31989R3940

28 . 12. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 379/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3940/89 of 27 December 1989 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 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 22 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 December 1989 ; 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 3707/89 (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 1915/89 to today's common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ offer prices and quotations known to the Commission lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (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 1915/89 (*) 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 28 December No 1676/85, 1989 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 1989.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 363, 13. 12. 1989, p. 1 . (?) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . (4 OJ No L 187, 1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 .

No L 379/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 12 . 89

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 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 29,73 125,84 (2) (3) 0712 90 19 29,73 125,84 (2)(3) 1001 10 10 35,83 169,65 (') (*) 1001 10 90 35,83 169,65 OO 1001 90 91 30,33 122,84 1001 90 99 30,33 122,84 1002 00 00 55,87 122,99 («) 1003 00 10 46,96 117,06 1003 00 90 46,96 117,06 1004 00 10 38,36 118,84 1004 00 90 38,36 118,84 1005 10 90 29,73 125,84 (2) (3) 1005 90 00 29,73 125,84 0 (3) 1007 00 90 46,96 134.53 (4) 1008 10 00 46,96 17,89 1008 20 00 46,96 65,86 (4) 1008 30 00 46,96 0,00 J5) 1008 90 10 0 0 1008 90 90 46,96 0,00 1101 00 00 56,20 185,71 1102 10 00 91,95 185,92 1103 11 10 70,12 277.54 1103 11 90 59,91 199,78

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne. (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied to products imported directly into the French overseas departments, 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 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 % . (*) 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. (®) 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). Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale).