CELEX: 31993R1680
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1680/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 159/8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 7. 93
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1680/93
                                                           of 30 June 1993
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                  Whereas, where information or quotations are unavailable,
                                                                      the cif price for certain flours may be determined by
                                                                      applying a coefficient to the cif price of the basic cereal ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 whereas this coefficient is fixed in Article 2 of Regulation
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                    (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 market in cereals ('), and in particular Articles 10(5) and
 1 1 (3) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                      basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92                 ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the                   tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
 conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the               in relation to Rotterdam ;
 common agricultural policy (2),
                                                                      Whereas the cif price remains unchanged where data are
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regu­           lacking or under the conditions laid down in Article 1 (3)
 lation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that a levy must be                 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
(a) (b) and (c) of that Regulation and that, except for malt,
 the levy is equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;
whereas the levy applying to rye is charged in the case of            Whereas in the case of malt the levy is made up of a vari­
 triticale ;                                                          able component and a fixed component ; whereas the
                                                                      fixed component is determined in the second subpara­
                                                                      graph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
                                                                      whereas the variable component is fixed, in accordance
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals, wheat and rye              with Article 11 (1 ) A of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
flours, and wheat groats and meal, are fixed for the                  account being taken of the quantity of basic cereal
 1993/94, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)                 required to manufacture malt ; whereas to this end Article
 No 1766/92, (EEC) No 1542/93 (3), and Commission                     3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 fixes the coefficients
Regulations (EEC) No 1580/93 (4), (EEC) No 1581 /93 0                 applying to the levies for basic cereals ;
and (EEC) No 1709/93 (6) ;
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used           Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (8), (EEC)
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                No 519/92 (9) and (EEC) No 520/92 (10) of 27 February
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
No 1621 /93 f), and in particular the most favourable                 Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
purchasing opportunities on the world market which are                the European Economic Community and the European
sufficently representative of the real market trend account           Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
being taken in particular of both the need to prevent                 Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances               Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
on the Community market and of the quality of the                     other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
goods offered, whether this quality corresponds to the                levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
standard quality laid down by Regulation (EEC) No                     tion (EEC) No 585/92 ("), as amended by Regulation
 1580/93, or whether adjustments need to be made by                   (EEC) No 955/92 (12), lays down detailed rules for
                                                                      applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
                                                                      ments as regards cereals ;
(')  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(J) OJ   No L 154,  25. 6. 1993, p. 3.                                (8) OJ No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
(4)  OJ  No L 152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 14.                               0 OJ No    L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p . 6.
0    OJ  No L 152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 16.                               H OJ No     L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(6)  See page 80 of  this Official Journal.                           (") OJ No   L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
0    OJ  No L 155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 36.                               (12) OJ No  L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), as                 1993 as regards floating currencies, should be used to
extended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down              calculate the levies ;
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural        Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific         abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;              fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
                                                                   whereas the levy is altered only where the calculation
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision          results in a variation of ECU 1,00 or more per tonne
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the              compared to the levy previously set,
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on
imports of products originating in the overseas countries
and territories ;                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 are used for converting                                     Article 1
the amount expressed in the currency of third countries
and are the basis for calculating the agricultural conver­
sion rates of the Member States' currencies ; whereas the          The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
detailed rules for determining and applying the said               Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1766/92 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
conversions are laid down in Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1068/93 (4) ;
Whereas, in order to make it possibile for the levy arran­                                   Article 2
gements to function normally, the representative market
rate established during the reference period from 29 June          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1993 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p. 85 .
(2) OJ  No  L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
O   OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 108, 1 . 5 . 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                       ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1993 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                                     wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                          CN code                                            Third countries (8)
                                       0709 90 60                                             136,54 (2) (3)
                                       0712 90 19                                             136,54 (2) (3)
                                       1001 10 00                                             154,91 OO
                                       1001 90 91                                             137,33
                                       1001 90 99                                             137,33f)
                                       1002 00 00                                             136,81 (6)
                                       1003 00 10                                             126,05
                                       1003 00 20                                             126,05
                                       1003 00 80                                             1 26,05 (9)
                                       1004 00 00                                               80,70
                                       1005 10 90                                             136,54 (2)(3)
                                       1005 90 00                                             136,54 0 0
                                       1007 00 90                                             142,33 (4)
                                       1008 10 00                                               32,31 0
                                       1008 20 00                                               83,01 0
                                       1008 30 00                                               36,38 0
                                       1008 90 10                                                 0
                                       1008 90 90                                               36,38
                                       1101 00 00                                             219,01 0
                                       1102 10 00                                             220,54
                                       1103 11 30                                             245,33
                                       1103 11 50                                            245,33
                                       1103 11 90                                             245,98
                                      1107 10 11                                             255,33
                                       1107 10 19                                             193,53
                                       1107 1091                                             235,25
                                       1107 10 99                                             192,84
                                       1 1 07 20 00                                          222,94
              (') 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.
              (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).
             (J) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10
                  (triticale).
             (8) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
             C) 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.