CELEX: 31992R0594
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 594/92 of 9 March 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 64/4                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 10. 3 . 92
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 594/92
                                                        of 9 March 1992
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/
                                                                    67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              2644/91 C 4), and No 159/67/EEC (15);
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                    Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,            in relation to Rotterdam ;
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            Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (I6), (EEC)
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­            No 519/92 (17) and (EEC) No 520/92 (l8) of 27 February
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3            1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
thereof,
                                                                    Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1 ) of Regu­          the European Economic Community and the European
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),         Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal          Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;        other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
                                                                    levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat             tion (EEC) No 585/92 (19) lays down detailed rules for
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for            applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations              ments as regards cereals ;
(EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (% (EEC) No
 1706/91 Q and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 1824/91 (8) ;
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (20), as last
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2I), lays down
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation              the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
No 31 /76 (l0), and in particular the most favourable               products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                    States or in the overseas countries and territories :
purchasing opportunities on the world market among
those which are most representative of the real trend of
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                  Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
quality of the goods offered must also be taken into                91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 ' on the association of the
account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard           overseas countries and territories with the European
quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /                Economic Community (22), no levies shall apply on
75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/                imports of products originating in the overseas countries
87 (l2), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments               and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­             abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
                                                                    charged on imports of certain products originating in the
                                                                    overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23 .
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                                H     OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.                               (,4)  OJ No L 247, 5. 9 . 1991 , p. 23 .
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                               H     OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(6) OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 4.                                H     OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3 .
0 OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 7.                                  (,7)  OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
0 OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1991 , p. 41 .                               H     OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9 .
0 OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                               H     OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40 .
H OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                                  (20)  OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
(") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.                             (21 ) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
(12) OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .                               (")   OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 .
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products originating from these countries and territones          amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were
from receiving more favourable treatment than similar             set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (') ;
products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;                    Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation           abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
(EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this            set out in the Annex: thereto ; whereas these levies are
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­               altered only where variations in the components used to
ture ;                                                             calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
                                                                   them by ECU 0,73 or more,
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/85,                                                                              Article 1
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official            The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over           Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 6
March 1992 ;                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed
in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional                This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 March 1992.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 9 March 1992.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                                  (■) OJ No L 367, 29. 12 . 1990, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 9 March 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                              wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                 (ECU/tonnej
                                     CN code                                                 Levy (')
                                    0709 90 60-                                              128,14 (2)0
                                    0712 90 19                                               128,14 (2) (3)
                                    1001 10 10                                               163,29 (') OH
                                    1001 1 0 90                                              163,29 000
                                    1001 90 91                                               143,26
                                    1001 90 99                                               143,26 (")
                                    1002 00 00                                               163,00 (6)
                                    1003 00 10                                               141,70
                                    1003 00 90                                               141,70 (")
                                    1004 00 10                                               121,93
                                    1004 00 90                                               121,93
                                    1005 10 90                                               128,14 0 0
                                    1005 90 00                                               128,14 0 0
                                    1007 00 90                                               137,05 (4)
                                    1008 10 00                                                52,13 (")
                                    1008 20 00                                               125,23 (4)
                                    1008 30 00                                                63,01 0
                                    1008 90 10                                                 0
                                    1008 90 90                                                63,01
                                    1101 00 00                                               213,57 0 (")
                                    110210 00                                                240,45 0
                                    1103 11 10                                               267,55 0 (10)
                                    1103 11 90                                               229,31 (8)
            (') 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.
            O 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 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 CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
                cale).
            0 On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808/90.
            O 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.
           ('») 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.l 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.