31987R1872

2. 7. 87 No L 178 / 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1872/87 of 1 July 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion to each other at any given moment within a band Economic Community, of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and No 1676/85, Portugal, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 30 June 1987 ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence coefficients ; common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 to today's offer prices and quotations known to the Commission that the levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, set out in the Annex hereto,

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 (*) and subsequent amending HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulations ;

Article 1 Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for the 1987/88 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­ The import levies to be charged on products listed in cable on 30 June 1987 should be laid down pursuant to Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1826/87 of 29 June shall be as set out in the Annex hereto and will be 1987 on precautionary measures and the suspension of adjusted, where appropriate, on the basis of the decisions advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (*) ; taken in respect of prices for the 1987/88 marketing year.

0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . Article 2 M OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . V) OJ No L 17, 20. 1 . 1987, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 173, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 7. This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 July 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 1 July 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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

10.01 B I Common wheat, and meslin 19,24 201,05 10.01 B II Durum wheat 55,79 256,63 0 0 10.02 Rye 47,79 173,98 O 10.03 Barley 46,08 197,26 10.04 Oats 103,68 151,84 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for \ sowing 2,38 175,33 (2) (3) (8) 10.07 A Buckwheat 46,08 137,13 10.07 B Millet 46,08 147,10 O 10.07 C II Grain sorghum, other than hybrid Il sorghum for sowing 27,10 183,78 0 0 10.07 D I Triticale 0 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 46,08 52,12 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 42,63 297,17 11.01 B Rye flour 82,60 260,08 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 100,31 411,61 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 43,08 317,42

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne. (*) In accordance with Council 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'. O 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 . Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­ cale). O 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. O These amounts will be adjusted, where appropriate, on the basis of the decisions taken on respect of prices for the 1987/88 marketing year.