31987R2451

14. 8 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 227/ 13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2451/87 of 13 August 1987 fixing the amount of the reduction applicable under the special arrangements for sorghum imports into Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, whereas there should therefore be different levy reduc­ tions depending on the date of import ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are * in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 Committee for Cereals, of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2059/87 of Article 1 13 July 1987 setting implementing rules for the special arrangements for maize and sorghum imports into Spain The import levy reduction on sorghum provided for in during the period 1987 to 1990 (2) laid down the frame­ Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 shall be : work of detailed rules to ensure that the purposes of the said Regulation are respected ; — 40 ECU per tonne for imports carried out before 1 October 1987, Whereas the amount of the reduction in the import levy — 27 ECU per tonne for imports carried out as from 1 on sorghum imported into Spain should be fixed at a October 1987 . level enabling, on the one hand, the import of the quanti­ ties provided for under the Agreement between the Euro­ This reduction, however, does not apply in the event of a pean Economic Community and the United States of greater levy reduction in accordance with another rule. America (3) and, on the other hand, to avoid any disturb­ ance of the que, Spanish cereals market ; whereas for this Article 2 last reason it is drawn up avoid a cumulative reduction on the basis of the different rules ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas the October 1987 threshold price for sorghum is publication in the Official Journal of the European 13,02 ECU per tonne lower than that of September 1987 ; Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 August 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 170, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . , (2) OJ No L 193, 14. 7. 1987, p. 6. o OJ No L 98 , 10 . 4. 1987, p. 1 .