CELEX: 31994R0855
Language: en
Date: 1994-04-16
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 855/94 of 15 April 1994 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector

16. 4 . 94                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 98 /29
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 855/94
                                                           of 15 April 1994
                                           fixing the export levies in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           the exports contemplated and the advantage of avoiding
                                                                      disturbance on the Community market ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                            Whereas the export levy may be varied where the world
                                                                      market situation or the specific requirements of certain
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  markets make this necessary ;
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as amended by Commission Regula­               Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
tion (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 16 (2)            1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92(0, as
thereof,                                                              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3528/93 (0, are to be
                                                                      used to convert the amount expressed in third-country
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No                 currencies and are the basis for determining the agricul­
1766/92, appropriate measures may be taken when the                    tural conversion rates of the currencies of the Member
quotations or prices on the world market for one or more               States ; whereas the detailed rules for determining and
products reach the level of Community prices and when                  applying these conversion rates are laid down in Commis­
that situation is likely to continue and to deteriorate,               sion Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as last amended by
thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Commu­                Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (8) ;
nity market ;
                                                                       Whereas the application of the aforementioned rules to
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade is             the current market situation in the cereals sector, and in
such as to hinder imports into the Community of durum                  particular to the quotations or prices of these products in
wheat or lead to it being exported from the Community ;                the Community and on the world market, leads to the
                                                                       export levy being fixed at the amount set out in the
Whereas the situation referred to above currently obtains ;            Annex to this Regulation ;
whereas, in order to safeguard supplies in the Commu­
nity, an export levy should be introduced for durum                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
wheat ;                                                                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                       Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1766/92 fixes the threshold price for cereals for the
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1993/94 to 1995/96 marketing years ;
Whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                               Article 1
 1533/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 120/94 (4),             The export levy referred to in Article 15 of amended
provides for the application of an export levy ; whereas,
pursuant to Article 2 of the same Regulation, export levies            Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 for the products falling
                                                                       within CN code 1001 10 00 shall be as set out in the
are to be fixed in particular in the light of the prices               Annex.
charged on the representative Community markets and
their trends and the quotations recorded on the markets                                            Article 2
of third countries ; whereas that Regulation also provides
that account should be taken of the economic aspects of                This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 1994.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 15 April 1994.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Rene STEICHEN
                                                                             Member of the Commission
0   OJ  No  L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                              0   OJ  No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                                 («) OJ  No L  320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3) OJ  No  L  151 , 23. 6. 1993, p. 15.                               0   OJ  No L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ  No  L  21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 1 .                               o   OJ  No L  69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 15 April 1994 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector
                                                                                                             Amount
                    CN code                                    Destination                                    of levy
                                                                                                          in ecu/tonne
                  1001 10 00             Algeria                                                                0 (')
                                         Other third countries                                                 35,00
                                         Other third countries                                                  0 (2)
           (') For exports carried out within the framework of Regulations (EC) No 151 /94 (OJ No L 23, 28. 1 . 1994, p. 5) and
               (EC) No 646/94 (OJ No L 80, 24. 3. 1994, p. 14).
           (2) For exports carried out within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 823/94 (OJ No L 95, 14. 4. 1994, p. 2).