CELEX: 31992R1820
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1820/92 of 3 July 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

4. 7. 92                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 185/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1820/92
                                                          of 3 July 1992
                     fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          purchasing opportunities on the world market among
                                                                     those which are most representative of the real trend of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the market, account being taken in particular of the need
Economic Community,                                                  to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal
                                                                     disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   quality of the goods offered must also be taken into
Portugal,                                                            account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard
                                                                     quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (12),
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence
No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,             provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/67/EEC
                                                                     (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2644/91 (H),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                 and No 159/67/EEC (,5) ;
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­             Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 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
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­            in relation to Rotterdam :
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;         Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 ("% (EEC)
                                                                     No 519/92 (17) and (EEC) No 520/92 (,8) of 27 February
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat               1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for             Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
1992/93, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)                 the European Economic Community and the European
No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1739/92 (6), (EEC) No                         Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
1 742/92 f7) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
1801 /92 (");                                                        Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
                                                                     other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used          levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into               tion (EEC) No 585/92 (19), as amended by Regulation
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation               (EEC) No 955/92 (20), lays down detailed rules for
No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable                ments as regards cereals ;
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            (")  OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
0   OJ No   L 180,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                              (,2) OJ   No  L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                              (I3) OJ   No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
0   OJ No   L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.                              04)  OJ   No  L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23.
0   OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                            H    OJ   No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(0  OJ No   L 180,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 2.                               H    OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 6.                                    H    OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
0 OJ No L 182, 2. 7. 1992, p. 83.                                    (Ig) OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
0 OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                                H    OJ   No  L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
H OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18.                                    H    OJ   No  L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), as last                Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down                   a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and               cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific        Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 2
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;             July 1992 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the             Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed
                                                                   in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on                   amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were
imports of products originating in the overseas countries          set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (4) ;
and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be                 Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
charged on imports of certain products originating in the          abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
overseas countries and territories in order to prevent             set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
products originating from these countries and territories          altered only where variations in the components used to
from receiving more favourable treatment than similar              calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
products imported from Spain or Portugal into the                  them by ECU 0,73 or more,
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
ture ;
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies                                     Article 1
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­          The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central         shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/85,                                                                              Article 2
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 3 July 1992.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (■) OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
 O OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
 (3) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                            (4) OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 3 July 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                            wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                   CN code                                                  Levy (*)
                                  0709 90 60                                                139,72 (2) (3)
                                  0712 90 19                                                1 39,72 (2) (3)
                                  1001 10 10                                                155,97 C)0 (»)
                                  1001 10 90                                                155,97 0 on
                                  1001 90 91                                                133,87
                                  1001 90 99                                                133,87 (")
                                  1002 00 00                                                151,27 0
                                  1003 00 10                                                123,30
                                  1003 00 90                                                123,30 (")
                                  1004 00 10                                                106,79
                                  1004 00 90                                                106,79
                                  1005 10 90                                                139,72 0 0
                                  1005 90 00                                                139,72 0 0
                                  1007 00 90                                                145,21 0
                                  1008 10 00                                                  48,32 (")
                                  1008 20 00                                                  98,90 0
                                  1008 30 00                                                  46,28 0
                                  1008 90 10                                                   0
                                  1008 90 90                                                  46,28
                                  1101 00 00                                                200,42 0 (")
                                  110210 00                                                 224,78 0
                                  1103 11 10                                                255,78 0 (,0)
                                  1103 11 90                                                216,46 (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.
          (J) 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.
          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.
          (') 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 1 180/77 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).
          (s) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
              No 3808/90.
          0 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.1 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.