CELEX: 31990R1801
Language: en
Date: 1990-06-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1801/90 of 29 June 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 167/8                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   30 . 6. 90
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1801/90
                                                         of 29 June 1990
                     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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard
Economic Community,                                                 quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /
                                                                    75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/
                                                                    87 (u), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­
Portugal,                                                           lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/
                                                                     67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2124/87 (14), and No 159/67/EEC (,5);
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 1340/90 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,           basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                    ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                 tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and              in relation to Rotterdam ;
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('*) lays
thereof,                                                             down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
                                                                     products and certain goods resulting from the processing
                                                                     of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
                                                                     territories ;
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),         Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal           (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;         Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
                                                                     ture :
Whereas,- the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for             Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
the 1990/91 marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)              should be calculated on the following basis :
No 2734/75(0, (EEC) No 1341 /90 (<), (EEC) No
1344/90 0 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
1 573/90 (8);                                                             tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                          of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used               rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                    No 1676/85,
No 156/67/EEC ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
purchasing opportunities on the world market among                        these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
those which are most representative of the real trend of                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
the market, account being taken in particular of the need                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.                             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 28
O   OJ No   L 134,  28 . 5.  1990, p. 1.                             June 1990 ;
0   OJ No   L 164,  24. 6.   1985, p. 1.
(4) OJ No   L 153,  13. 6.   1987, p. 1.
O   OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                            (")  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(Ó OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 3.                                    12) OJ  No   L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1990, p. 7.                                   (,J) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(8) OJ No L 149, 13. 6. 1990, p. 9.                                   14  OJ  No   L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22.
O OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                                (1S) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
O OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18.                                    (1S) OJ  No   L 84, 30 . 3. 1990, p. 85.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,        set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                 altered only where variations in the components used to
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of          calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from              them by ECU 0,73 or more,
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Portugal ^), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3296/88 (*), the same arrangements are to be applied in
the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied                                        Article 1
pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy
should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
account the situation with regard to market prices in            Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                  shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain,
the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;                                           Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 June 1990.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7,
 O OJ No L 293, 27. 10. 1988, p. 7.
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                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                               wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                       Levies
                               CN code
                                                                   Portugal                             Third country
                            0709 90 60                                36,66                                 128,14 (2)(3)
                            0712 90 19                                36,66                                 128,14 00
                             1001 10 10                               11,90                                 157,76 (') 0
                            1001 10 90                                11,90                                 157,76 0 0
                             1001 90 91                               20,22                                 136,85
                             1001 90 99                               20,22                                 136,85
                            1002 00 00                                45,72                                 118,07 0
                             1003 00 10                               36,95                                 113,10
                             1003 00 90                               36,95                                 113,10
                             1004 00 10                               28,59                                 105,09
                             1004 00 90                               28,59                                 105,09
                             1005 10 90 _                             36,66                                 128,14 00
                             1005 90 00                               36,66                                 128,14 00
                             1007 00 90                               53,63                                 142,91 0
                             1008 10 00                               36,95                                   27,69
                             1008 20 00                               36,95                                   90,03 0
                             1008 30 00                               36,95                                    0,00 0
                             1008 90 10                                0                                       0
                             1008 90 90                               36,95                                    0,00
                             1101 00 00                               41,31                                 204,59
                             110210 00                                77,01                                 178,30
                             1103 11 10                               31,45                                 257,53
                             1103 11 90                               44,61                                 220,95
             (') 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 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 ECU
                 1,81 /tonne .
             (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is applied
                 in accordance 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 1180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) and Commission
                 Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22).
             f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).