31991R2661

CELEX: 31991R2661
Datum: 1991-09-07
Källa: eur-lex.europa.eu

7. 9 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 250/ 1

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2661/91 of 6 September 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation No 156/67/EEC ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, purchasing opportunities on the world market among those which are most representative of the real trend of the market, account being taken in particular of the need Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal Portugal, disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 / market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 75 (n), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/ No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, 87 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 67/EEC (l3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and 2644/91 (14), and No 159/67/EEC (15); the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges in relation to Rotterdam : Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (16), as last (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (17), lays down for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for States or in the overseas countries and territories : the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (6), (EEC) No 1706/91 0 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation 1824/91 (8) ; (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used ture : to determine the levies, the Commission must take into

0 OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . H OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p . 18 . (2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (12) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 . O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. (") OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. (,4) OJ No L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23 . I6) OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 4. H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. 0 OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 7. H OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. 8 OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1991 , p. 41 . ( I7) OJ No L 58 , 5. 3 . 1991 , p . 1 .

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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are should be calculated on the following basis : altered only where variations in the components used to — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing them by ECU 0,73 or more, 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 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/ 85, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Article 1 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi cient referred to in the preceding indent ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 5 Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 September 1991 ; shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were Article 2 set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (') ; Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 September abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 6 September 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

0) OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission ^Regulation of 6 September 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne) CN code Levy

0709 90 60 1 27,85 (2)0 0712 90 19 1 27,85 (2)0 1001 10 10 175,08 0 0 1001 10 90 175,08 0 0 1001 90 91 158,22 1001 90 99 158,22 1002 00 00 159,08 O 1003 00 10 140,53 1003 00 90 140,53 1004 00 10 116,48 1004 00 90 116,48 1005 10 90 127,85 (2)0 1005 90 00 127,85 00 1007 00 90 140,26 0 1008 10 00 44,90 1008 20 00 118,50 (4) 1008<30 00 33,64 O 1008 90 10 0 1008 90 90 33,64 1101 00 00 234,51 0 1102 10 00 235,72 0 1103 1110 284,50 0 1103 11 90 252,93 0

') 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 715/90 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 applied in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. 5) 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. 6) 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). ^ The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti cale). 8) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3808 /90 .