CELEX: 31987R0120
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 120/87 of 16 January 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

17. 1 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 15/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 120/87
                                                         of 16 January 1987
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                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                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Economic Community,                                                       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
                                                                           previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                       Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 5
                                                                       January 1987 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
 No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             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 2010/86 to today's
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the               offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3            that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
thereof,                                                               amounts 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 2010/86 (4) and subsequent amen­
ding 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
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                                                  Article 2
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 139,  24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
(3) OJ   No  L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 January
(<  OJ   No  L 173,  1 . 7. 1986, p. 1 .                               1987.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 16 January 1987.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 16 January 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                              3,65              197,62
          10.01 B II                   Durum wheat                                         37,10               250,61 (') 0
          10.02                        Rye                                                 33,36               173,13 («)
          10.03                        Barley                                              31,61               185,95
          10.04                        Oats                                                90,74               155,29
          10.05 B                      Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                       sowing                                                                  179,38 (2) (3) (8)
          10.07 A                      Buckwheat                                           22,15                 22,15
          10.07 B                      Millet                                              31,61               134,90 (4)
          10.07 C II                   Grain sorghum, other than hybrid
                                       sorghum for sowing                                   17,35              1 8 1 ,06 (4) (8)
          10.07     D I                Triticale                                              0                    0
          10.07     D II               Canary seed ; other cereals                         31,61                 60,04 0
          11.01     A                  Wheat or meslin flour                                19,73              291,28
          11.01     B                  Rye flour                                           61,32               257,00
           1 1 .02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal                         71,00               401,94
           11.02 A lb)                 Common wheat groats and meal                         19,53              312,81
          (') 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 % .
          (*) Where durum 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 .
          f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­
                cale).
          (8) 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.