CELEX: 31990R0754
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 754/90 of 29 March 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 83/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    30 . 3. 90
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 754/90
                                                      of 29 March 1990
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the
                                                                  quality of the goods offered must also be taken into
                                                                  account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /
                                                                  75 (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/
                                                                  87 (u), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­
Portugal,                                                         lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/
                                                                  67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  2124/87 (14), and No 159/67/EEC (15) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)        Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,          basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                  ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85              tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and           in relation to Rotterdam ;
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (16) lays
thereof,                                                           down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
                                                                   products and certain goods resulting from the processing
                                                                   of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
                                                                   territories :
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),        Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal         (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;       Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
                                                                   ture ;
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
the 1989/90 marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)            should be calculated on the following basis :
No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1214/89                     (EEC) No
 1218/89 Q and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 1588/89 0 ;                                                             tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                         of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used              rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
 to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                  the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC ;
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                   No 1676/85,
No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 purchasing opportunities, on the world market among                     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 those which are most representative of the real trend of                tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 the market, account being taken in particular of the need               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 28
0 OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7.                                  March 1990 ;
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6 . 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                              (")   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
{<) OJ No L 128, 11 . 5 . 1989, p. 2.                               (12) OJ  No  L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 7.                                  (>3) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(8) OJ No L 156, 8 . 6. 1989, p. 23 .                               H    OJ  No  L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22.
(») OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                             (1J) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(l0) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                               (")  OJ  No  L 84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p. 85.
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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 ECU 0,73 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
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Portugal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3296/88 (2), the same arrangements are to be applied in
the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied                                         Article 1
pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy
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
                                                                  shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain,
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 30 March 1 990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 March 1990 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') QJ No L 367, 31 . 12, 1985, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 293, 27. 10 . 1988 , p . 7.
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                                                                ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 March 1990 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                               37,12                                  1 31,66 00
                          0712 90 19                               37,12                                  131,6600
                          1001 10 10                               46,15                                  184,87 (')O
                          1001 10 90                               46,15                                  184,87 0 0
                          1001 90 91                               38,10                                  135,62
                          1001 90 99                               38,10                                  135,62
                          1002 00 00                               62,78                                  131,54 0
                          1003 00 10                               54,03                                  117,68
                          1003 00 90                               54,03                                  117,68
                          1004 00 10                               45,43 =                                122,94
                          1004 00 90                               45,43                                  122,94
                          1005 10 90                               37,12                                  131 ,6600
                          1005 90 00                               37,12                                  131 ,6600 "
                          1007 00 90                               54,03                                  138,94 0
                          1008 10 00                               54,03                                    28,78
                          1008 20 00                                54,03                                   94,35 0
                          1008 30 00                               54,03                                     0,00 o
                          1008 90 10                                 0                                       0
                          1008 90 90                                54,03                                    0,00
                          1101 00 00                               67,51                                  204,04
                          1102 10 00                              102,06                                   198,33
                          1103 11 10                                86,26                                 302,38
                          1103 11 90              ;                 71,65
                                                                                        j                  219,10
          (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
               levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne.
           (*) 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 or in the 'overseas countries
               and territories*.
           (J) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by ECU
               1,81 /tonne.
           (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is applied
               in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
           0 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 1 80/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) and Commission
               Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22).
           Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
               cale).