CELEX: 31987R0170
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 170/87 of 22 January 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23 . 1 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 21 / 11
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 170/87
                                                         of 22 January 1987
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                         these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Economic Community,
                                                                         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                 January 1987 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
                                                                     Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 579/86 (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 135/87 to today's offer
common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3          prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
thereof,                                                             levies at present in force should be altered to the 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 135/87 (4) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                        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                                      Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)       This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January
     No 1676/85,                                                     1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 22 January 1987.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(») OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
(3) OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 17, 20 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 22 January 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                              3,65               195,77
              10.01 B II                  Durum wheat                                          37,10              250,21 (') 0
              10.02                       Rye                                                  33,36               172,10 0
              10.03                       Barley                                               31,61               185,77
              10.04                       Oats                                                 90,74              155,03
              10.05 B                     Maize, other than hybrid maize for         \
                                          sowing                                                —
                                                                                                                   178,57 (2) (3) (8)
              10.07 A                     Buckwheat                                            21,44                21,44
              10.07 B                     Millet                                               31,61              1 39,34 (4)
              10.07 C II                  Grain sorghum, other than hybrid           \                        l
                                          sorghum for sowing                                   17,35               179,33 0 (8)
              10.07 D I                   Triticale                                              0                   0
              10.07 D II                  Canary seed ; other cereals                          31,61                59,44 0
              11.01 A                     Wheat or meslin flour                                19,73              288,69
              11.01 B                     Rye flour                                            61,32              255,56
              1 1 .02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal                         71,00               401,32
              11.02 A lb)                 Common wheat groats and meal                         19,53              310,01
             (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                  levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/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'.
             (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81
                   ECU/tonne .
             (4) 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 .
             0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­
                  cale).
             (8) 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.