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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 312/89 of 8 February 198 9 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Economic Community, 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 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Portugal,

Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 7 February 1989 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 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 166/89 (*), 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 2401 /88 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 2401 /88 (*) and subsequent amend­ ing Regulations ;

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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 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

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . Article 2 (2) OJ No L 20, 25. 1 . 1989, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 205, 30. 7. 1988, p. 96. This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February 1989.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 February 1989.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 8 February 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne) Levies CN code Portugal Third country

0709 90 60 20,50 125,48 0712 90 19 20,50 125,48 1001 10 10 53,13 167,88(')0 1001 10 90 53,13 167,88 00 1001 90 91 14,94 116,04 1001 90 99 14,94 116,04 1002 00 00 58,63 109,93 0 1003 00 10 49,19 117,22 1003 00 90 49,19 117,22 1004 00 10 40,25 73,32 1004 00 90 40,25 73,32 100510 90 20,50 125,48 00 1005 90 00 20,50 125,48 00 1007 00 90 43,84 135,93 O 1008 10 00 49,19 21,38 1008 20 00 49,19 56,45 0 1008 30 00 49,19 0,00 o 1008 90 10 0 0 1008 90 90 49,19 0,00 1101 00 00 35,10 176,64 110210 00 96,27 168,87 1103 11 10 95,80 273,66 1103 11 90 36,65 189,50

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne. (J) In accordance with 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 ECU 1 ,81 /tonne. (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 %. 0 Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/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 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) and ' Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22). f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale).