CELEX: 31989R2818
Language: en
Date: 1989-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2818/89 of 20 September 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

21 . 9. 89                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 272/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2818/89
                                                       of 20 September 1989
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               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,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                          these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Portugal,                                                                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                      Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 19
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  September 1989 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1834/89 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                      calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                      coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 to today's
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3              that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
thereof,                                                              amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 (^ and subsequent amen­
ding Regulations ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies            The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                         Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727US
                                                                      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
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  180,  27. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .:
(4) OJ  No  L  153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September
0   OJ  No  L  187,  1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 .                              1989.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety ana directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 20 September 1989.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 2d September 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                                  137,80
                           0712 90 19                              34,31                                  137,80
                            1001 10 10                              17,45                                 154,39 00
                            1001 10 90                              17,45                                 154,39 00
                            1001 90 91                              16,30                                 104,63
                            1001 90 99                              16.30                                 104,63
                            1002 00 00                             44,06                                  111,850
                            1003 00 10                             34,73                                  105,73
                            1003 00 90                             34,73                                  105,73
                            1004 00 10                             26,13                                   99,02
                            1004 00 90                             26,13                                   99,02
                            1005 10 90                             34.31                                  137,80 (2)O
                            1005 90 00                             34,31                                  137,80 0 0
                            1007 00 90                              52,35                                 139,45 0
                            1008 10 00                             34,73                                     0,00
                            1008 20 00                             34,73                                   78,78 O
                            1008 30 00                             34,73                                     0,00 o
                            1008 90 10                               0                                       0
                            1008 90 90                             34,73                                     0,00
                            1101 00 00                             36,12                                  159,78
                            1102 10 00                              74,98                                 170,75
                            1103 11 10                             41,47                                  253,73
                            110311 90                               38,70                                 172,25
           (') 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 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 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).