CELEX: 31987R0135
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 of 19 January 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 135/87
                                                        of 19 January 1987
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           67/EEC (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      31 /76 (®), and in particular the most favourable purchasing
                                                                      opportunities on the world market among those which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 are most representative of the real trend of the market,
Economic Community,                                                   account being taken in particular of the need to prevent
                                                                      sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the
Portugal,                                                             goods offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                      this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in
                                                                      Regulations (EEC) No 2731/75 (10), as last amended by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  Regulation (EEC) No 1028/84 ("), and (EEC) No 2734/75,
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No
No 1 579/86 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,             158/67/EEC (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      3135/84 (13), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (H);
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                   Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
policy (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                      basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                      ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
                                                                      tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               in relation to Rotterdam :
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (l5), last
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 73/87 (1S), lays down
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;          the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                      certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                      products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat               States or in the overseas countries and territories :
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for
the 1986/87 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No
2734/75 (4), (EEC) No 1584/86 0, (EEC) No 1585/86(0
and (EEC) No 1970/86 (7) ;                                            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                      Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used           Tariff ;
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into
account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/
                                                                       ') OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
                                                                       >) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.                               10) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(2) OJ  No  L 139,  24. 5.   1986, p. 29.                              ")  OJ  No  L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 17.
(3) OJ   No L 164,  24. 6.   1985, p. 1.                               12) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
0   OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                              >3) OJ  No   L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 11 .
0   OJ   No L 139,  24. 5.   1986, p. 41 .                             •4) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(«) OJ  No  L 139,  24. 5.   1986, p. 43.                              15) OJ  No   L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ   No L 170,  27. 6.   1986, p. 26.                              ,s) OJ  No   L 11 , 13. 1 . 1987, p. 23.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies        should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
should be calculated on the following basis :                     down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         account the situation with regard to market prices in
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­      December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85,                                       Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the             abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­        altered only where variations in the components used to
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the          calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;             them by 0,73 ECU or more,
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 6
January 1987 ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                                             Article 1
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from               The import levies to be charged on the. products listed in
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable            Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under           shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and                                          Article 2
Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in
the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied               This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 January
pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy               1987.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 19 January 1987.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
 (>) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 19 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               197,62
            10.01 B II                 Durum wheat                                           37,10              250,61 (')O
            10.02                      Rye                                                   33,36               173,13 0
            10.03                      Barley                                                31,61               185,95
            10.04                      Oats                                                  90,74               155,29
            10.05 B                    Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                       sowing                                                 _
                                                                                                                 178,11 (2) (3) (8)
            10.07 A                    Buckwheat                                             20,99                 20,99
            10.07 B                    Millet                                                31,61               1 34,90 0
            10.07 C II                 Grain sorghum, other than hybrid
                                       sorghum for sowing                                    17,35               181,06 0 0
            10.07 D I                  Triticale                                               0                    0
            10.07 D II                 Canary seed ; other cereals                           31,61                 59,05 0
            11.01 A                    Wheat or meslin flour                                 19,73              291,28
            11.01 B                    Rye flour                                            61,32               257,00
            11.02 A I a)               Durum wheat groats and meal                          71,00               400,94
            11.02 A lb)                Common wheat groats and meal                          19,53              312,81
           (') 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 % .
           0 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.
           (<*) 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 .
           f7) 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.