CELEX: 31992R3700
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3700/92 of 21 December 1992 suspending advance fixing of the import levy for certain cereals

22. 12. 92                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 374/55
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3700/92
                                                    of 21 December 1992
                           suspending advance fixing of the import levy for certain cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3053/92 (3),
                                                                  as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 52/92 (4), suspends
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the advance fixing of the import levy on cereals including
Economic Community,                                               grain sorghum of CN code 1007 00 90 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         Committee for Cereals,
No 1738/92 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of
Article 15 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 15 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
provides that the provisions concerning advance fixing of
the levy may be suspended if the market situation shows                                     Article 1
that the application of these provisions is causing or is
likely to cause difficulties ;                                    Advance fixing of the import levy on the products
                                                                   referred to in Article 1 (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Regulation
Whereas there is a danger, given the irregular pattern of         (EEC) No 2727/75 is hereby suspended from 24
fixings at the end of the year and the uncertain trend of          December 1992 until 7 January 1993, except in the case
prices during that period, that if existing arrangements are       of imports of sorghum falling within CN code 1007 00 90
adhered to, levies could be fixed in advance in the short          for which advance fixing of the import levy is hereby
term for quantities considerably in excess of the quanti­          suspended by Regulation (EEC) No 3053/92, as amended
ties which might be expected under more normal condi­              by Regulation (EEC) No 3152/92.
tions ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the above situation requires that application of
the provisions concerning advance fixing of levies for the         This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 December
products concerned be temporarily suspended ;                      1992.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 21 December 1992.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            (3) OJ No L 307, 23. 10. 1992, p. 47.
(2) OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No L 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 58 .