CELEX: 31992R3597
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/92 of 14 December 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

15. 12. 92                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 366/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3597/92
                                                        of 14 December 1992
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     No 1676/85,
Economic Community,                                                   — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                          average of the ecu rates published in the Official
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Portugal,                                                                 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 1
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            December 1992 ;
No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                  calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               coefficients ;
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1820/92 to today's
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
thereof,                                                              that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,            amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 1 820/92 (^ and subsequent amend­
ing Regulations ;                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies            The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                         Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                      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            This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 December
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in        1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 14 December 1992.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY .
                                                                            Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 14 December 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                             on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                      CN code                                                  Levy (*)
                                     0709 90 60                                                1 33,28 (2)(3)
                                     0712 90 19                                                133,28 (2)(3)
                                     1001 10 10                                                172,61 (') OH
                                     100110 90                                                 172,61 00 H
                                     1001 90 91                                                146,53
                                     1001 90 99                                                1 46,53 (")
                                     1002 00 00                                                157,21 0
                                     1003 00 10                                                125,45
                                     1003 00 90                                                1 25,45 (")
                                     1004 00 10                                                115,17
                                     1004 00 90                                                115,17
                                     1005 10 90                                                133,28 0 0
                                     1005 90 00                                                133,28 0 0
                                     1007 00 90                                                138,09 0
                                     1008 10 00                                                  49,09 (")
                                     1008 20 00                                                111,580
                                     1008 30 00                                                  37,98 0
                                     1008 90 10                                                   0
                                     1008 90 90                                                  37,98
                                     1101 00 00                                                21 7,94 0 (")
                                     1102 1000                                                 232,900
                                     1103 11 10                                                280,06 0 0
                                     1103 11 90                                                234,550
             (') 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 .
             O 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 .
             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.
            (I0) 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.