CELEX: 31992R3874
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3874/92 of 30 December 1992 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

31 . 12. 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 390/ 121
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3874/92
                                                       of 30 December 1992
                     fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          price for shipment during that month ; whereas, in the
                                                                     case of imports to be effected during the last two months
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                for which the import licence is valid, this price must be
Economic Community,                                                  the cif price for shipment during the month preceding
                                                                     the month in which importation is expected to take
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of the                  place ;
Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization
of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation          Whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment
(EEC) No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 15(6)                during the month preceding the month in which impor­
thereof,
                                                                     tation is expected to take place in the case of imports to
                                                                     be effected during the last two months for which the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                 import licence is valid ;
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­             Whereas the premium shall be ECU 0 if the cif price
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3             determined on the day on which the premiums are fixed
thereof,                                                             is equal to the cif forward delivery price or exceeds that
                                                                      price by not more than ECU 0,151 per tonne ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the                   Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a higher
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the               level in exceptional circumstances and within certain
common agricultural policy (5), and in particular Article 5          specific limits ;
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas Article 3 of CN code Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the scale of premiums to be added to the import               1579/74 of the Commission of 24 June 1974 on the
levies   fixed   in   advance     for cereals  must include    a      procedure for calculating the import levy on products
premium for the current month and a premium for each                 processed from cereals and rice and for the advance fixing
of the three following months ; whereas the amount of                of this levy for these products and for compound feeding­
each premium must be the same throughout the Commu­                  stuffs manufactured from cereals (7), as last amended by
nity ;                                                               Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (8), provides for the addi­
                                                                     tion of a premium to the levy fixed in advance for
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2745/75 of the Council (6)               products falling within CN code 1107 ; whereas this
laid down rules for the advance fixing of levies on                  premium is, per 100 kilograms of processed product,
cereals ;                                                            equal to the premium applicable on the day of applica­
                                                                     tion for an import licence to the quantity of basic product
Whereas, under the terms of that Regulation, where the               taken as a basis for the calculation of the variable compo­
cif price for a cereal determined on the day on which the            nent of the levy ;
scale of premiums is fixed is higher than the cif forward
delivery price for that cereal, the scale of the premium             Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 97 1 /73 of the
should, as a general rule, be equal to the difference                Commission of 9 April 1973 on the advance fixing of the
between these two prices ; whereas the cif price is that             levy on wheat and meslin flour (9), a premium is added to
determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation               the levy fixed in advance for the products falling within
(EEC) No 2727/75 on the day on which the scale of                    CN code 1101 00 00 referred to in Article 1 (c) of Regula­
premiums is fixed ; whereas the cif forward delivery price           tion (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas this premium is, per
is also determined in accordance with Article 1 3 of Regu­           tonne of processed product, equal to the premium appli­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 but on the basis of offers at                cable on the date of application for an import licence for
North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be the cif price           the basic product, account being taken of the quantity of
for shipment during the month in which the import                    the basic cereal required for the production of one tonne
licence is issued in the case of imports to be effected              of flour ;
during that month ; whereas, in the case of imports to be
effected during the month following the month in which
                                                                     Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
the import licence is issued, this price must be the cif             (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                     Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
(')  OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           ture ;
(2)  OJ No   L 180,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
(■') OJ No   L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ No   L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.                             0 OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
0    OJ No   L 387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                           (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
(6)  OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 76.                           0 OJ No L 95, 11 . 4. 1973, p. 10.
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  Whereas, in order to make it possibile for the levy arran­     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  gements to function normally, the representative market
  rate established during the reference period from 30                                   Article 1
  December 1992, as regards floating currencies, should be
  used to calculate the levies ;                                 The premiums referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 2727/75 to be added to the import levies fixed
                                                                 in advance in respect of cereals and malt shall be as set
  Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions that     out in the Annex hereto.
  the premiums should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
  whereas the amount of the premiums should be altered                                   Article 2
  only if application of the abovementioned provisions
  entails a change of more than 0,151 ECU,                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 30 December 1992.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1992 fixing the premiums to be added to
                                the import levies on cereals, flour and malt
                                               A. Cereals and flour
                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                          Current          1st period         2nd period       3rd period
                     CN code
                                             1                  2                 3                 4
                    0709 90 60               0                  0                 0                 0
                    0712 90 19               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1001 10 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1001 90 91               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1001 90 99               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1002 00 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1003 00 10               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1003 00 20               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1003 00 80               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1004 00 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1004 00 10               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1005 10 90               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1005 90 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1007 00 90               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1008 10 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1008 20 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1008 30 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1008 90 90               0                  0                 0                 0
                    1101 00 00               0                  0                 0                 0
                                                     B. Malt
                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                        Current      1st period      2nd period     3rd period   4th period
                     CN code
                                           12                            3              4             5
                    1107 10 11             0             0               0              0             0
                    1107 10 19             0             0               0              0             0
                    1107 10 91             0             0               0              0             0
                    1107 10 99             0             0               0              0             0
                    1107 20 00             0             0               0              0             0