CELEX: 31989R2397
Language: en
Date: 1989-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2397/89 of 3 August 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 227/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   4. 8 . 89
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2397/89
                                                         of 3 August 1989
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Economic Community,                                                       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 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 August 1989 ;
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 1834/89 (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
of 1 1 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 to today's
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3             that the levies at present in force should 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 cereals, wheat and rye flour,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 (*) and subsequent amen­
ding Regulations ;                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                         The import levies to be charged on products listed in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                      Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                      shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                   Article 2
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/85,                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 August 1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 3 August 1989.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 180,  27. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
 3  OJ  No   L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No   L 153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 187,  1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 3 August 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                           wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                   Levies
                           CN code
                                                               Portugal                             Third country
                         0709 90 60                              34,31                                  146,06
                         0712 90 19                              34,31                                  146,06
                          1001 1010                               15,88                                 155,01 Of)
                          1001 10 90                              15,88                                 155,01(')(V
                          1001 90 91                              15,20                                 112,04
                          1001 90 99                              15,20                                 112,04
                         1002 00 00                              42,96                                  121,57 («)
                          1003 00 10                             33,63                                  110,02
                          100300 90                              33,63                                  110,02
                          1004 00 10                             25,03                                   96,24
                          1004 00 90                             25,03                                   96,24
                          100510 90                              34,31                                  146,06 00
                          1005 90 00                             34,31                                  146,06 0 0
                          1007 00 90                             52,35                                  148,50 0
                          1008 10 00                             33,63                                     6,27
                          1008 20 00                             33,63                                    33,10 (4)
                          1008 30 00                             33,63                                     0,00 o
                          1008 9010                                0                                       0
                          1008 90 90                             33,63                                     0,00
                          1101 00 00                             34,43                                  170,01
                          110210 00                              73,29                                  183,35
                          1103 11 10                             38,99                                  254,64
                          1103 11 90                              37,03                                 183,46
         (') where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
             levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne.
         0 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 ECU
             1,81 /tonne.
         (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced
             by 50 %.
         (*) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the
             Community, the levy is reduced by EClj 0,60/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 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) and Commission
             Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22).
         f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
             cale).