31990R0718

27. 3 . 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 80 /5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 718 /90 of 26 March 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 Economic Community, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 23 March 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 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (6), as last market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/89 Q, lays down No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and 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 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and States or in the overseas countries and territories ; whereas the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the the Regulation 'intended to replace Regulation (EEC) No common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ 486/85 was adopted by the Council on 5 March 1990 but lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3 has not get been published ; whereas, in order to avoid thereof, discontinuity in the arrangements applying, the applica­ tion of the arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, No 486/85 should continue to apply as a precaution and without prejudice to the definitive arrangements ; Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 (^ and subsequent amen­ contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 to today's ding Regulations ; offer prices and quotations known to the Commission that the levies at present in force should be altered to the Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies amounts set out in the Annex hereto, should be calculated on the following basis : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ 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 27 March 1990 .

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1990 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p . 4. 0 OJ No L 187, 1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 347, 28 . 11 . 1989, p. 3 .

No L 80/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 3 . 90

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 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 37,12 132,38 (2) 0 0712 90 19 37,12 132,38 (2) 0 1001 10 10 46,15 184,87 0 0 1001 10 90 46,15 184,87 (>) 0 1001 90 91 38,10 135,62 1001 90 99 38,10 135,62 1002 00 00 62,78 131,54 0 1003 00 10 54,03 117,68 1003 00 90 54,03 117,68 1004 00 10 45,43 122,94 1004 00 90 45,43 122,94 1005 10 90 37,12 132,38 (2) (3) 1005 90 00 37,12 132,38 (2) C) 1007 00 90 54,03 140,1 1 0 1008 10 00 54,03 28,78 1008 20 00 54,03 94,35 (4) 1008 30 00 54,03 0,00 o 1008 90 10 0 O 1008 90 90 54,03 0,00 1101 00 00 67,51 204,04 1102 10 00 102,06 198,33 1103 11 10 86,26 302,38 1103 11 90 71,65 219,10

(') 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'. (J) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by ECU 1 ,8 1 /tonne. (") 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). O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale).