12.2.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL38/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No322/91
of11February1991
fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
No156/67/EEC(9),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No31/76(l0),andinparticularthemostfavourable
purchasingopportunities ontheworldmarketamong
thosewhicharemostrepresentative oftherealtrendof
themarket,accountbeingtakeninparticularoftheneed
topreventsuddenvariationslikely-tocauseabnormal
disturbancesontheCommunitymarket;whereasthe
qualityofthegoodsofferedmustalsobetakeninto
account,whetherthisqualitycorrespondstothestandard
qualityfixedinCouncilRegulations (EEC)No2731/
75("),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2094/
87(n),and(EEC)No2734/75,orwhetheradjustments
needtobemadebyapplyingthecoefficientsofequiva­
lenceprovidedforinCommissionRegulationsNo158/
67/EEC(l3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2124/87H,andNo159/67/EEC(15);THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3577/90(2),andinparticularArticle13(5)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85
of11June1985onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy(3),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2205/90(4),andinparticularArticle3
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee ,
WhereasthefirstsubparagraphofArticle13(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2727/75providesthatalevymustbe
chargedonimportsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(a),
(b)and(c)ofthatRegulation;whereasthelevyisequal
foreachproducttothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
Whereas,thethresholdpricesforcerealsandforwheat
andryeflour,andwheatgroatsandmeal,werefixedfor
the1990/91marketingyearbyCouncilRegulations (EEC)
No2734/750,(EEC)No1341/90(6),(EEC)No
1344/900andCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1573/90(8);
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingthecifpricesused
todeterminethelevies,theCommission musttakeinto
accountthefactorsindicatedinCommissionRegulationWhereasthecifpriceiscalculatedforRotterdamonthe
basisoftheabovementioned elements,offersforother
portsbeingadjusted,accountbeingtakenofthecorrec­
tionsnecessitatedbythedifferencesintransportcharges
inrelationtoRotterdam :
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No715/90(1<s),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No297/91(,7),laysdown
thearrangementsapplicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle18(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2727/75,thenomenclature providedforinthis
Regulationisincorporatedinthecombinednomencla­
ture:
0OJNo128,27.6.1967,p.2533/67.
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.
(3)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.HOJNoL5,10.1.1976,p.18.
(")OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.22.
HOJNoL196,17.7.1987,p.1.
HOJNo128,27.6.1967,p.2536/67.
HOJNoL197,18.7.1987,p.22.
HOJNo128,27.6.1967,p.2542/67.HOJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.(4)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.
(5)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.34.
(6)OJNoL134,28.5.1990,p.3.
OOJNoL134,28.5.1990,p.7.
(8)OJNoL149,13.6.1990,p.9. HOJNoL36,8.2.1991,p.9.

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setoutintheAnnexthereto;whereastheseleviesare
alteredonlywherevariationsinthecomponentsusedto
calculatethemhavetheeffectofincreasingorreducing
thembyECU0,73ormore,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon8
February1991;
WhereasonimportationintoPortugalofproductslisted
inAnnexXXIVtotheActofAccessionanadditional
amountisaddedtothelevy;whereastheseamountswere
setbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3808/90(!);
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheprovisionsofthe
abovementioned RegulationsthattheleviesshouldbeasArticle1
Theimportleviestobechargedontheproductslistedin
Article1(a),(b)and(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12February
1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11February1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL367,29.12.1990,p.1.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof11February1991fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsand
onwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
CNcode Levy
07099060
07129019
10011010
10011090
10019091
10019099
10020000
10030010
10030090
10040010
10040090
10051090
10059000
10070090
10081000
10082000
10083000
10089010
10089090
11010000
11021000
11031110
11031190143,90(2)(3)
143,90(2)0
203,29(')0
203,29(')0
197,55
197,55
160,25(6)
164,49
164,49
150,02
150,02
143,90(2)(3)
143,90(2)(3)
148,450
70,11
133,82(4)
79,270
0
79,27
290,760
238.540
328.550
312,75(8)
(')wheredurumwheatoriginatinginMoroccoistransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,the
levyisreducedbyECU0,60/tonne.
(2)InaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No715/90theleviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirectlyintothe
Frenchoverseasdepartments,originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe'overseascountries
andterritories'.
(3)WheremaizeoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyisreducedbyECU
1,81/tonne.
(4)WheremilletandsorghumoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyisapplied
inaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No715/90.
(*)WheredurumwheatandcanaryseedproducedinTurkeyaretransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytothe
Community,thelevyisreducedbyECU0,60/tonne.
(')TheimportlevychargedonryeproducedinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommu­
nityislaiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77(OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10)andCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2622/71(OJNoL271,10.12.1971,p.22).
0ThelevyapplicabletoryeshallbechargedonimportsoftheproductfallingwithinCNcode10089010(triti­
cale).
(8)OnimportationintoPortugalthelevyisincreasedbytheamountspecifiedinArticle2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No3808/90.