CELEX: 31991R0974
Language: en
Date: 1991-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 974/91 of 22 April 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23 . 4. 91                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 102/3
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 974/91
                                                             of 22 April 1991
                        fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      average of the ecu rates published in the Official
 Economic Community,
                                                                            Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                            a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                         cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 Portugal,
                                                                        Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 19
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   April 1991 ;
 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 3577/90 (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 533/91 to today's offer
 common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­               prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
 lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3               levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
 thereof,                                                               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 533/91 (*) and subsequent amending
 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
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                        Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                        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
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                    Article 2
      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
      No 1676/85,                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 April 1991 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                      \
                     Done at Brussels, 22 April 1991 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                             Member of the Commission
0   OJ   No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L  353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
(3) OJ   No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 22 April 1991 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                             wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                    CN code                                                     Levy
                                  0709 90 60                                                   132,15 (2)(3)
                                  0712 90 19                                                   132,15 (2)0
                                   1001 10 10                                                  191,59 0 0
                                   1001 10 90                                                  191,59 0 0
                                   1001 90 91                                                  163,92
                                   1001 90 99                                                  163,92
                                   1002 00 00                                                  152,50 (6)
                                   1003 00 10                                                  145,94
                                   1003 00 90                                                  145,94
                                   1004 00 10                                                  138,31
                                   1004 00 90                                                  138,31
                                   1005 10 90                                                  132,15 (2)0
                                   1005 90 00                                                  132,15 (2)0
                                   1007 00 90                                                  136,47 (4)
                                   1008 10 00                                                    45,22
                                   1008 20 00                                                  135,02 (4)
                                   1008 30 00                                                    53,08 0
                                   1008 90 10                                                     0
                                   1008 90 90                                                    53,08
                                   1101 00 00                                                  244.02 0
                                   1102 10 00                                                  228.03 0
                                   1103 11 10                                                  310,54 (8)
                                   1103 11 90                                                  261,90 (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.
           (z) 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 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 ECU
               1 ,8 1 /tonne.
           (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is applied
               in accordance 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.
           (*) 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).
           I7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
               cale).
           O On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
               No 3808 /90 .