CELEX: 31994R1937
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1937/94 of 29 July 1994 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 198/36                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30. 7. 94
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1937/94
                                                             of 29 July 1994
                         fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas, where information or quotations are unavailable,
                                                                        the cif price for certain flours may be determined by
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 applying a coefficient to the cif price of the basic cereal ;
 Community,                                                            whereas this coefficient is fixed in Article 2 of Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 1621 /93, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                       795/94 (10) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)             Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
 No 1 866/94 (2), and in particular Articles 10 (5) and 11 (3)         basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
 thereof,
                                                                       ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
                                                                       tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92                  in relation to Rotterdam :
 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
 conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
 common agricultural policy (3), amended by Regulation                 Whereas the cif price remains unchanged where data are
 (EC) No 3528/93 (4),                                                " lacking or under the conditions laid down in Article 1 (3)
                                                                       of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 10 (1 ) of Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that a levy must be
 charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (1 )           Whereas in the case of malt the levy is made up of a vari­
 (a) (b) and (c) of that Regulation and that, except for malt,         able component and a fixed component ; whereas the
 the levy is equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;         fixed component is determined in the second subpara­
 whereas the levy applying to rye is charged in the case of            graph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 triticale ;                                                           whereas the variable component is fixed, in accordance
                                                                       with Article 11 (1 ) A of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals, wheat and rye               account being taken of the quantity of basic cereal
 flours, and wheat groats and meal, are fixed for the                  required to manufacture malt ; whereas to this end Article
 1994/95 marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)                   3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 fixes the coefficients
 No 1766/92 and (EC) No 1867/94 0 and Commission                       applying to the levies for basic cereals ;
 Regulations (EEC) No 1580/93 (6), (EEC) No 1709/93 Q
 and (EC) No 1474/94 (8);
                                                                       Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (") and
                                                                       (EC) No 3492/93 (12), on certain procedures for applying
 Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used           the Europe Agreement establishing an association
 to determine the levies, the Commission must take into
                                                                       between the European Communities and their Member
 account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
 No 1621 /93 (9) and in particular the most favourable                 Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 purchasing opportunities on the world market which are                No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
sufficently representative of the real market trend account            applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
being taken in particular of both the need to prevent                  related matters between the European Economic Commu­
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances                nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
on the Community market and of the quality of the                      one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
goods offered, whether this quality corresponds to the                 the other part (13), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
standard quality laid down by Regulation (EEC) No                      2235/93 (H), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
 1580/93, or whether adjustments need to be made by                    arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in               products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;                                         121 /94 (15), lays down detailed rules for applying the
                                                                       arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
(')  OJ  No  L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                             cereals ;
(2) OJ   No  L  197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  L 387,   31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 320,   22. 12. 1993, p. 32.                             (10) OJ No   L  92, 9. 4. 1994, p. 17.
(0  OJ   No  L  197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 3.                               (")  OJ No   L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
(6) OJ   No  L 152,   24. 6. 1993, p. 14.                              H    OJ No   L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
0   OJ   No  L 159,   1 . 7. 1993, p. 80.                              H    OJ No   L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(8) OJ   No  L 159,   28. 6. 1994, p. 30.                              (14) OJ No   L  200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
0   OJ   No  L 155,   26. 6. 1993, p. 36.                              H    OJ No   L  21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 3.
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 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March             the amount expressed in the currency of third countries
 1994 (') has opened Community tariff quotas for certain           and are the basis for calculating the agricultural conver­
 agricultural products and fixed the levies to be applied on       sion rates of the Member States' currencies ; whereas the
 imports of those products ; whereas Regulation (EC) No            detailed rules for determining and applying the said
 1854/94 (2) has established the detailed rules of the import      conversions are laid down in Commission Regulation
 regime for cereals laid down in Regulation (EC) No                (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
 774/94 ;                                                          547/94 (");
 Whereas the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­                 Whereas, in order to make it possible for the levy arrange­
 related matters between the Community and the Republic            ments to function normally, the representative market
 of Bulgaria (3), signed in Brussels on 8 March 1993,              rate established during the reference period from 28 July
 entered into force on 31 December 1993 ; whereas the              1994 as regards floating currencies, should be used to
 Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters              calculate the levies ;
 between the Community and Romania (4), signed in Brus­
 sels on 1 February 1993, entered into force on 1 May              Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
 1993 ; whereas the said Agreements provide for a reduc­           abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be
 tion in the import levy for certain products ; whereas            fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/94 (*), as last                 whereas the levy is altered only where the calculation
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 606/94 (*), lays down             results in a variation of ECU 1,50 or more per tonne,
 detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for         pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 5 of Regula­
 in these agreements as regards cereals ;                          tion (EEC) No 1621 /93, compared to the levy previously
                                                                   set,
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 Q, as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (8), lays down the
 arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
 certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
                                                                                            Article 1
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the            The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 overseas countries and territories with the European             Article 1 (1 ) (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 Economic Community Q, no levies shall apply on                    1766/92 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 and territories ;
                                                                                            Article 2
 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 are used for converting         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 July 1994.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(■) OJ  No  L 91 , 8. 4. 1994, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 192, 28. 7. 1994, p. 31 .
(3) OJ  No  L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2.
(4) OJ  No  L 81 , 2. 4. 1993, p. 2.
O   OJ  No  L 43, 16. 2. 1994, p. 4.
O   OJ  No L  168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 13.
0   OJ  No L  84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
(8) OJ  No L  30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.                              H OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O   OJ  No L  263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                           (") OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1994 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                                   wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                       CN code                                             Third countries (8)
                                      0709 90 60                                            113,2600
                                      0712 90 19                                            113,2600
                                      1001 10 00                                              49,80 00 (")
                                      1001 90 91                                              73,81
                                      1001 90 99                                              73,81 0 (u)
                                      1002 00 00                                            103,03 0
                                      1003 00 10                                            105,90
                                      1003 00 90                                            105,90 0
                                      1004 00 00                                              93,84
                                      1005 10 90                                            113,2600
                                      1005 90 00                                            113,26 0 0
                                      1007 00 90                                            114,340
                                      1008 10 00                                              31,12 0
                                      1008 20 00                                              34,20 00
                                      1008 30 00                                                  00
                                      1008 90 10                                                 0
                                      1008 90 90                                                  0
                                      1101 00 00                                            143,09 0
                                      1102  10 00                                           182,31
                                      1103  1110                                            112,10
                                      1103  11 90                                           164,54
                                      1107  10 11                                           142,26
                                      1107  10 19                                           109,05
                                      1107 1091                                             199,38 (10)
                                      1107 10 99                                            151,73 0
                                      1107 20 00                                            1 75,03 (10)
              (') 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.
              (3) Where maize originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by ECU 1,81 /tonne.
              (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is applied in
                  accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
              0 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.
              Is) 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), as last amended by
                  Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 (OJ No L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 3), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71
                  (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 560/91 (OJ No L 62, 8 . 3. 1991 , p. 26).
              O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10
                  (triticale).
              (8) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
              (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland or Hungary under the Agreements concluded between
                  those countries and the Community and under the Interim Agreement between the Czech Republic, the Slovak
                  Republic, Bulgaria and Romania and the Community and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accor­
                  dance with Regulation (EC) No 121 /94 or (EC) No 335/94 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out
                  in the Annex to that Regulation.
             (10) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for
                  products originating in Turkey.
             (") The levy for the products falling within this code in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 774/94 is restricted
                  under the conditions of this Regulation .