CELEX: 31987R4047
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4047/87 of 30 December 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

31 . 12. 87                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 378 /99
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4047/87
                                                         of 30 December 1987
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Regulation No 158/67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regu­
                                                                       lation (EEC) No 2124/87 (14), and in Regulation No 159/
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   67/EEC H ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
Portugal,                                                               basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                    tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
                                                                        in relation to Rotterdam ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3989/87 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (16), last
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be               amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (I7), lays down
 applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                    the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
 policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4),             certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
 and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                   products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                        States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­              Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
 lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                   (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
 charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),            Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
 (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal             ture ;
 for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;
 Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (18) intro­
 and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for               duces from 1 January 1988 a new combined nomencla­
 the 1987/88 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No                      ture meeting the requirements of both the Common
 2734/75 0, (EEQ No 1901 /87 (6), (EEC) No 1903/87 0                     Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics of foreign
 and (EEC) No 1943/87 (8) ;                                              trade and replacing the present nomenclature ;
 Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used
 to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
 account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/                     should be calculated on the following basis :
  67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
  31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable purcha­             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 sing opportunities on the world market among those                            tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 which are most representative of the real trend of the                        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
  market, account being taken in particular of the need to                     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
  prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal distur­                   the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
  bances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of                      tion (EEC) No 1676/85,
  the goods offered must also be taken into account,
  whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality
  fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (u), as last                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (12), and (EEC)                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by                        these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
  applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 (')  OJ No    L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 0    OJ No    L 377, 31 . 12. 1987.
  0   OJ No    L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29
  (4) OJ No    L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .                                 December 1987 ;
  0   OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.
  («) OJ  No   L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 42.
  f)  OJ  No   L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 45.                                 (13) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
  (8) OJ  No   L 185, 4. 7. 1987, p. 37.                                  H OJ No L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22.
  0 OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                                   H    OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
  (,0) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                                   H    OJ  No  L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
  (■•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.                                (17) OJ   No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
  (12 OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .                                    (")  OJ   No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,        set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                 altered only where variations in the components used to
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of          calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from              them by 0,73 ECU or more,
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and
Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in
the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied
pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy                                        Article 1
should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
account the situation with regard to market prices in            Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain        shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;                                            Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 December 1987.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1987 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                               8,20                               175,78
                            0712 90 19                               8,20                               175,78
                            1001 10 10                              62,59                               261,40 (>)0
                            1001 10 90                              62,59                               261.40 OO
                            1001 90 91                              18,82                                199,22
                            1001 90 99                              18,82                                199.22
                             1002 00 00                             44,06                                1 69,1 2 0
                             1003 00 10                             37,14                                186,81
                             1003 00 90                             37,14                                186,81
                             1004 00 10                             93,75                                150,95
                             1004 00 90                             93,75                                150,95
                             1005 10 90                              8,20                                175,78 (2)0
                             1005 90 00                              8,20                                175,78 0 0
                             1007 00 90                             31,75                                180,71 (4)
                             1008 10 00                             37,14                                103.41
                             1008 20 00                             37,14                                114,29 (4)
                             1008 30 00                             37,14                                  66,31
                             1008 90 10                              0                                      0
                             1008 90 90                             37,14                                  66,31 0
                             1101 00 00                             40,67                                293.23
                             1102 10 00                             75,79                                251,09
                             1103 11 10                            110,52                                418,68
                             1103 11 90                             42,48                                315.24
             (') 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 Council 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 % .
             (*) 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.
             0 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 .
             Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).