31987R4047

No L 378 /99 31 . 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4047/87 of 30 December 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation No 158/67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2124/87 (14), and in Regulation No 159/ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 67/EEC H ; Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the Portugal, basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the in relation to Rotterdam ; market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3989/87 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (16), last Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (I7), lays down value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and applied for the purposes of the common agricultural certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific and in particular Article 3 thereof, States or in the overseas countries and territories ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

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 combined nomencla­ (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal ture ; for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;

Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (18) intro­ and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for duces from 1 January 1988 a new combined nomencla­ the 1987/88 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No ture meeting the requirements of both the Common 2734/75 0, (EEQ No 1901 /87 (6), (EEC) No 1903/87 0 Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics of foreign and (EEC) No 1943/87 (8) ; trade and replacing the present nomenclature ;

Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must take into Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/ should be calculated on the following basis : 67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable purcha­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ sing opportunities on the world market among those tion to each other at any given moment within a band which are most representative of the real trend of the of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central market, account being taken in particular of the need to rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal distur­ the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ bances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of tion (EEC) No 1676/85, the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (u), as last — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (12), and (EEC) arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29 (4) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . December 1987 ; 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. («) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 42. f) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 45. (13) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. (8) OJ No L 185, 4. 7. 1987, p. 37. H OJ No L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22. 0 OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. H OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. (,0) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 . H OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4. (■•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (17) OJ No L 172, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 102. (12 OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 . (") OJ No L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 .

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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 1 January 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne) Levies CN code Third country Portugal |

0709 90 60 8,20 175,78 0712 90 19 8,20 175,78 1001 10 10 62,59 261,40 (>)0 1001 10 90 62,59 261.40 OO 1001 90 91 18,82 199,22 1001 90 99 18,82 199.22 1002 00 00 44,06 1 69,1 2 0 1003 00 10 37,14 186,81 1003 00 90 37,14 186,81 1004 00 10 93,75 150,95 1004 00 90 93,75 150,95 1005 10 90 8,20 175,78 (2)0 1005 90 00 8,20 175,78 0 0 1007 00 90 31,75 180,71 (4) 1008 10 00 37,14 103.41 1008 20 00 37,14 114,29 (4) 1008 30 00 37,14 66,31 1008 90 10 0 0 1008 90 90 37,14 66,31 0 1101 00 00 40,67 293.23 1102 10 00 75,79 251,09 1103 11 10 110,52 418,68 1103 11 90 42,48 315.24

(') 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 . Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale).