CELEX: 31992R3354
Language: en
Date: 1992-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3354/92 of 20 November 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

21 . 11 . 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 337/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3354/92
                                                        of 20 November 1992
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      No 1676/85,
 Economic Community,                                                   — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                           average of the ecu rates published in the Official
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
 Portugal,                                                                 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 19
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            November 1992 ;
 No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                  calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               coefficients ;
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1820/92 to today's
 lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 thereof,                                                              that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,            amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 820/92 (*) and subsequent amend­
 ing 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
                                                                                                  Article 2
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central            This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in         1992.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                     Done at Brussels, 20 November 1992.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 20 November 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals
                                          and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                      CN code                                                 Levy (')
                                    0709 90 60                                                1 30,74 (2)(3)
                                    071290 19                                                 1 30,74 (2)(3)
                                     1001 10 10                                               165,71 (') OH
                                     1001 10 90                                               165,71 OHC 0)
                                     1001 90 91                                                127,83
                                     1001 90 99                                                127,83 (")
                                     1002 00 00                                                1 53,94 fl
                                     1003 00 10                                                121,85
                                     1003 00 90                                                121,85 (")
                                     1004 00 10                                                111,85
                                     1004 00 90                                                111,85
                                     1005 10 90                                                1 30,74 (2)0
                                     1005 90 00                                                1 30,74 (2)0
                                     1007 00 90                                                137,25 (4)
                                     1008 10 00                                                  41,43 (")
                                     1008 20 00                                                106,55 (4)
                                     1008 30 00                                                  40,49 0
                                     1008 90 10                                                   0
                                     1008 90 90                                                  40,49
                                     1101 00 00                                                191,80 0 (")
                                     11021000                                                  228,200
                                     1103 11 10                                                269,46 OH
                                     1103 11 90                                                206,490
             (') 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 accor­
                 dance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
             (*) 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 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
             0 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 .
             (*) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC, except if
                 paragraph 4 of the same Article applies.
            (I0) An amount equal to the amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1825/91 is to be levied in accordance with
                 Article 101 (4) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
            (") Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
                  ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued
                  in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
                  Annex to that Regulation.