CELEX: 31987R3185
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3185/87 of 26 October 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 304/4                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 10 . 87
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3185/87
                                                         of 26 October 1987
                     fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Economic Community,
                                                                          tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        previous indent, and the aforesaid "coefficient ;
Portugal,
                                                                      Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 23
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  October 1987 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             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,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­             shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                       Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)        This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October
     No 1676/85,                                                       1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 26 October 1987.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
 (') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 182,  3 . 7 . 1987, p. 40 .
 (3) OJ  No  L 164,  24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
 0   OJ  No  L 153 , 13 . 6 . 1987, p. 1 .
 Is) OJ No L 185, 4. 7. 1987, p. 38.
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 October 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                               on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                         CCT                                                                            Levies
                      heading                           Description
                          No                                                               Portugal            Third country
             10.01 B I                   Common wheat, and meslin                                               183,11
             10.01 B II                  Durum wheat                                        44,27               243,95 00
             10.02                       Rye                                                32,01               154,98 0
             10.03                        Barley                                            19,59               179,91
             10.04                       Oats                                               82,52               135,32
             10.05 B                     Maize, other than hybrid maize for         l
                                          sowing                                              —
                                                                                                                163,89 (2)(3)(8)
             10.07 A                      Buckwheat                                         19,59               105,46
             10.07 B                      Millet                                            19,59               114,59 ( 4)
             10.07 C II                   Grain sorghum, other than hybrid          li\
                                          sorghum for sowing                                19,97               169,17 00
             10.07    D I                Triticale                                            0                    0
             10.07    D II                Canary seed ; other cereals                       19,59                38,12 0
             11.01    A                   Wheat or meslin flour                               6,89              270,87
             11.01    B                   Rye flour                                         58,48               230,64
             1 1 .02 A I a)               Durum wheat groats and meal                       81,47               391,37
             11.02 A lb)                  Common wheat groats and meal                        6,72              291,82
             (') 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 % .
             (*) 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.
             (*) 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 .
             O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triti­
                  cale).
             (®) 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.