CELEX: 31989R2917
Language: en
Date: 1989-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2917/89 of 28 September 1989 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

29 . 9. 89                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 280/37
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2917/89
                                                      of 28 September 1989
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                         of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Economic Community,                                                      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                         No 1676/85,
                                                                         for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Portugal,                                                                these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                         tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2860/89 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                    27 September 1989 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             coefficients ;
No 1806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                from the average levy by more than ECU 3,02 per tonne
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and             of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regu­
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the            lation (EEC) No 1579/74 of the Commission ("), as last
common agricultural policy ^5), as last amended by Regu­            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (I2), the levies
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (®), and in particular Article 3            at present in force must therefore be altered to the
thereof,                                                            amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on products processed from                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2613/89            as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2885/89 (8);
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (»)
amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (,0) as                 The import levies to be charged on products processed
regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10,                    from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 ;                                       2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2613/89 are hereby altered to the amounts set
                                                                     out in the Annex.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
(1) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.                                                        Article 2
(2)  OJ No L 274,  23. 9.   1989, p. 41 .
(3) OJ  No L 166,  25. 6.   1976, p. 1.
(4) OJ  No L 177,  24. 6.   1989, p. 1.
j5) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 September
M OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .                                   1989.
O OJ No L 252, 30. 8. 1989, p. 16.
(8 OJ No L 277, 27. 9. 1989, p. 27.
(') OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                  (") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(">) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                             (u) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 280/38                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        29 . 9 . 89
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 28 September 1989.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
 ---pagebreak--- 29 . 9 . 89                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                              No L 280/39
                                                                       ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 28 September 1989 altering the import levies on products
                                                        processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
           i             CN code
                                                                                     Import levies
                                                                                                                       Third countries
                                                        Portugal                     ACP or OCT
                                                                                                                 (other than ACP or OCT)
                       071410 10 (')                      37,96                         109,37                             114,20
                       0714 10 91                         34,94                         109,37                             111,18
              ,        0714 10 99                         37,96                         109,37                             114,20
                       0714 90 11                         34,94                         109,370                            111,18
                       0714 90 19                         37,96                         109,37 0                           114,20
                       1102 90 10                         68,93                         200,12                             206,16
                       1103 19 30                         68,93                         200,12                             206,16
                       1103 29 20                         68,93                         200,12                             206,16
                       1104 11 10                         38,66                         113,40                             116,42
                       1104 11 90                         75,92                         222,36                             228,40
                       1104 21 10                         58,92                         177,89                             180,91
                       1104 21 30                         58,92                         177,89                             180,91
                       1104 21 50                         93,39                         277,95                             283,99
                       1104 21 90                         38,66                         113,40                             116,42
                       1106 20 10                         37,96                         107,55 (3)                         114,20
                       1107 1091                          73,07                         197,90                             208,78 (2)
                       1107 10 99                         57,35                         147,87                             158,75
                       1107 20 00                         65,04                         172,33                             183,21 (2)
                       2302 10 10                         18,01                          51,20                              57,20
                       2302 10 90                         31,73                         109,71                             115,71
                       2302 20 10                         18,01                          51,20                              57,20
                       2302 20 90                         31,73                         109,71                             115,71
                       2302 30 10                         18,01                          51,20                              57,20
                       2302 30 90                         31,73                         109,71                             115,71
                       2302 40 10                         18,01                          51,20                              57,20
                       2302 40 90                         31,73                         109,71                             115,71
            (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
            (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per
                tonne for products originating in Turkey.
            (3) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating in the
                African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                — arrow-root falling within CN codes 0714 90 11 and 0714 9019,
                — flouts and meal of arrow-root falling within CN code 1106 20,
                — arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1108 19 90.