CELEX: 31994R0819
Language: en
Date: 1994-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 819/94 of 12 April 1994 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 94/ 16                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 13. 4. 94
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 819/94
                                                           of 12 April 1994
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas, where information or quotations are unavailable,
                                                                      the cif price for certain flours may be determined by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 applying a coefficient to the cif price of the basic cereal ;
Community,                                                            whereas this coefficient is fixed in Article 2 of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1621 /93, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                      795/94 (l0) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No              Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
2193/93 (2), and in particular Articles 10(5) and 11(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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92                  in relation to Rotterdam ;
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), amended by Regulation                 Whereas the cif price remains unchanged where data are
(EC) No 3528/93 (4),                                                  lacking or under the conditions laid down in Article 1 (3)
                                                                      of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 10(1 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )          Whereas in the case of malt the levy is made up of a vari­
(a) (b) and (c) of that Regulation and that, except for malt,         able component and a fixed component ; whereas the
the levy is equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;         fixed component is determined in the second subpara­
whereas the levy applying to rye is charged in the case of            graph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
triticale ;                                                           whereas the variable component is fixed, in accordance
                                                                      with Article 11 ( 1 ) A of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals, wheat and rye              account being taken of the quantity of basic cereal
flours, and wheat groats and meal, are fixed for the                  required to manufacture malt ; whereas to this end Article
1993/94, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)                  3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 fixes the coefficients
No 1766/92, (EEC) No 1 542/93 0, and Commission                       applying to the levies for basic cereals ;
Regulations (EEC) No 1580/93 (6), (EEC) No 1581 /93 Q
and (EEC) No 1709/93 (8);
                                                                      Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (") and
                                                                      (EC) No 3492/93 (12), on certain procedures for applying
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used           the Europe Agreement establishing an association
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                between the European Communities and their Member
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
 No 1621 /93 (9) and in particular the most favourable                 Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 purchasing opportunities on the world market which are                No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
 sufficently representative of the real market trend account          applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 being taken in particular of both the need to prevent                 related matters between the European Economic Commu­
 sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances               nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 on the Community market and of the quality of the                     one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
goods offered, whether this quality corresponds to the                 the other part (13), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
standard quality laid down by Regulation (EEC) No                      2235/93 (14), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
 1580/93, or whether adjustments need to be made by                    arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
 applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in              products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
 Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;                                        1 21 /94 (l5), lays down detailed rules for applying the
                                                                       arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
 (') OJ  No L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                              Cereals ;
 (2) OJ  No L  196,  5. 8. 1993, p. 22.
 (3  OJ  No L  387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No L  320,  22. 12. 1993 , p. 32.                             (10) OJ  No   L  92, 9. 4. 1994, p. 17.
 0   OJ  No L  154,  25. 6 . 1993 , p. 3 .                             (")  OJ  No   L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
 (6) OJ  No L  152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 14.                               (,2) OJ  No   L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
 0   OJ  No L  152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 16.                               (,J) OJ  No   L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
 O   OJ  No L  159,  1 . 7. 1993, p. 80 .                              (14) OJ  No   L  200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
 o   OJ  No L  155,  26. 6 . 1993 , p. 36 .                            H    OJ  No   L  21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 3 .
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Whereas the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­                     conversions are laid down in Commission Regulation
related matters between the Community and the Republic                (EEC) No 1068 /93 (7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
of Bulgaria ('), signed in Brussels on 8 March 1993,                  547/94 (8) ;
entered into force on 31 December 1993 ; whereas the
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters                  Whereas, in order to make it possible for the levy arrange­
between the Community and Romania (2), signed in Brus­                ments to function normally, the representative market
sels on 1 February 1993, entered into force on 1 May                  rate established during the reference period from 1 1 April
1993 ; whereas the said Agreements provide for a reduc­                1994 as regards floating currencies, should be used to
tion in the import levy for certain products ; whereas                calculate the levies ;
Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/94 (3) lays down
detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for             Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
in these agreements as regards cereals ;                               abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be
                                                                       fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 71 5/90 (4), as last              whereas the levy is altered only where the calculation
amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (*), lays down the                results in a variation of ECU 1,50 or more per tonne,
arrangements applicable on agricultural products and                   pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 5 of Regula­
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural            tion (EEC) No 1621 /93, compared to the levy previously
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific             set,
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community (6), no levies shall apply on                                                   Article 1
imports of products originating in the overseas countries
and territories ;                                                      The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article             Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1766/92 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 are used for converting
the amount expressed in the currency of third countries
and are the basis for calculating the agricultural conver­                                         Article 2
sion rates of the Member States' currencies ; whereas the
detailed rules for determining and applying the said                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 April 1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 12 April 1994.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Rene STEICHEN
                                                                             Member of the Commission
  (') OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2.
  (2) OJ No L  81 , 2. 4. 1993, p. 2.
  (J) OJ No L 43, 16. 2. 1994, p. 4.
  (4) OJ No L  84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p. 85.
  0   OJ No L  30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.                                   (7) OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5 . 1993 , p. 106 .
  (6) OJ No L  263 , 19 . 9. 1991 , p . 1 .                             (") OJ No L 69 , 12. 3 . 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 12 April 1994 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                                 wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                      CN code                                            Third countries (")
                                     0709 90 60                                            95,32 00
                                     071290 19                                             95,32 (2)0
                                     1001 10 00                                              2,04 (')n
                                     1001 9091                                             94,41
                                     1001 90 99                                            94,41 f)
                                     1002 00 00                                           119,500
                                     1003 00 10                                           123,17
                                     1003 00 90                                           123,17 0
                                     1004 00 00                                            98,40
                                     1005 10 90                                            95,32 00
                                     1005 90 00                                            95,32 00
                                     1007 00 90                                           103,35 (4)
                                     1008 10 00                                            31,54 (9)
                                     1008 20 00                                            46,09 0 0
                                     1008 30 00                                                 00
                                     1008 90 10                                                0
                                     1008 90 90                                                 0
                                     1101 00 00                                           171,52 0
                                     1102  10  00                                         205,81
                                     1103  11  10                                          38,22
                                     1103  11  90                                         195,31
                                     1107  10  11                                         178,93
                                     1107  10  19                                         136,45
                                     1107 10 91                                           230,12 (l0)
                                     1107 1099                                            174,700
                                     1107 20 00                                           201,79 (10)
             (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                 levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne.
             (2) 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.
             (') 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
                 accordance 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 .
             (6) 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), as last amended by
                 Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 (OJ No L 192, 11.7. 1992, p. 3), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71
                 (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 560/91 (OJ No L 62, 8 . 3 . 1991 , p. 26).
             O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10
                 (triticale).
             (*) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
             (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland or Hungary under the Agreements concluded between
                 those countries and the Community and under the Interim Agreement between the Czech Republic, the Slovak
                 Republic, Bulgaria and Romania and the Community and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accor­
                 dance with Regulation (EC) No 121 /94 or (EC) No 335/94 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out
                  in the Annex to that Regulation .
            ('") In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for
                  products originating in Turkey.