CELEX: 31994R1561
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1561/94 of 30 June 1994 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 166/74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 7. 94
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1561/94
                                                           of 30 June 1994
                        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
  Community,
                                                                      (EEC) No 1621 /93, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                      795/94 (9);
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as amended by Commission Regula­             Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
  tion (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Articles 10 (5)        basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
  and 1 1 (3) thereof,                                                ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
                                                                      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
 conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
 common agricultural policy (3), amended by Regulation                Whereas the cif price remains unchanged where data are
 (EC) No 3528/93 (4),                                                 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
 charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )         Whereas in the case of malt the levy is made up of a vari­
                                                                      able component and a fixed component ; whereas the
 (a) (b) and (c) of that Regulation and that, except for malt,
 the levy is equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;        fixed component is determined in the second subpara­
 whereas the levy applying to rye is charged in the case of           graph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 triticale ;                                                         whereas the variable component is fixed, in accordance
                                                                     with Article 11 ( 1 ) A of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
                                                                      account being taken of the quantity of basic cereal
 Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals, wheat and        rye      required to manufacture malt ; whereas to this end Article
 flours, and wheat groats and meal, are fixed for            the      3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 fixes the coefficients
 1994/95 marketing year by Council Regulation (EEC)          No       applying to the levies for basic cereals ;
 1766/92, and Commission Regulations (EEC)                   No
 1580/93 0, (EEC) No 1709/93 (6) and (EC)                    No
 1474/94 0 ;                                                         Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (10) and
                                                                     (EC) No 3492/93 ("), on certain procedures for applying
 Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used         the Europe Agreement establishing an association
 to determine the levies, the Commission must take into              between the European Communities and their Member
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation               States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
 No 1621 /93 O and in particular the most favourable                 Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 purchasing opportunities on the world market which are               No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
sufficently representative of the real market trend account          applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
being taken in particular of both the need to prevent                related matters between the European Economic Commu­
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances              nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
on the Community market and of the quality of the                    one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
goods offered, whether this quality corresponds to the               the other part (12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
standard quality laid down by Regulation (EEC) No                    2235/93 (u), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
 1580/93, or whether adjustments need to be made by                  arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in             products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;                                        121 /94 (14), lays down detailed rules for applying the
                                                                     arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
                                                                     cereals ;
(')  OJ  No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0    OJ  No  L 196,  5. 8. 1993, p. 22.
(3)  OJ  No  L 387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                           0 OJ    No L 92, 9. 4. 1994, p. 17.
(4)  OJ  No  L 320,  22. 12. 1993, p. 32.                            (I0) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L 152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 14.                             (") OJ  No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
(Ó OJ No L 159, 1 . 7. 1993, p. 80.                                  (,2) OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 159, 28. 6. 1994, p. 30.                                   H OJ    No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
(8) OJ No L 155, 26. 6. 1993, p. 36.                                 H OJ    No L 21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 3.
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  Whereas the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­                conversions are laid down in Commission Regulation
  related matters between the Community and the Republic           (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
  of Bulgaria ('), signed in Brussels on 8 March 1993,              547/94 (8) ;
  entered into force on 31 December 1993 ; whereas the
  Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters             Whereas, in order to make it possible for the levy arrange­
  between the Community and Romania (2), signed in Brus­           ments to function normally, the representative market
  sels on 1 February 1993, entered into force on 1 May             rate established during the reference period from 29 June
  1993 ; whereas the said Agreements provide for a reduc­           1994 as regards floating currencies, should be used to
  tion in the import levy for certain products ; whereas           calculate the levies ;
  Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/94 (3) lays down
  detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for        Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
 in these agreements as regards cereals ;                          abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be
                                                                   fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4), as last           whereas the levy is altered only where the calculation
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (*), lays down the           results in a variation of ECU 1,50 or more per tonne,
 arrangements applicable on agricultural products and              pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 5 of Regula­
 certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural       tion (EEC) No 1621 /93, compared to the levy previously
 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific        set,
 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 overseas countries and territories with the European
 Economic Community (% no levies shall apply on                                             Article 1
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 and territories ;                                                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article        Article 1 (1 ) (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1766/92 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 are used for converting
 the amount expressed in the currency of third countries
 and are the basis for calculating the agricultural conver­                                 Article 2
 sion rates of the Member States' currencies ; whereas the
 detailed rules for determining and applying the said              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 30 June 1994.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L  323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2.
(2)  OJ  No L  81 , 2. 4. 1993, p. 2.
O    OJ  No L  43, 16. 2. 1994, p. 4.
C)   OJ  No L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
O    OJ  No L  30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.                             0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
¥) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                               8) OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1994 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                                            1 07,50 (2)(3)
                                     0712 90 19                                            107,50 00
                                     1001 10 00                                              32,14 (')O
                                     1001 90 91                                              77,04
                                     1001 90 99                                              77,04 (9)
                                     1002 00 00                                            101,58 (*)
                                     1003 00 10                                            103,63
                                     1003 00 90                                            103,63 (9)
                                     1004 00 00                                              84,56
                                     1005 10 90                                            107,50 00
                                     1005 90 00                                            107,50 (2)O
                                     1007 00 90                                            110,89 (4)
                                     1008 10 00                                              1 5,80 0
                                     1008 20 00                                              32,47 (4)0
                                     1008 30 00                                                   00
                                     1008 90 10                                                  0
                                     1008 90 90                                                   0
                                     1101 00 00                                            145,97 0
                                     1102  10  00                                          180,32
                                     1103  11  10                                            84,79
                                     1103  11  90                                          167,26
                                     1107  10  11                                          148,01
                                     1107  10  19                                          113,34
                                     1107 10 91                                            195,34 (,0)
                                     1107 1099                                             148,71 (9)
                                     1107 20 00                                            171,51 (10)
             (') 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
                 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), as last amended by
                 Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 (OJ No L 192, 1 1 . 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).
             f7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10
                 (triticale).
             (8) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
             (*) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland or Hungary under the Agreements concluded between
                 those countries and the Community and under the Interim Agreement between the Czech Republic, the Slovak
                 Republic, Bulgaria and Romania and the Community and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accor­
                 dance with Regulation (EC) No 121 /94 or (EC) No 335/94 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out
                 in the Annex to that Regulation.
            (I0) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for
                 products originating in Turkey.