CELEX: 31990R0679
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 679/90 of 21 March 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

22. 3. 90                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 76/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 679/90
                                                          of 21 March 1990
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 20
                                                                       March 1990 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                    Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                       calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     coefficients ;
Portugal,
                                                                       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/89 f), lays down
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,              products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                       States or in the overseas countries and territories ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                   the Council has not yet been able formally to adopt the
of 1 1 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and               Regulation intended to replace Regulation (EEC) No
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the               486/85 ; whereas, in order to avoid discontinuity in the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­               arrangements applying, the application of the arrange­
lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3              ments laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 should
thereof,                                                               be contained as a precaution and without prejudice to the
                                                                       definitive arrangements to be adopted subsequently by
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                the Council ;
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission                     contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 to today's
Regulation (EEC) No 1915/89 (*) and subsequent amen­                   offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
ding Regulations ;                                                     that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
                                                                       amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                   Article 1
      the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
      No 1676/85,
                                                                       The import levies to be charged on products listed in
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                  Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of              shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
      these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;                                            Article 2
(')  OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 1990 .
(2)  OJ  No   L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7.
(3)  OJ  No   L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O    OJ  No   L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .                               (6) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
( 5) OJ  No   L 187, 1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 .                               O OJ No L 347, 28 . 11 . 1989 , p. 3 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 21 March 1990.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 21 March 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                               37,12                                  133,62 (2)f)
                         0712 9019                                37,12                                  133,62 (2)(3)
                         1001 10 10                               46,15                                  186,62(')0
                         1001 10 90                               46,15                                  186,62 00
                         1001 90 91                               38,10                                  141,57
                         1001 90 99                               38,10                                  141,57
                         1002 00 00                               62,78                                  132,66 0
                         1003 00 10                               54,03                                  118,98
                         1003 00 90                               54,03                                  118.98
                         1004 00 10                               45,43                                  124,06
                         1004 00 90                               45,43                                  124,06
                         1005 10 90                               37,12                                  133,62 0 0
                         1005 90 00                               37,12                                  133,62 0 0
                         1007 00 90                                54,03                                 141,13 0
                         1008 10 00                                54,03                                  31,01
                         100820 00                                 54,03                                  95,92 O
                         1008 30 00                                54,03                                    0,00 o
                         1008 9010                                  0                                       0
                         1008 90 90                                54,03                                    0,00
                         1101 00 00                                67,51                                 212,37
                         1102 10 00                              102,06                                  199,89
                         1103 11 10                                86,26                                 303.99
                         1103 11 90                                71,65                                 228,10
          (') 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 486/85 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 reduced
              by 50 %.
          (*) 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) and Commission
              Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 (OJ No L 271 , 10. 12. 1971 , p. 22).
           0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
              cale).