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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 644/90 of 16 March 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 5 March 1990 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and coefficients ; Portugal, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (6), as last Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/89 Q, lays down of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; whereas Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 the Council has not yet been able formally to adopt the of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and Regulation intended to replace Regulation (EEC) No the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the 486/85 ; whereas, in order to avoid discontinuity in the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ arrangements applying, the application of the arrange­ lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3 ments laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 should thereof, be contained as a precaution and without prejudice to the definitive arrangements to be adopted subsequently by Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, the Council ;

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 to today's Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 (*) and subsequent amen­ offer prices and quotations known to the Commission ding Regulations ; that the levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies 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 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 1 the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85, The import levies to be charged on products listed in — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Article 2

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 March 1990 . (2) OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (j OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4. fó OJ No L 187, 1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 347, 28 . 11 . 1989, p. 3.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 March 1990.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 16 March 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 35,37 134,84 0 0 0712 90 19 35,37 134,84 0 0 1001 10 10 43,59 184,15 0) 0 1001 10 90 43,59 184,15 00 1001 90 91 36,15 139,12 1001 90 99 36,15 139,12 1002 00 00 61,28 131,51 0 1003 00 10 52,45 116,90 1003 00 90 52,45 116,90 1004 00 10 43,85 122,91 1004 00 90 43,85 122,91 1005 10 90 35,37 134,84 0 (3) 1005 90 00 35,37 134,84 0 0 1007 00 90 52,45 142,53 0 1008 10 00 52,45 27,44 1008 20 00 52,45 93,65 0 1008 30 00 52,45 0,00 0 1008 90 10 O 0 1008 90 90 52,45 0,00 1101 00 00 64,78 209,72 110210 00 99,96 197,37 1103 11 10 82,30 300,16 1103 11 90 68,70 225,12

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