CELEX: 31992R1772
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1772/92 of 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

2. 7. 92                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 182/ 15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1772/92
                                                         of 1 July 1992
                    fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         No 156/67/EEC (l0), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 31 /76 (u), and in particular the most favourable
                                                                    purchasing opportunities on the world market among
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               those which are most representative of the real trend of
Economic Community,                                                 the market, account being taken in particular of the need
                                                                    to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal
                                                                    disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  quality of the goods offered must also be taken into
Portugal,                                                           account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard
                                                                    quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75
                                                                    (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (u),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/67/EEC
No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,            (14), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2644/91 (,5),
                                                                    and No 159/67/EEC (");
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3
thereof,                                                            Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                    basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                    ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1) of Regu­           tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                in relation to Rotterdam ;
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for            Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (17), (EEC)
1992/93, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)                No 519/92 (18) and (EEC) No 520/92 (,9) of 27 February
No 2734/75 (0, (EEC) No 1739/92 (0, (EEC) No                         1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
1742/92 0 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
1801 /92 (*) ;                                                      the European Economic Community and the European
                                                                    Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
                                                                    Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1737/92 (9)                  Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
provisionally fixed the import levies on cereals and on             other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal as from 1 July 1992 ;          levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
whereas they should be adjusted to take account of the              tion (EEC) No 585/92 (20), as amended by Regulation
decisions taken in respect of prices by the Council ;               (EEC) No 955/92 (21), lays down detailed rules for
                                                                    applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used         ments as regards cereals ;
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation               ,0)  OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
                                                                     »)   OJ  No  L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
                                                                     12)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              13)  OJ  No  L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                                   H)   OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
f) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                                  ,5)  OJ  No  L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23.
{*) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.                                16)  OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
0   OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                             17)  OJ  No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3 .
(0  OJ  No L 180,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 2.                                ")   OJ  No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
O   OJ  No L 180,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 6.                                19)  OJ  No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(8) See page 83 of this Official Journal.                           (20)  OJ  No   L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
0   OJ  No L 179,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 126.                             (2I)  OJ  No  L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), as last                Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down                    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and                cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific         Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 30
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;              June 1992 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision          Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the              in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional
overseas countries and territories with the European               amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were
Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on                   set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (4) ;
imports of products originating in the overseas countries
and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the      Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be                 abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
charged on imports of certain products originating in the          set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
overseas countries and territories in order to prevent             altered only where variations in the components used to
products originating from these countries and territories          calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
from receiving more favourable treatment than similar              them by ECU 0,73 or more,
products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­                                          Article 1
ture ;
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
should be calculated on the following basis :                      shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                     Article 2
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)     publication in the Official Journal of the European
     No 1676/85,                                                    Communities.
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official            It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1992.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 1 July 1992.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0 OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
O OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                                (4) OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                             wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                    CN code                                                  Levy (*)
                                   0709 90 60                                                139,72 (2)(3)
                                   0712 90 19                                                139,72 00
                                   1001 10 10                                                155,97 0 OH
                                   1001 10 90                                                1 55,97 0 0 H
                                   1001 90 91                                                131,16
                                   1001 90 99                                                131,16 (")
                                   1002 00 00                                                151,27 0
                                   1003 00 10                                                123,30
                                   1003 00 90                                                123,30 (")
                                   1004 00 10                                                106,79
                                   1004 00 90                                                106,79
                                   1005 10 90                                                139,72 00
                                   1005 90 00                                                139,72 00
                                   1007 00 90                                                145,21 0
                                   1008 10 00                                                  47,36 (")
                                   1008 20 00                                                  98,90 0
                                   1008 30 00                                                  45,23 0
                                   1008 90 10                                                   0
                                   1008 90 90                                                  45,23
                                   1101 00 00                                                1 96,62 0 (")
                                   1102 10 00                                                224,78 0
                                   1103 11 10                                                255,78 O (,0)
                                   1103 11 90                                                21235 0
           (') 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.
           (3) 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 accor­
               dance 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.
           (') 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
           0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
               cale).
           (8) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
               No 3808/90.
           (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC, except if
               paragraph 4 of the same Article applies.
          H An amount equal to the amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1825/91 is to be levied in accordance with
               Article 101 (4) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
          (") Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
               ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.1 certificates issued
               in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
               Annex to that Regulation.