CELEX: 31992R0986
Language: en
Date: 1992-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 986/92 of 22 April 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23 . 4. 92                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 105/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 986/92
                                                           of 22 April 1992
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            purchasing opportunities on the world market among
                                                                       those which are most representative of the real trend of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  the market, account being taken in particular of the need
Economic Community,                                                    to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal
                                                                       disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     quality of the goods offered must also be taken into
Portugal,                                                              account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard
                                                                       quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   87 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­
No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,                lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/
                                                                       67/EEC (l3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                   2644/91 (14), and No 159/67/EEC (,5) ;
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­               Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3               basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
thereof,
                                                                       ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
                                                                       tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­              in relation to Rotterdam ;
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;           Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 (16), (EEC)
                                                                       No 519/92 (l7) and (EEC) No 520/92 (18) of 27 February
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat                1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for               Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations                 the European Economic Community and the European
(EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (% (EEC) No                       Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
1706/91 f) and         Commission         Regulation   (EEC)  No       Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
1824/91 (8) ;                                                          Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
                                                                       other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used            levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                 tion (EEC) No 585/92 ("), as amended by Regulation
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                 (EEC) No 955/92 (20), lays down detailed rules for
No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
No 31 /76 (l0), and in particular the most favourable                  ments as regards cereals ;
(')   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(2)   OJ No  L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                                  (I2) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0     OJ No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                                H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(4)   OJ No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.                               (,4j OJ No L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23.
0     OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                             H    OJ  No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(6)   OJ  No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 4.                                H    OJ  No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
0     OJ  No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 7.                                H    OJ  No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(8)   OJ  No L 166, 28. 6. 1991 , p. 41 .                              H    OJ  No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
 0    OJ  No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                             H OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
 ( 10) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                                P) OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), as last                 Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down                    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and                cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific         Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 21
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;              April 1992 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the              Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed
                                                                    in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on                   amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were
imports of products originating in the overseas countries          set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (4) ;
and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be                 Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
charged on imports of certain products originating in the          abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
overseas countries and territories in order to prevent             set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
products originating from these countries and territories          altered only where variations in the components used to
from receiving more favourable treatment than similar               calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
products imported from Spain or Portugal into the                   them by ECU 0,73 or more,
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
ture ;
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies                                     Article 1
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­          The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central           shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/85,                                                                              Article 2
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
    average of the ecu rates published in the Official              This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 April 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 22 April 1992.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
 ') OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No L 367, 29 . 12. 1990, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 22 April 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                               wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                      CN code                                                   Levy (®)
                                     0709 90 60                                                 140,10 on
                                     0712 90 19                                                 140,10 (2)(3)
                                     1001 10 10                                                 164,41 000°)
                                     1001 10 90                                                 164,41 oon
                                     1001 90 91                                                 156,12
                                     1001 90 99                                                 1 56,12 (")
                                     1002 00 00                                                 1 64,90 (6)
                                     1003 00 10                                                 144,15
                                     1003 00 90                                                 144,15 (")
                                     1004 00 10                                                 121,73
                                     1004 00 90                                                 121,73
                                     1005 10 90                                                 140,10 (2)(3)
                                     1005 90 00                                                 140.10OO
                                     1007 00 90                                                 146,28 0
                                     1008 10 00                                                   50,89 O
                                     1008 20 00                                                 117,720
                                     1008 30 00                                                   58,23 0
                                     1008 90 10                                                    0
                                     1008 90 90                                                   58,23
                                     1101 00 00                                                 231,57 0 (")
                                     110210 00                                                  243,86 0
                                     1103 11 10                                                 268,41 0 0°)
                                     1103 11 90                                                 248,58 0
             (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                 levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne.
             (J) 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 accor­
                 dance 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 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
             <J) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).
             (8) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                 No 3808/90.
             (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC, except if
                 paragraph 4 of the same Article applies.
            (10) An amount equal to the amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1825/91 is to be levied in accordance with
                 Article 101 (4) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
            (") Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
                 ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued
                 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
                 Annex to that Regulation.