31990R0494

1 . 3 . 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 53/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 494/90 of 28 February 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27 Economic Community, February 1990 ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire Portugal, calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence coefficients ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (6), as last of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/89 Q, lays down market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; whereas of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the the Council has not yet been able formally to adopt the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ Regulation intended to replace Regulation (EEC) No lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3 486/85 ; whereas, in order to avoid discontinuity in the thereof, arrangements applying, the application of the arrange­ ments laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 should Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, be contained as a precaution and without prejudice to the definitive arrangements to be adopted subsequently by Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, the Council ; and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 Q and subsequent amen­ contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 to today's ding Regulations ; offer prices and quotations known to the Commission Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies that the levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion to each other at any given moment within a band Article 1 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in The import levies to be charged on products listed in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 No 1676/85, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Article 2 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1990 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 1990.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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No L 53/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 3 . 90

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1990 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 35,37 134,49 (2) (3) 0712 90 19 35,37 134,49 (2) (3) 1001 10 10 43,59 1 84,49 OO 1001 10 90 43,59 1 84,49 (') 0 1001 90 91 36,15 . 143,87 1001 90 99 36,15 143,87 1002 00 00 61,28 131,51 f) 1003 00 10 52,45 116,45 1003 00 90 52,45 116,45 1004 00 10 43,85 122,91 1004 00 90 43,85 122,91 100510 90 35,37 134,49 f) (3) 1005 90 00 35,37 134,49 (2) (3) 1007 00 90 52,45 140,81 (4) 1008 10 00 52,45 30,07 1008 20 00 52,45 88,02 (4) 1008 30 00 52,45 0,00 o 1008 90 10 0 0 1008 90 90 52,45 0,00 1101 00 00 64,78 216,36 1102 10 00 99,96 199,24 1103 11 10 82,30 300,69 1103 11 90 68,70 232,41

(') 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 '. (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 % . (f) 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. (4) 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). O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale).