CELEX: 31989R2542
Language: en
Date: 1989-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2542/89 of 22 August 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23 . 8 . 89                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 246/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2542/89
                                                          of 22 August 1989
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                           the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           No 1676/85,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community,                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                           these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Portugal,
                                                                       Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 21
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   August 1989 ;
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 1834/89 (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 1915/89 to today's
 common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3             that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
 thereof,                                                              amounts 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 1915/89 (*) and subsequent amen­
 ding 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
(>) OJ   No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                                                       Article 2
(2) OJ   No  L  180,  27. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L  153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L  187,  1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 1989.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 22 August 1989.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 22 August 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                              wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                     Levies
                             CN code
                                                                 Portugal                             Third country
                           0709 90 60                              34,31                                 135,74
                           0712 90 19                              34,31                                 135,74
                           1001 10 10                              15,88                                 147,48 00
                           1001 10 90                              15,88                                 147,48 0 0
                           1001 90 91                              15,20                                 101,29
                           1001 90 99                              15,20                                 101,29
                           1002 00 00                              42,96                                 110,04 (6 )
                           1003 00 10                              33,63                                 104,55
                            1003 00 90                             33,63                                  104,55
                            1004 00 10                             25,03                                   89,62
                            1004 00 90                             25,03                                   89,62
                            1005 10 90                             34,31                                 135,74 0 0
                            1005 90 00                             34,31                                  135,74 0 0
                            1007 00 90                             52,35                                  140,42 (4)
                            1008 10 00                             33,63                                     0,00
                            1008 20 00                             33,63                                   22,23 0
                            1008 30 00                             33,63                                     0,00 o
                            1008 90 10                              0                                       0
                            1008 90 90                             33,63                                     0,00
                            1101 00 00                             34,43                                  154,96
                            1102 10 00                             73,29                                  167,20
                            1103 11 10                             38,99                                  243,79
                            1103 11 90                             37,03                                  167,94
           (') 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 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',
           O 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 reduced
               by SO % .
           (*) 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.
           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 (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).
            0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
               cale).