CELEX: 31992R0222
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 222/92 of 31 January 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 222/92
                                                         of 31 January 1992
                      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                quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /
Economic Community,                                                  75 (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/
                                                                     87 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments
                                                                     need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/
Portugal,                                                            67/EEC (lJ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2644/91 (14), and No 159/67/EEC (1S);
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 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,             basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                     ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correct
                                                                     tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                 in relation to Rotterdam ;
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3             whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (1<s), as last
thereof,
                                                                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (17), lays down
                                                                     the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regu­          certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                     States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal
for each product to the threshold price less, the cif price ;
                                                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat              91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for             overseas countries and territories with the European
the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations               Economic Community (18), no levies shall apply on
(EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (6), (EEC) No                   imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 1706/91 Q and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
 1824/91 (8) ;                                                       abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
                                                                     charged on imports of certain products originating in the
                                                                     overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used          products originating from these countries and territories
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into               from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation               products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable
purchasing opportunities on the world market among
those which are most representative of the real trend of
the market, account being taken in particular of the need            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal                (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                     Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
                                                                     ture :
0   OJ No   L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L  353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
(3) OJ No   L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                             (u)  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(4) OJ No   L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.                             (12) OJ  No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                           (>3) OJ  No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(«) OJ No   L  162,  26. 6. 1991 , p. 4.                             (»4) OJ  No L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23.
0   OJ No   L  162,  26. 6. 1991 , p. 7.                             05)  OJ  No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(8) OJ No L 166, 28. 6. 1991 , p. 41 .                               ('«) OJ  No L 84, 30. 3. 1,990, p. 85.
0 OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                               (I7) OJ  No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
H OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18.                                         OT No L 263. 19 . 9 . 1991 . o. 1 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies        amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were
should be calculated on the following basis :                     set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (') ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central         set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    altered only where variations in the components used to
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)     calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
     No 1676/85,                                                  them by ECU 0,73 or more,
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­                                    Article 1
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
                                                                  The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
                                                                  Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 5            shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
September 1991 ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed
in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 31 January 1992.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                                   (' OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 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 30,25 0 (3)
                                     0712 90 19                                                1 30,25 (2)(3)
                                     1001 10 10                                                173,44 (') OH
                                     1001 10 90                                                1 73,44 OOH
                                     1001 90 91                                                148,05
                                     1001 90 99                                                148,05
                                     1002 00 00                                                166,86 (6)
                                     1003 00 10                                                144,76
                                     1003 00 90                                                144,76
                                     1004 00 10                                                133,21
                                     1004 00 90                                                133,21
                                     1005 10 90                                                130,25 0 0
                                     1005 90 00                                                130,25 00
                                     1007 00 90                                                139,46 0
                                     1008 10 00                                                  63,27
                                     1008 20 00                                                127,11 (4)
                                     1008 30 00                                                  67,36 0
                                     1008 90 10                                                   0
                                     1008 90 90                                                  67,36
                                     1101 00 00                                                221,13 (8)
                                     1102 10 00                                                246,61 0
                                     1103 1110                                                 282,28 0 (10)
                                     1103 11 90                                                237,64 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.
             (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.
             (') 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
             0 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.
             (9) No import 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.
            (10) 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.