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4. 7 . 87 No L 185/38 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1944/87 of 3 July 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 ("), as last Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/84 (12), and (EEC) Economic Community, No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Regulation No 158/67/EEC (l3), as last amended by Regu Portugal, lation (EEC) No 3135/84 (14), and in Regulation No 159/ 67/EEC H ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ; 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (1S), last policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 73/87 ('^), lays down and in particular Article 3 thereof, the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal Tariff ; for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat should be calculated on the following basis : and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for the 1987/88 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1901 /87 (EEC) No 1903/87 0 tion to each other at any given moment within a band and (EEC) No 1943/87 (8) ; of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula to determine the levies, the Commission must take into tion (EEC) No 1676/85, account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/ 67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable purcha arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of sing opportunities on the world market among those these currencies recorded for a given period in rela which are most representative of the real trend of the tion to the Community currencies referred to in the market, account being taken in particular of the need to previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal distur bances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 2 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . July 1987 ; (2) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p . 1 . (4) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6 . 1987, p . 1 . (u) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (*) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 34 . (12) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 17. fô OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987. (13) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. 0 OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987 . H OJ No L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 11 . (*) See page 37 of this Official Journal . (15) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. 0 OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2533 /67 . H OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4. (10) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976 , p. 18 . 17) OJ No L 11 , 13 . 1 . 1987, p. 23.
4. 7. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 185/39
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession, set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 altered only where variations in the components used to must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from them by 0,73 ECU or more, Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied Article 1 pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into The import levies to be charged on the products listed in account the situation with regard to market prices in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ; Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 3 July 1987.
For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President
(') OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7 .
4. 7 . 87 No L 185/40 Official Journal of the European Communities
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 3 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 Third country
10.01 B I Common wheat, and meslin _ 177,89 10.01 B 11 Durum wheat 28,00 230,41 0 0 10.02 Rye 23,74 151,06 H 10.03 Barley 22,03 173,69 10.04 Oats 70,15 128,24 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 2,38 177,56 (2) (3) (8) 10.07 A Buckwheat 22,03 113,81 10.07 B Millet 22,03 123,75 (4) 10.07 C II Grain sorghum, other than hybrid Il sorghum for sowing 27,10 184,69 0 0 10.07 D I Triticale 0 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 22,03 30,1 1 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour — 262,05 11.01 B Rye flour 42,22 224,49 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 104,75 370,13 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 104,97 283,02
(') 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'. (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81 ECU/tonne . (*) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 % . (*) 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. 0 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 . O 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.