CELEX: 31991R0722
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 722/91 of 25 March 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26. 3 . 91                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 78 / 13
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 722/91
                                                         of 25 March 1991
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                          average of the ecu rates published in the Official
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Economic Community,
                                                                          a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Portugal,
                                                                      Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 22
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  March 1991 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             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 533/91 to today's offer
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3              levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
thereof,                                                              set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 533/91 (*) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                         The import levies to be charged on products listed in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                      Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                      shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     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                                   Article 2
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/85,                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 1991 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 25 March 1991 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23 .
(3) OJ  No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
0   OJ  No  L  59, 6. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                              wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                                      CN code                                                      Levy
                                    0709 90 60                                                   132,09 0 (3)
                                    0712 90 19                                                   132,09 (2) (3)
                                    100110 10                                                    195,73 ('K5)
                                    1001 10 90                                                   195,73 (') 0
                                    1001 90 91                                                   175,40
                                     1001 90 99                                                  175,40
                                     1002 00 00                                                  1 54,92 (6)
                                     1003 00 10                                                  150,06
                                     1003 00 90                                                  150,06
                                     1004 00 10                                                  143,09
                                     1004 00 90                                                  143,09
                                     1005 10 90                                                  132,09 (2) (3)
                                     1005 90 00                                                  132,09 0 0
                                     1007 00 90                                                  1 43,46 (4)
                                     1008 10 00                                                    53,91
                                     1008 20 00                                                  137,55 (4)
                                     1008 30 00                                                    63,45 0
                                     1008 90 10                                                     0
                                     1008 90 90                                                    63,45
                                     1101 00 00                                                  259,92 (8)
                                     1102 10 00                                                  231,25 (8)
                                     1103 1110                                                   31 6,89 (8)
                                     1103 11 90                                                  279,26 (8)
             (') 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 715/90 the levies are not applied to products imported directly into the
                 French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries
                 and territories'.
             (') 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 applied
                 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
             (*) 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.
             (6) 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).
             f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).
             (8) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                 No 3808/90 .