31992R1772

2. 7 . 92 No L 182/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1772/92 of 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, No 156/67/EEC (l0), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (u), and in particular the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market among Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European those which are most representative of the real trend of Economic Community, the market, account being taken in particular of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and quality of the goods offered must also be taken into Portugal, account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (u), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/67/EEC No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, (14), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2644/91 (,5), and No 159/67/EEC ("); 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 ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1) of Regu­ tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be in relation to Rotterdam ; 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, 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) 1992/93, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC) No 519/92 (18) and (EEC) No 520/92 (,9) of 27 February No 2734/75 (0, (EEC) No 1739/92 (0, (EEC) No 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim 1742/92 0 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between 1801 /92 (*) ; 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1737/92 (9) Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the provisionally fixed the import levies on cereals and on other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import wheat and rye flour, groats and meal as from 1 July 1992 ; levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­ whereas they should be adjusted to take account of the tion (EEC) No 585/92 (20), as amended by Regulation decisions taken in respect of prices by the Council ; (EEC) No 955/92 (21), lays down detailed rules for 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 account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation ,0) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. ») OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 . 12) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 13) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 . H) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. f) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . ,5) OJ No L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23. {*) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. 16) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. 17) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3 . (0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 2. ") OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6. O OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 6. 19) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9. (8) See page 83 of this Official Journal. (20) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40 . 0 OJ No L 179, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 126. (2I) OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.

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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), 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 30 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 Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as charged on imports of certain products originating in the set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are overseas countries and territories in order to prevent altered only where variations in the components used to products originating from these countries and territories calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing from receiving more favourable treatment than similar them by ECU 0,73 or more, products imported from Spain or Portugal into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­ Article 1 ture ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 should be calculated on the following basis : shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Article 2 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) publication in the Official Journal of the European No 1676/85, Communities. — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 July 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. 0 OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7. O 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 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne)

CN code Levy (*)

0709 90 60 139,72 (2)(3) 0712 90 19 139,72 00 1001 10 10 155,97 0 OH 1001 10 90 1 55,97 0 0 H 1001 90 91 131,16 1001 90 99 131,16 (") 1002 00 00 151,27 0 1003 00 10 123,30 1003 00 90 123,30 (") 1004 00 10 106,79 1004 00 90 106,79 1005 10 90 139,72 00 1005 90 00 139,72 00 1007 00 90 145,21 0 1008 10 00 47,36 (") 1008 20 00 98,90 0 1008 30 00 45,23 0 1008 90 10 0 1008 90 90 45,23 1101 00 00 1 96,62 0 (") 1102 10 00 224,78 0 1103 11 10 255,78 O (,0) 1103 11 90 21235 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. (') 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. H 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.1 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.