31992R1737

No L 179/ 126 1 . 7. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1737/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing die 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 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 ("), and in particular the most favourable Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European purchasing opportunities on the world market among Economic Community, 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 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the Portugal, quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (13), of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/67/EEC (l4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2644/91 (15), and No 159/67/EEC (,<s); 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 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 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­ ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), in relation to Rotterdam : (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;

Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (17), (EEC) the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations No 519/92 (18) and (EEC) No 520/92 (") of 27 February (EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (<% (EEC) No 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim 1706/91 f) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between 1824/91 (8); the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the the 1992/93 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­ other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import cable on 30 June 1992 should be laid down pursuant to levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­ Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/92 of 24 June tion (EEC) No 585/92 (20), as amended by Regulation 1992 on precautionary measure and the suspension of (EEC) No 955/92 (21), lays down detailed rules for advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (9) ; applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­ ments as regards cereals ; Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must take into (10) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. (") OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18. H OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (") OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73, 19. 3 . 1992, p. 7. (14) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . ( 1S) OJ No L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23 . O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. H OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. (0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. H OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3. H OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 4. H OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6. 0 OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 7. (") OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9. (8) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1991 , p. 41 . (20) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40. 9) OJ No L 169, 24. 6. 1992, p. 12. (21) OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.

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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 0, as last Journal of the European Communities, C series, over amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and cient referred to in the preceding indent ; certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29 States or in the overseas countries and territories ; June 1992 ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional overseas countries and territories with the European amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (4) ; imports of products originating in the overseas countries and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the charged on imports of certain products originating in the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are overseas countries and territories in order to prevent products originating from these countries and territories altered only where variations in the components used to from receiving more favourable treatment than similar calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing products imported from Spain or Portugal into the them by ECU 0,73 or more, Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­ ture ; Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies Article 1 should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ The import levies to be charged on the products listed in tion to each other at any given moment within a band Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. 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 2 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. (2) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7. 0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne)

CN code LevyO

0709 90 60 139,72 (2)(3) 0712 90 19 1 39,72 00 1001 10 10 185,08 OOH 1001 10 90 185,08 oon 1001 90 91 153,34 1001 90 99 1 53,34 (") 1002 00 00 172,81 0 1003 00 10 145,04 1003 00 90 145,04 (") 1004 0010 127,65 1004 00 90 127,65 100510 90 139,72 00 1005 90 00 139,72 0 0 1007 00 90 146,57 0 1008 10 00 69,41 (") 1008 20 00 120,75 (4) 1008 30 00 67,33 0 1008 90 10 f) 1008 90 90 67,33 1101 00 00 227,68 0 (") 110210 00 255,04 0 1103 11 10 300,51 OO 1103 11 90 244,21 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 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). (•) 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. (I#) 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.