CELEX: 31991R1285
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1285/91 of 16 May 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 122/4                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 17. 5 . 91
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1285/91
                                                           of 16 May 1991
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                         Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Economic Community,
                                                                         a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 5
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 May 1991 ;
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 3577/90 (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
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the             contained in Regulation (EEC) No 533/91 to today's offer
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­             prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), 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,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 533/91 (*) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                        The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                     Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­            shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                  Article 2
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/85,                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 May 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 16 May 1991 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
0   OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
0   OJ   No  L 59, 6. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 16 May 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                             wheat or rye ' flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                    CN code                                                      Levy
                                 , 0709 90 60                                                  1 38,54 (2)(3)
                                   0712 90 19                                                  138,54 (2)(3)
                                   100110 10                                                   194,95 OH
                                   1001 10 90                                                  1 94,95 (')O
                                   1001 90 91                                                  160,76
                                   1001 90 99                                                  160,76
                                   1002 00 00                                                  1 54,85 (6)
                                   1003 00 10                                                  148,38
                                   1003 00 90                                                  148,38
                                   1004 00 10                                                  138,04
                                   1004 00 90                                                  138,04
                                   1005 10 90                                                 1 38,54 (2)(3)
                                   1005 90 00                                                 138,54 (2)(3)
                                   1007 00 90                                                 145,64 (4)
                                   1008 10 00                                                    41,61
                                   1008 20 00                                                 135,79 (4)
                                   1008 30 00                                                    51,25 O
                                   1008 90 10                                                     O
                                   1008 90 90                                                    51,25
                                   1101 00 00                                                 239,76 (8)
                                   1102 10 00                                                 231,49 (8)
                                   1103 11 10                                                 315,81 (8)
                                   1103 1190                                                  257,12 (8)
          (') 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 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 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.
          (6) 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).
          f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
              cale).
          (8) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
              No 3808/90 .