CELEX: 31989R1915
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 of 30 June 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

1 . 7. 89                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 187/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1915/89
                                                            of 30 June 1989
                      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 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 31 /76 (10), 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
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal
Portugal,                                                              disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the
                                                                       quality of the goods offered must also be taken into
                                                                       account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             87 (l2), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments
 No 1834/89 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,              need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­
                                                                       lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                  67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               2124/87 O4), and No 159/67/EEC (15) ;
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3              Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
 thereof,                                                              basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                       ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
                                                                       tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               in relation to Rotterdam ;
 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (16), as last
 charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 967/89 (l7), lays down
 (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal            the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
 for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;          certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                       products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                       States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
 Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
 and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for
 the 1989/90 marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)               Whereas, in accordance with Article 18.(1 ) of Regulation
 No 2734/75 {% (EEC) No 1214/89 (6), (EEC) No                          (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
 1218/89 (J) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
 1588/89 (8) ;                                                         ture ;
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
 to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                should be calculated on the following basis :
 account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation
                                                                       (9) OJ No   128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2533/67.
 (') OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 1.                             (10) OJ No  L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
 (2) OJ No  L  180,  27. 6.   1989,  p. 1.                             (") OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
 (3) OJ No  L  164,  24. 6.   1985,  p. 1.                             (12) OJ No   L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No  L  153,  13. 6.   1987,  p. 1.                             (13) OJ No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67,
 0   OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 34.                            H OJ No      L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22.
 (6) OJ No  L  128 , 11 . 5.  1989,  p. 2.                             (15) OJ No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
 0   OJ No  L  128,  11 . 5.  1989,  p. 7.                             (16) OJ No   L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p . 4.
 C\ OT Mn I. 156     8 . 6. 1989    n. 2V                              (17) OJ No L 103, 15. 4. 1989, p. 1 .
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    account the situation with regard to market prices in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)     Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain,
     No 1676/85,                                                  the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the             between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;
     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­        Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the          abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;              set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
                                                                  altered only where variations in the components used to
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29            calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
June 1989 ;                                                        them by ECU 0,73 or more,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from                                           Article 1
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
in respect of , Portugal before accession ; whereas, under         The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20             Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying                shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and
Portugal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                          Article 2
3296/88 (2), the same arrangements are to be applied in
the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 30 June 1989.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
 0 OJ No L 293, 27. 10 . 1988, p. 7.
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                                                               ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                            wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                    Levies
                            CN code
                                                                Portugal                             Third country
                          0709 90 60                              34,31                                  126,52
                          0712 90 19                              34,31                                  126,52
                          1001 10 10                              13,87                                  147,16 CM5)
                          1001 10 90                              13,87                                  147,16 C1) (4
                          1001 90 91                              13,66                                  100,70
                          1001 90 99                              13,66                                  100,70
                          1002 00 00                              41,42                                  1 10,21 f)
                          1003 00 10                              32,09                                  101,82
                          1003 00 90                              32,09                                  101,82
                           1004 00 10                             23,49                                    77,27
                           1004 00 90                             23,49                                    77,27
                           1005 10 90                             34,31                                  126,52 0 (3)
                           1005 90 00                             34,31                                  126,52 0 0
                           1007 00 90                             52,35                                  136,26 (4)
                           1008 10 00                             32,09                                     0,00
                           1008 20 00                             32,09                                     6,98 (4)
                           1008 30 00                             32,09                                     0,00 0
                           1008 90 10                              0                                        0
                           1008 90 90                             32,09                                     0,00
                           1101 00 00                             32,13                                  153,98
                           1102 10 00                             70,99                                  167,30
                           1103 11 10                             35,82                                  242,42
                           1103 1190                              34,71                                  166,30
          (') 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 486/85 the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas
              departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and
              territories'.
          (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by ECU
              1,81 /tonne.
          (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced
              by 50 % .
          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.
          0 Hie 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 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) and Commission
              Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22).
          0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
              cale).