31987R3097

17 . 10 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 294/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3097/87 of 16 October 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal '

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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) No 1676/85, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, — 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 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;

A Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 15 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 October 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, 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 The import levies to be charged on products listed in should be calculated on the following basis : Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band

Article 2 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) 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 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 October 0 OJ No L 185, 4. 7 . 1987, p . 38 . 1987 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 October 1987 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 16 October 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 _ 183,98 10.01 B II Durum wheat 41,18 244,30 (') H 10.02 Rye 30,05 1 51,56 («) 10.03 Barley 17,51 181,63 10.04 Oats 82,52 135,82 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for IlI — sowing 164,40 (2)(3)(8) 10.07 A Buckwheat 17,51 105,83 10.07 B Millet 17,51 114,95 (4) 10.07 C II Grain sorghum, other than hybrid sorghum for sowing 17,89 170,40 (4) (*) 10.07 D I Triticale 0 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 17,51 38,70 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 3,32 271,24 11.01 B Rye flour 55,73 225,85 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 77,08 391,92 11.02 Alb) Common wheat groats and meal 2,86 292,22

(') 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 . If) 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.