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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 222/92 of 31 January 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 / Economic Community, 75 (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/ 87 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/ Portugal, 67/EEC (lJ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2644/91 (14), and No 159/67/EEC (1S);

Having regard to Council Regulation . (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correct tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 in relation to Rotterdam ; of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and 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 whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (1<s), as last thereof, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (17), lays down the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regu­ products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be States or in the overseas countries and territories ; charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal for each product to the threshold price less, the cif price ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat overseas countries and territories with the European and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for Economic Community (18), no levies shall apply on the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations imports of products originating in the overseas countries (EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (6), (EEC) No and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the 1706/91 Q and Commission Regulation (EEC) No abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be 1824/91 (8) ; charged on imports of certain products originating in the overseas countries and territories in order to prevent products originating from these countries and territories Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must take into from receiving more favourable treatment than similar products imported from Spain or Portugal into the account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ; No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market among those which are most representative of the real trend of Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation the market, account being taken in particular of the need (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­ ture : 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23 . (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (u) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. (12) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. (> 3) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. («) OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 4. (»4) OJ No L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23 . 0 OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 7. 0 5) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. (8) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1991 , p. 41 . ('«) OJ No L 84, 30 . 3. 1,990, p. 85. 0 OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. (I7) OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 . H OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18. OT No L 263. 19 . 9 . 1991 . o. 1 .

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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were should be calculated on the following basis : set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (') ;

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as tion to each other at any given moment within a band set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central altered only where variations in the components used to rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) them by ECU 0,73 or more, No 1676/85, — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Journal of the European Communities, C series, over a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ Article 1 cient referred to in the preceding indent ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 5 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. September 1991 ;

Article 2 Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(' OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne) CN code Levy (®)

0709 90 60 1 30,25 0 (3) 0712 90 19 1 30,25 (2)(3) 1001 10 10 173,44 (') OH 1001 10 90 1 73,44 OOH 1001 90 91 148,05 1001 90 99 148,05 1002 00 00 166,86 (6) 1003 00 10 144,76 1003 00 90 144,76 1004 00 10 133,21 1004 00 90 133,21 1005 10 90 130,25 0 0 1005 90 00 130,25 00 1007 00 90 139,46 0 1008 10 00 63,27 1008 20 00 127,11 (4) 1008 30 00 67,36 0 1008 90 10 0 1008 90 90 67,36 1101 00 00 221,13 (8) 1102 10 00 246,61 0 1103 1110 282,28 0 (10) 1103 11 90 237,64 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. (3) Where maize originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by ECU 1,81 /tonne. (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is applied in accor­ dance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. (*) 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 . 0 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. (9) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC, except if paragraph 4 of the same Article applies. (10) An amount equal to the amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1825/91 is to be levied in accordance with Article 101 (4) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.