31987R2134

21 . 7 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 200/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2134/87 of 20 July 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ Economic Community, tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Portugal, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 17 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 July 1987 ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence coefficients ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1944/87 to today's common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ offer prices and quotations known to the Commission lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3 that the levies at present in force should be altered to the thereof, amounts set out in the Annex hereto, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1944/87 (*) and subsequent amen­ ding Regulations ; Article 1 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : The import levies to be charged on products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 2 the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/ 85, This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 40 . 3 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p . 1 . O OJ No L 185 , 4. 7 . 1987, p . 38 .

No L 200/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 7. 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 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 183,54 10.01 B II Durum wheat 31,88 237,88 0 0 10.02 Rye 26,16 156,39 0 10.03 Barley 24,47 173,16 10.04 Oats 80,78 126,75 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 5,29 180,18 0 0 0 10.07 A Buckwheat 24,47 112,43 10.07 B Millet 24,47 106,61 0 10.07 C II Grain sorghum, other than hybrid sorghum for sowing 29,71 182,88 (4)0 10.07 D I Triticale 0 O 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 24,47 27,60 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 10,54 269,96 11.01 B Rye flour 49,63 , 231,95 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 62,41 382,47 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 11,39 291,56

(') 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 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 . (4) 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). 0 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.