31992R0594

No L 64/4 10 . 3 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 594/92 of 9 March 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/ 67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 2644/91 C 4), and No 159/67/EEC (15); Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, in relation to Rotterdam ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (I6), (EEC) common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ No 519/92 (17) and (EEC) No 520/92 (l8) of 27 February lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim thereof, Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1 ) of Regu­ the European Economic Community and the European lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­ Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat tion (EEC) No 585/92 (19) lays down detailed rules for and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­ the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations ments as regards cereals ; (EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (% (EEC) No 1706/91 Q and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1824/91 (8) ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (20), as last Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2I), lays down to determine the levies, the Commission must take into the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific No 31 /76 (l0), and in particular the most favourable States or in the overseas countries and territories : 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 to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 ' on the association of the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into overseas countries and territories with the European account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard Economic Community (22), no levies shall apply on quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 / imports of products originating in the overseas countries 75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/ and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the 87 (l2), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­ charged on imports of certain products originating in the overseas countries and territories in order to prevent (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23 . (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . H OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. (,4) OJ No L 247, 5. 9 . 1991 , p. 23 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. (6) OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 4. H OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3 . 0 OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 7. (,7) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6. 0 OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1991 , p. 41 . H OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9 . 0 OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. H OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40 . H OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 . (20) OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85. (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (21 ) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7. (12) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 . (") OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 .

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products originating from these countries and territones amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were from receiving more favourable treatment than similar set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (') ; products imported from Spain or Portugal into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ; Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation set out in the Annex: thereto ; whereas these levies are (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this altered only where variations in the components used to Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­ ture ; calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing them by ECU 0,73 or more, 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 tion to each other at any given moment within a band HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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, Article 1 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. cient referred to in the preceding indent ;

Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 6 March 1992 ; 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 10 March 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 March 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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

No L 64/6 10 . 3 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 9 March 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonnej

CN code Levy (')

0709 90 60- 128,14 (2)0 0712 90 19 128,14 (2) (3) 1001 10 10 163,29 (') OH 1001 1 0 90 163,29 000 1001 90 91 143,26 1001 90 99 143,26 (") 1002 00 00 163,00 (6) 1003 00 10 141,70 1003 00 90 141,70 (") 1004 00 10 121,93 1004 00 90 121,93 1005 10 90 128,14 0 0 1005 90 00 128,14 0 0 1007 00 90 137,05 (4) 1008 10 00 52,13 (") 1008 20 00 125,23 (4) 1008 30 00 63,01 0 1008 90 10 0 1008 90 90 63,01 1101 00 00 213,57 0 (") 110210 00 240,45 0 1103 11 10 267,55 0 (10) 1103 11 90 229,31 (8)

(') 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. O 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 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 . Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale). 0 On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90. O No 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. ('») 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. (' ') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­ ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.