31987R3766

l7 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities N° i •*>•>/'

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3766/87

of 16 December 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 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 5 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 December 1987 ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, 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 Article 1 ding Regulations ;

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 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Article 2 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December No 1676/85 , 1987 .

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

Done at Brussels , 16 December 1987 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(>) 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 . 0 OJ No L 185, 4. 7. 1987, p . 38 .

No L 355/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 12 . 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 16 December 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne) CXI Levies heading Description No Portugal Third country

10.01 B I Common wheat, and meslin 8,68 194.97 10.01 B II Durum wheat 49,23 256,61 (')0 10.02 Rye 44,06 166,75 0 10.03 Barley 34,51 183,50 10.04 Oats 91,32 143,30 10.05 B Maize , other than hybrid maize for sowing 5,48 169.98 0 0 10.07 A Buckwheat 34,51 120,68 10.07 B Millet 34,51 126,72 0 10.07 C II Grain sorghum, other than hybrid sorghum for sowing 29,10 176,42 0 10.07 D I Triticale 0 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 34,51 60,83 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 26,26 287,06 11.01 B Rye flour 75,79 247,55 11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal 89,73 411,17 1 1 .02 A 1 b ) Common wheat groats and meal 27,16 308,82

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne . 7 0 In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas department of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and territories '. ( ) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1 81 ECU / tonne . 7 ' ( ) here millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 7c . J () 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. (6) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Commu­ nity is laid down m Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 . 0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­