CELEX: 31993R2703
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2703/93 of 30 September 1993 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 245/ 108                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 10 . 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2703/93
                                                       of 30 September 1993
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, where information or quotations are unavailable,
                                                                      the cif price for certain flours may be determined by
                                                                      applying a coefficient to the cif price of the basic cereal ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                whereas this coefficient is fixed in Article 2 of Regulation
Economic Community,                                                  (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                     Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
market in cereals ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No              basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
2193/93 (2), and in particular Articles 10(5) and 11(3)               ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
thereof,                                                              tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
                                                                      in relation to Rotterdam ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
                                                                      Whereas the cif price remains unchanged where data are
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3),                                       lacking or under the conditions laid down in Article 1 (3)
                                                                      of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 10 (1 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that a levy must be                 Whereas in the case of malt the levy is made up of a vari­
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (1)            able component and a fixed component ; whereas the
(a) (b) and (c) of that Regulation and that, except for malt,         fixed component is determined in the second subpara­
the levy is equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;         graph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
whereas the levy applying to rye is charged in the case of           whereas the variable component is fixed, in accordance
triticale ;                                                          with Article 11 (1 ) A of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
                                                                      account being taken of the quantity of basic cereal
                                                                      required to manufacture malt ; whereas to this end Article
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals, wheat and rye              3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 fixes the coefficients
flours, and wheat groats and meal, are fixed for the                  applying to the levies for basic cereals ;
1993/94, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)
No 1766/92, (EEC) No 1542/93 (4), and Commission
Regulations (EEC) No 1580/93 Q, (EEC) No 1581 /93 (*)
and (EEC) No 1709/93 f) ;                                            Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (s), as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 (10), (EEC) No
                                                                      519/92 ("), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2234/
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used           93 (u) and (EEC) No 520/92 (13), as amended by Regula­
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                tion (EEC) No 2235/93 (H), of 27 February 1992 on
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreements
No 1621 /93 (8) and in particular the most favourable                 on trade and trade-related matters between the European
purchasing opportunities on the world market which are                Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel
sufficently representative of the real market trend account           Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland,
being taken in particular of both the need to prevent                 the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances               Federal Republic respectively, of the other part, introduce
on the Community market and of the quality of the                     arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
goods offered, whether this quality corresponds to the                products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
standard quality laid down by Regulation (EEC) No                     585/92 ('*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 955/
1580/93, or whether adjustments need to be made by                    92 (16), lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange­
applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in              ments provided for in these agreements as regards
Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;                                       cereals ;
(') OJ  No  L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                              9) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
0   OJ  No  L  196,  5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                                10) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 3.
(3) OJ  No  L  387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                             '■) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(4) OJ  No  L  154,  25. 6. 1993, p. 3.                                12) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 4.
0   OJ  No  L  152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 14.                               13) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(*) OJ  No  L  152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 16.                               M) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
0   OJ  No  L  159,  1 . 7. 1993, p. 80.                               15) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
(•) OJ  No  L  155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 36.                               '*) OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), as                September 1993 as regards floating currencies, should be
 extended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down            used to calculate the levies ;
 the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
 certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural      Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific       abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be
 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;            fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
                                                                  whereas the levy is altered only where the calculation
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1) of Council Decision         results in a variation of ECU 1,00 or more per tonne
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the            compared to the levy previously set,
 overseas countries and territories with the European
 Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 and territories ;                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 are used for converting
                                                                                          Article 1
 the amount expressed in the currency of third countries
 and are the basis for calculating the agricultural conver­
 sion rates of the Member States' currencies ; whereas the        The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 detailed rules for determining and applying the said             Article 1 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1766/92 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 conversions are laid down in Commission Regulation
 (EEC) No 1068/93 (4) ;
Whereas, in order to make it possibile for the levy arran­                                Article 2
gements to function normally, the representative market
 rate established during the reference period from 29             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1993.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 30 September 1993.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0    OJ No  L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
(3)  OJ No  L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
n    OJ No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                     ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1993 fixing the import levies on cereals
                                            and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                        CN code                                            Third countries (8)
                                      0709 90 60                                              95,76 (2) (3)
                                      0712 90 19                                               95,76 (2)(3)
                                       1001 10 00                                              70,47 (') 0
                                       1001 90 91                                              85,83
                                       1001 90 99                                              85,83 0
                                       1002 00 00                                           114,14 (6)
                                       1003 00 10                                           120,43
                                       1003 00 20                                           120,43
                                       1003 00 80                                           120,43 0
                                       1004 00 00                                              90,80
                                       1005 10 90                                              95,76 00
                                       1005 90 00                                              95,76 (2)0
                                       1007 00 90                                           102,02 0
                                       1008 10 00                                              22,91 0
                                       1008 20 00                                              30,30 0
                                       1008 30 00                                              28,90 0
                                       1008 90 10                                                 0
                                       1008 90 90                                              28,90
                                       1101 00 00                                           157,68 0
                                       1102 10   00                                         197,31
                                       1103 11   30                                         143,02
                                       1103 11   50                                         143,02
                                       1103 11   90                                         180,35
                                       1107 10   11                                         163,66
                                       110710    19                                         125,03
                                       1107 10 91                                           225,24 (10)
                                       110710 99                                             171,05 (9)
                                       1107 20 00                                            1 97,54 (,0)
               (') 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.
               fl Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the
                   Community, the levy js 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 1180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10), as last amended by
                   Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 (OJ No L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 3), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71
                   (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 560/91 (OJ No L 62, 8. 3. 1991 , p. 26).
               O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10
                   (triticale).
               (s) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
               C) 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.
              (10) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for
                   products originating in Turkey.