CELEX: 31987R1872
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1872/87 of 1 July 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

2. 7. 87                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 178 / 1
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                                           (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1872/87
                                                      of 1 July 1987
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                 should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                     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)
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   No 1676/85,
Portugal,
                                                                 — 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 30
                                                                 June 1987 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
                                                                 Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the         calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­         coefficients ;
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3
thereof,                                                         Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
                                                                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 to today's offer
                                                                 prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,          levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
                                                                 set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 (*) and subsequent amending           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulations ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for
the 1987/88 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­
cable on 30 June 1987 should be laid down pursuant to
                                                                 The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                 Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1826/87 of 29 June                shall be as set out in the Annex hereto and will be
 1987 on precautionary measures and the suspension of            adjusted, where appropriate, on the basis of the decisions
advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (*) ;             taken in respect of prices for the 1987/88 marketing year.
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                                                        Article 2
M OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 17, 20. 1 . 1987, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No L 173, 30. 6. 1987, p. 7.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 July 1987.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 1 July 1987.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 1 July 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                                wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                       CCT                                                                          Levies
                    heading                           Description
                        No                                                             Portugal O         Third country f)
            10.01 B I                   Common wheat, and meslin                          19,24            201,05
           10.01 B II                   Durum wheat                                       55,79            256,63 0 0
            10.02                       Rye                                               47,79             173,98 O
            10.03                       Barley                                            46,08             197,26
            10.04                       Oats                                             103,68             151,84
            10.05 B                     Maize, other than hybrid maize for        \
                                        sowing                                              2,38            175,33 (2) (3) (8)
            10.07 A                     Buckwheat                                         46,08             137,13
            10.07 B                     Millet                                            46,08             147,10 O
            10.07 C II                  Grain sorghum, other than hybrid          Il
                                        sorghum for sowing                                27,10             183,78 0 0
            10.07   DI                  Triticale                                           0                 0
            10.07   D II                Canary seed ; other cereals                       46,08              52,12 0
            11.01   A                   Wheat or meslin flour                             42,63            297,17
            11.01   B                   Rye flour                                         82,60            260,08
            1 1 .02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal                      100,31            411,61
            11.02 A lb)                 Common wheat groats and meal                      43,08            317,42
           (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
           (*) In accordance with Council 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'.
           O Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into .the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81
                ECU/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 0,60 ECU/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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
           Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­
                cale).
           O The levy referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/86 shall be fixed on the basis of an invita­
                tion to tender in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3140/86.
           O These amounts will be adjusted, where appropriate, on the basis of the decisions taken on respect of prices for
                the 1987/88 marketing year.