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4. 7 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 185/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1820/92 of 3 July 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, purchasing opportunities on the world market among those which are most representative of the real trend of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the market, account being taken in particular of the need Economic Community, 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (12), 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 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2644/91 (H), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 and No 159/67/EEC (,5) ; 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 Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3 basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other thereof, ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­ in relation to Rotterdam : lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be 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 Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 ("% (EEC) No 519/92 (17) and (EEC) No 520/92 (,8) of 27 February Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between 1992/93, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC) the European Economic Community and the European No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1739/92 (6), (EEC) No Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the 1 742/92 f7) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the 1801 /92 ("); Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­ to determine the levies, the Commission must take into tion (EEC) No 585/92 (19), as amended by Regulation account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 955/92 (20), lays down detailed rules for No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­ No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable ments as regards cereals ;

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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 2 States or in the overseas countries and territories ; July 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 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 ;

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 4 July 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 July 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 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 1 39,72 (2) (3) 1001 10 10 155,97 C)0 (») 1001 10 90 155,97 0 on 1001 90 91 133,87 1001 90 99 133,87 (") 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 0 0 1005 90 00 139,72 0 0 1007 00 90 145,21 0 1008 10 00 48,32 (") 1008 20 00 98,90 0 1008 30 00 46,28 0 1008 90 10 0 1008 90 90 46,28 1101 00 00 200,42 0 (") 110210 00 224,78 0 1103 11 10 255,78 0 (,0) 1103 11 90 216,46 (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. (J) 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. 0 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). (s) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90. 0 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. (I0) 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 .