CELEX: 31987R1944
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1944/87 of 3 July 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 185/38                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                     4. 7. 87
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1944/87
                                                            of 3 July 1987
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            the goods offered must also be taken into account,
                                                                      whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality
                                                                       fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 ("), as last
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/84 (12), and (EEC)
Economic Community,                                                    No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by
                                                                       applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     Regulation No 158/67/EEC (l3), as last amended by Regu­
Portugal,                                                              lation (EEC) No 3135/84 (14), and in Regulation No 159/
                                                                       67/EEC H ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,               ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
                                                                        tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
                                                                        in relation to Rotterdam ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (1S), last
policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4),              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 73/87 ('^), lays down
and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                    the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                        certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                        products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­               Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                    (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),             Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal              Tariff ;
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;
                                                                        Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat                 should be calculated on the following basis :
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for
the 1987/88 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1901 /87                (EEC) No 1903/87 0
and (EEC) No 1943/87 (8) ;                                                    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
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used                   the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                       tion (EEC) No 1676/85,
 account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/
 67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable purcha­             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 sing opportunities on the world market among those                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 which are most representative of the real trend of the                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 market, account being taken in particular of the need to                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal distur­                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 bances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of
                                                                         Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 2
 (') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              July 1987 ;
 (2) OJ  No   L 182,  3 . 7. 1987.
 (3) OJ  No   L 164,  24. 6. 1985,   p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No   L 153,  13. 6. 1987,   p. 1 .                              (u)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
 (*) OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                              (12) OJ  No  L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 17.
 fô OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987.                                             (13) OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
 0 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987.                                              H    OJ  No  L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 11 .
 (*) See page 37 of this Official Journal.                               (15) OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
 0 OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                                   H    OJ  No  L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
 (10) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                                    17) OJ  No  L 11 , 13 . 1 . 1987, p. 23.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,        set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                 altered only where variations in the components used to
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of          calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from              them by 0,73 ECU or more,
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and
Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in
the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied
pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy                                         Article 1
should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into                  The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
account the situation with regard to market prices in             Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain         shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;                                            Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
 abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as          This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 3 July 1987.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 3 July 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                             _
                                                                                                              177,89
             10.01 B 11                 Durum wheat                                         28,00             230,41 0 0
             10.02                      Rye                                                 23,74             151,06 H
             10.03                      Barley                                              22,03             173,69
             10.04                      Oats                                                70,15             128,24
             10.05 B                    Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                               2,38             177,56 (2) (3) (8)
             10.07 A                    Buckwheat                                           22,03             113,81
             10.07 B                    Millet                                              22,03             123,75 (4)
             10.07 C II                 Grain sorghum, other than hybrid           Il
                                        sorghum for sowing                                  27,10             184,69 0 0
             10.07 D I                  Triticale                                            0                   0
             10.07 D II                  Canary seed ; other cereals                        22,03              30,1 1 0
             11.01 A                    Wheat or meslin flour                                —
                                                                                                              262,05
             11.01 B                     Rye flour                                          42,22             224,49
             11.02 A I a)                Durum wheat groats and meal                       104,75             370,13
             11.02 A lb)                 Common wheat groats and meal                      104,97             283,02
             (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                 levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne .
             (*) In accordance with Council 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.
             0 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 .
             O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­
                 cale).
              O 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.