CELEX: 31991R2617
Language: en
Date: 1991-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2617/91 of 30 August 1991 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 243/74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   31 . 8 . 91
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2617/91
                                                       of 30 August 1991
                       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,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Portugal,                                                               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                        Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                        a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,          Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                   29 August 1991 ;
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
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 ('"), as last
common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu­           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (u), the levies
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (*), 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 2561 /91 f) ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (8)                    The import levies to be charged on products processed
amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (9) as                 from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10,                  2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 ;                                     2561 /91 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 :
                                                                                              Article 2
(') OJ No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ No L  353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
(3) OJ No L  166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
O   OJ No L  177,  24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
(0  OJ No L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                             1991 .
(j OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 240, 29 . 8. 1991 , p. 19 .
O OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                  (,0) OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                              (") OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 30 August 1991 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1991 altering the import levies on products
                                                processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                  (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                 Import levies
                          CN code                                                                   Third countries
                                                               ACP or OCT                             (other than
                                                                                                   ACP or OCT)(8)
                        1103 19 10                                284,54                                290,58
                        1103 29 10                                284,54                                290,58
                        1104 19 30                                284,54                                 290,58
                        1104 29 15                                210,25                                 213,27
                        1104 29 35                                252,93                                255,95
                        1104 29 95                                 161,24                                164,26
            (8) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808/90 .