H);

Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the policy (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof, basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, in relation to Rotterdam :

Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (l5), last (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal amended by Regulation (EEC) No 73/87 (1S), lays down for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat States or in the overseas countries and territories : and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for the 1986/87 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 2734/75 (4), (EEC) No 1584/86 0, (EEC) No 1585/86(0 and (EEC) No 1970/86 (7) ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used Tariff ; to determine the levies, the Commission must take into account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/ ') OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. >) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 . (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (2) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29. ") OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 17. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 12) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. > 3) OJ No L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 41 . •4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. («) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 43. 15) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4. 0 OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1986, p. 26. ,s) OJ No L 11 , 13. 1 . 1987, p. 23.

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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid should be calculated on the following basis : down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ account the situation with regard to market prices in Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain tion to each other at any given moment within a band the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ; the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1676/85, Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ altered only where variations in the components used to tion to the Community currencies referred to in the calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; them by 0,73 ECU or more,

Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 6 January 1987 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession, the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 Article 1 must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from The import levies to be charged on the. products listed in Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Article 2 Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 January 1987. pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy

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

Done at Brussels, 19 January 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 19 January 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne) CCT Levies heading Description No Portugal Third country

10.01 B I Common wheat, and meslin 3,65 197,62 10.01 B II Durum wheat 37,10 250,61 (')O 10.02 Rye 33,36 173,13 0 10.03 Barley 31,61 185,95 10.04 Oats 90,74 155,29 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for _ sowing 178,11 (2) (3) (8) 10.07 A Buckwheat 20,99 20,99 10.07 B Millet 31,61 1 34,90 0 10.07 C II Grain sorghum, other than hybrid sorghum for sowing 17,35 181,06 0 0 10.07 D I Triticale 0 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 31,61 59,05 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 19,73 291,28 11.01 B Rye flour 61,32 257,00 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 71,00 400,94 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 19,53 312,81

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne. (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and territories'. (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81 ECU/tonne . (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 % . 0 Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne. (<*) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Commu­ nity is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 . f7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­ cale). (8) The levy referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/86 shall be fixed on the basis of an invita­ tion to tender in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3140/86.