31991R3438

28 . 11 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 326/ 19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3438/91 of 27 November 1991 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction must be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European made in accordance with Article 14 of Council Regula­ Economic Community, tion (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrange­ ments applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Portugal, States or in the overseas countries and territories (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 f);

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the should be calculated on the following basis : market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, — 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 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­ Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (9), component of the import levy on compound feedingstuffs are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an 2727/75 ; whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) average of the ecu rates published in the Official No 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on the system to be Journal of the European Communities, C series, over applied to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (3), as last a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 944/87 (4), provides cient referred to in the preceding indent ; that the incidence on the prime costs of these feeding­ stuffs of the levies applicable to their basic products should be calculated on the basis of the average of the Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation levies applicable during the first 25 days of the month (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this preceding that month of importation to the quantities of Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­ basic products considered to have been used in the manu­ ture, facture of such compound feedingstuffs, this average being adjusted on the basis of the threshold price for the basic products in question ruling during the month of importation ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the levy thus determined, increased by the fixed component, is valid for one month ; whereas the amount Article 1 of the fixed component of the levy is laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 ; whereas on importa­ tion into Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to The import levies to be charged on the compound the Act of Accession an additional amount is added to the feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 levy ; whereas these amounts were set by Commission and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 shall be as set out in the Annex. Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 0 ;

Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­ Article 2 rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to them in respect of certain products processed from cereals This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1991 .

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. (6) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. (J) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60. 0 OJ No L 58 , 5. 3 . 1991 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 90, 2. 4. 1987, p. 2. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 366, 29 . 12. 1990, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 November 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 November 1991 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs (ECU / tonne) Levies I

CN code Third countries ACP and OCT (other than ACP and OCT)(')

2309 10 11 20,44 31,32 2309 10 13 598,24 609,12 2309 10 31 63,88 74,76 2309 10 33 641,68 652,56 2309 10 51 127,76 138,64 2309 10 53 705,56 716,44 2309 90 31 20,44 31,32 2309 90 33 598,24 609,12 2309 96 41 63,88 74,76 2309 90 43 641,68 652,56 2309 90 51 127,76 138,64 2309 90 53 705,56 716,44

(') On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90.