CELEX: 31987R2670
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/87 of 3 September 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2670/87
                                                         of 3 September 1987
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                of 2,25 Vo , 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)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      No 1676/85,
 Economic Community,                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                           these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Portugal,                                                                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                       Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 2
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  September 1987 ;
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                       calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                       coefficients ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1944/87 to today's
 common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3              that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
 thereof,                                                              amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
 and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 1944/87 (*) and subsequent amen­
 ding 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
 (') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OI  No  L  182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 40 .
 (3) OJ  No  L  164,  24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No  L  153,  13. 6 . 1987, p. 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 September
 0   OJ  No  L  185,  4. 7. 1987, p. 38 .                               1987 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 3 September 1987.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                       Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 3 September 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                                on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                          CCT                                                                           Levies
             7         heading                           Description
                           No
                                                                                            Portugal           Third country
               10.01 B I                  Common wheat, and meslin                                              180.96
               10.01 B II                 Durum wheat                                        38,47              244,54 (') 0
               10.02                      Rye                                                28,04              1 54.02 j6)
               10.03                       Barley                                            15.50              180.03
               10.04                      Oats                                               80.51              133,53
               10.05 B                    Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                              6,48              182.04 0 00
               10.07 A                     Buckwheat                                         15,50              1 17.97
               10.07 B                     Millet                                            15,50              111,54 (4)
               10.07 C II                  Grain sorghum, other than hybrid
                                           sorghum for sowing                                30,90              185.98 0 0
               10.07   D I                 Triticale                                           0                   0
               10.07   D II                Canary seed ; other cereals                       15,50                35,23 0
               11.01   A                   Wheat or meslin flour                                                266,79
               11.01   B                   Rye flour                                         52,70              228,74
               11.02 A I a)                Durum wheat groats and meal                       72,79              392,93
               11.02 A lb)                 Common wheat groats and meal                                         287,65
               (') 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 % .
               0 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 10.07 D I (triti­
                   cale).
               0 The levy referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/86 shall be fixed on the basis of an invita­
                   tion to tender in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3140/86.