CELEX: 31987R0879
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 879/87 of 27 March 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

28 . 3 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 85/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 879/87
                                                         of 27 March 1987
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                          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
Economic Community,                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          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 26
                                                                      March 1987 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
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 1579/86 (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                  Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 to today's offer
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
common agricultural policy (3), 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,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
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
                                                                      shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                                                 Article 2
(1) 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 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 1987.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
              Done at Brussels, 27 March 1987.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 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                              11,71               196,10
             10.01 B II                Durum wheat                                           46,77               259,60 (') O
             10.02                     Rye                                                   40,78               181,06 0
             10.03                     Barley                                                39,05               190,00
             10.04                     Oats                                                  97,34               160,95
             10.05 B                   Maize, other than hybrid maize for          II
          \                            sowing                                                  —
                                                                                                                 180,99 000
             10.07 A                   Buckwheat                                             39,05               132,28
             10.07 B                   Millet                                                39,05               157,92 0
             10.07 C II                Grain sorghum, other than hybrid            I
                                       sorghum for sowing                                    24,96               186,39 0 (8)
             10.07   DI                Triticale                                               0                   0
             10.07   D II              Canary seed ; other cereals                           39,05                60,78 0
             11.01   A                 Wheat or meslin flour                                 31,55              289,70
             11.01   B                 Rye flour                                             72,25              268,65
             11.02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal                           86,16              416,05
             11.02 A lb)               Common wheat groats and meal                          31,71              311,11
            (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
            (*) 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 % .
            Is) 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.
            O 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).
           O 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.