CELEX: 31994R0715
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 715/94 of 29 March 1994 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

30 . 3 . 94                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 85/49
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 715/94
                                                           of 29 March 1994
                       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
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 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2193/93 (2), and in particular Articles 10(5) and 11(3)
thereof,                                                                Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                        basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                        ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92                    tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the                     in relation to Rotterdam ;
 conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
 common agricultural policy (3), amended by Regulation
 (EC) No 3528/93 (4),                                                   Whereas the cif price remains unchanged where data are
                                                                         lacking or under the conditions laid down in Article 1 (3)
                                                                         of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 10 (1 ) of Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that a levy must be
 charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (1 )            Whereas in the case of malt the levy is made up of a vari­
 (a) (b) and (c) of that Regulation and that, except for malt,           able component and a fixed component ; whereas the
 the levy is equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;           fixed component is determined in the second subpara­
 whereas the levy applying to rye is charged in the case of             graph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 ;
 triticale ;                                                             whereas the variable component is fixed, in accordance
                                                                         with Article 11 (1 ) A of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
                                                                         account being taken of the quantity of basic cereal
 Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals, wheat and rye                required to manufacture malt ; whereas to this end Article
  flours, and wheat groats and meal, are fixed for the                   3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1621 /93 fixes the coefficients
  1993/94, marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)                   applying to the levies for basic cereals ;
  No 1766/92, (EEC) No 1542/93 (*), and Commission
  Regulations (EEC) No 1580/93 (6), (EEC) No 1581 /93 0
 and (EEC) No 1709/93 (8) ;                                              Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (10) and
                                                                         (EC) No 3492/93 (u), on certain procedures for applying
                                                                         the Europe Agreement establishing an association
 Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used             between the European Communities and their Member
  to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                 States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
  account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                 Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
  No 1621 /93 (9) and in particular the most favourable                  No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
  purchasing opportunities on the world market which are                 applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
  sufficently representative of the real market trend account             related matters between the European Economic Commu­
  being taken in particular of both the need to prevent                   nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
  sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances                 one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
  on the Community market and of the quality of the                       the other part (12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
  goods offered, whether this quality corresponds to the                  2235/93 (u), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
  standard quality laid down by Regulation (EEC) No                       arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
   1580/93, or whether adjustments need to be made by                     products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
                                                                          121 /94 (14), lays down detailed rules for applying the
  (') OJ  No  L  181 ,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                              arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
  (2) OJ  No  L  196,  5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                                 cereals ;
  0   OJ  No  L  387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
  (4) OJ  No  L  320,  22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
  O   OJ  No  L  154,  25. 6. 1993, p. 3.                                 (I0) OJ No   L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
  (6) OJ  No  L  152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 14.                                (")  OJ No   L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
  0   OJ  No  L  152,  24. 6. 1993, p. 16.                                H    OJ No   L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
  0   OJ  No  L  159,  1 . 7. 1993 , p. 80 .                              H    OJ No   L  200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5 .
  0   OJ  No  L  155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 36.                                (,4) OJ No   L  21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 3.
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Whereas the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­                 detailed rules for determining and applying the said
related matters between the Community and the Republic            conversions are laid down in Commission Regulation
of Bulgaria ('), signed in Brussels on 8 March 1993,              (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
entered into force on 31 December 1993 ; whereas the               547/94 (8) ;
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
between the Community and Romania (2), signed in Brus­            Whereas, in order to make it possible for the levy arrange­
sels on 1 February 1993, entered into force on 1 May               ments to function normally, the representative market
1993 ; whereas the said Agreements provide for a reduc­            rate established during the reference period from 28
tion in the import levy for certain products ; whereas            March 1994 as regards floating currencies, should be used
Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/94 (3) lays down                 to calculate the levies ;
detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for
in these agreements as regards cereals ;                           Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
                                                                   abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4), as last            fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 0, lays down the              whereas the levy is altered only where the calculation
arrangements applicable on agricultural products and               results in a variation of ECU 1,00 or more per tonne
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural        compared to the levy previously set,
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 overseas countries and territories with the European                                        Article 1
 Economic Community (*), no levies shall apply on
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries         The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 and territories ;                                                 Article 1 (1 ) (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1766/92 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 are used for converting
 the amount expressed in the currency of third countries                                     Article 2
 and are the basis for calculating the agricultural conver­
 sion rates of the Member States' currencies : whereas the         This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 29 March 1994.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
  (') OJ No  L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2.
  (2) OJ No  L 81 , 2. 4. 1993, p. 2.
  (3) OJ No  L 43, 16. 2. 1994, p. 4.
  (4) OJ No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
  O   OJ No  L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.                               0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
  (4 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                              (8) OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 March 1994 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                                             95,10 (2)(3)
                                   0712 90 19                                             95,10 (2)0
                                   1001 10 00                                              5,07 00
                                   1001 9091                                              97,37
                                   1001 90 99                                             97,37 0
                                   1002 00 00                                            119,20 (6)
                                   1003 00 10                                            122,80
                                   1003 00 90                                            122,80 0
                                   1004 00 00                                             98,19
                                    1005 10 90                                            95,10OO
                                    1 00590 00                                            95,10 0 0
                                    1007 00 90                                           102,93 (4)
                                    1008 10 00                                            33,59 (9)
                                    1008 20 00                                            48,05 (4)O
                                    1008 30 00                                                 00
                                    1008 90 10                                                0
                                    1008 90 90                                                 0
                                    1101 00 00                                           175,19 0
                                    1102  10 00                                          205,10
                                    1103  11  10                                          41,41
                                    1103  11 90                                          198,82
                                    1107  10  11                                         184,20
                                    1107  10  19                                         140,38
                                    1107 10 91                                           229,46 (10)
                                    1107 10 99                                           174,20f)
                                    1107 20 00                                           201,22 (,0)
           (') 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.
           (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.
           O 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).
            O 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.
            (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland or Hungary under the Agreements concluded between
                 those countries and the Community and under the Interim Agreement between the Czech Republic, the Slovak
                 Republic, Bulgaria and Romania and the Community and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accor­
                 dance with Regulation (EC) No 121 /94 or (EC) No 335/94 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out
                 in the Annex to that Regulation.
           (10) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for
                 products originating in Turkey.