24.2.89 NoL52/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No453/89
of23February1989
fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon22
February1989;
Whereastheaforesaidcorrectivefactoraffectstheentire
calculationbasisforthelevies,includingtheequivalence
coefficients ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthedetailedrules
containedinRegulation(EEC)No2401/88totoday's
offerpricesandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thattheleviesatpresentiiiforceshouldbealteredtothe
amountssetoutintheAnnexhereto,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No166/89(2),andinparticularArticle13(5)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85
of11June1985onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy(3),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87(4),andinparticularArticle3
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereastheimportleviesoncereals,wheatandryeflour,
andwheatgroatsandmealwerefixedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2401/88(*)andsubsequentamend­
ingRegulations ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviestobechargedonproductslistedin
Article1(a),(b)and(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24February
1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23February1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.0OJNoL20,25.1.1989,p.16.
(3)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(<)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.L0OJNoL205,30.7.1988,p.96.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof23February1989fixingdieimportleviesoncerealsand
onwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
CNcodeLevies
Portugal Thirdcountry
07099060
07129019
10011010
10011090
10019091
10019099
10020000
10030010
10030090
10040010
10040090
10051090
10059000
10070090
10081000
10082000
10083000
10089010
10089090
11010000
11021000
11031110
1103119020,50
20,50
53,13
53,13
30,85
30,85
58,63
49,19
49,19
40,25
40,25
20,50
20,50
43,84
49,19
49,19
49,19
0
49,19
57,38
96,27
95,80
60,70126,32
126,32
170,57(')O
170,5700
118,77
118,77
112^30
11938
11938
75,66
75,66
1263200
126,3200
137310
24,49
59,19(4)
0,00o
0
0,00
180,47
171,53
277,83
193,64
(')WheredurumwheatoriginatinginMoroccoistransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,the
levyisreducedbyECU0,60/tonne.
(*)InaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No486/85theleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe'overseascountriesand
territories'.
0WheremaizeoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyisreducedbyECU
1,81/tonne.
{*)WheremilletandsorghumoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyisreduced
by50%.
QWheredurumwheatandcanaryseedproducedinTurkeyaretransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytothe
Community,thelevyisreducedbyECU0,60/tonne.
0TheimportlevychargedonryeproducedinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommu­
nityislaiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77(OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10)andCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2622/71(OJNoL271,10.12.1971,p.22).
0ThelevyapplicabletoryeshallbechargedonimportsoftheproductfellingwithinCNcode10089010(triti­
cale).