CELEX: 31987R0740
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-17
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 740/87 of 16 March 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                                  (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 740/87
                                                           of 16 March 1987
                        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
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 Portugal,
                                                                       Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 13
                                                                       March 1987 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 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 1579/86 (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                  Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 to today's offer
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
 common agricultural policy (3), 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,
                                                                       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 135/87 (4) and subsequent amending
 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 2727/75
                                                                       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 .
(2) OJ   No  L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29 .
(3) OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 17, 20 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 ..                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 March 1987.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 16 March 1987.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                         Vice-President
                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 16 March 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                               wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                     CCT                                                                               Levies
                   heading                           Description
                      No
                                                                                          Portugal            Third country
           10.01 B I                  Common wheat, and meslin                             11,71               195,79
           10.01 B II                 Durum wheat                                          46,77               266,17 00
           10.02                      Rye                                                  40,78               180,08 0
           10.03                      Barley                                               39,05               189,07
           10.04                      Oats                                                 97,34               160,07
           10.05 B                    Maize, other than hybrid maize for          l
                                      sowing                                                 —
                                                                                                               181,09 0 (3)(8)
           10.07 A                    Buckwheat                                            39,05               130,20
           10.07 B                    Millet                                               39,05               156,08 (4)
           10.07 C II                 Grqin sorghum, other than hybrid            I
                                      sorghum for sowing                                   24,96               185,34 00
           10.07   D I                Triticale                                              0                   0
           10.07   D II               Canary seed ; other cereals                          39,05                48,34 O
           11.01   A                  Wheat or meslin flour                                31,55              289,26
           11.01   B                  Rye flour                                            72,25              266,54
           11.02 A I a)               Durum wheat groats and meal                          86,16              425,64
           11.02 A lb)                Common wheat groats and meal                         31,71              310,03
          (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
              levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/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 1,81
              ECU/tonne .
          (*) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced
              by 50 % .
          0 Where difrum 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 .
          O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­
              cale).
          (®) 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.