CELEX: 31990R0494
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 494/90 of 28 February 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

1 . 3 . 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 53/9
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 494/90
                                                        of 28 February 1990
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                          previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27
                                                                     February 1990 ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
Portugal,                                                            calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                     coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (6), as last
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/89 Q, lays down
No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and
                                                                      certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                  products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               States or in the overseas countries and territories ; whereas
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              the Council has not yet been able formally to adopt the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              Regulation intended to replace Regulation (EEC) No
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3              486/85 ; whereas, in order to avoid discontinuity in the
thereof,                                                              arrangements applying, the application of the arrange­
                                                                      ments laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 should
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               be contained as a precaution and without prejudice to the
                                                                      definitive arrangements to be adopted subsequently by
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,            the Council ;
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 Q and subsequent amen­                    Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
ding Regulations ;
                                                                      contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 to today's
                                                                      offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies            that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
should be calculated on the following basis :                         amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                       Article 1
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in        The import levies to be charged on products listed in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)        Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
     No 1676/85,                                                      shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                            Article 2
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1990.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 February 1990.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7.
0   OJ   No L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L  153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .                               («) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ   No L  187, 1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 .                               O OJ No L 347, 28 . 11 . 1989, p. 3.
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1990 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                               35,37                                  134,49 (2) (3)
                           0712 90 19                               35,37                                  134,49 (2) (3)
                           1001 10 10                               43,59                                  1 84,49 OO
                           1001 10 90                               43,59                                  1 84,49 (') 0
                           1001 90 91                               36,15                              .   143,87
                           1001 90 99                               36,15                                  143,87
                           1002 00 00                               61,28                                  131,51 f)
                           1003 00 10                               52,45                                  116,45
                           1003 00 90                               52,45                                  116,45
                           1004 00 10                               43,85                                  122,91
                           1004 00 90                               43,85                                  122,91
                           100510 90                                35,37                                  134,49 f) (3)
                           1005 90 00                               35,37                                  134,49 (2) (3)
                           1007 00 90                               52,45                                  140,81 (4)
                           1008 10 00                               52,45                                    30,07
                           1008 20 00                                52,45                                   88,02 (4)
                           1008 30 00                                52,45                                    0,00 o
                           1008 90 10                                 0                                       0
                           1008 90 90                                52,45                                    0,00
                           1101 00 00                                64,78                                 216,36
                           1102 10 00                               99,96                                   199,24
                           1103 11 10                                82,30                                 300,69
                           1103 11 90                                68,70                                 232,41
            (') 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 products imported directly into the
                French overseas departments, 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 % .
            (f) 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.
            (4) 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).
            O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
                cale).