CELEX: 31989R0543
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-03
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 543/89 of 2 March 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 60/4                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   3 . 3. 89
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 543/89
                                                          of 2 March 1989
                     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 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 March 1989 ;
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 166/89 (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 2401 /88 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 2401 /88 (*) and subsequent amend­
ing Regulations ;                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                         The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                      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
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                   Article 2
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/85,                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March 1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 2 March 1989.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
 (') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 20, 25. 1 . 1989, p. 16.
 (3) OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 («) OJ  No  L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
 f5) OJ  No  L 205, 30 . 7. 1988, p. 96.
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                                                               ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 2 March 1989 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                               21,98                                 126,87
                         0712 90 19                               21,98                                 126,87
                          1001 10 10                              55,14                                 181,48 OH
                          1001 10 90                              55,14                                 181,48(')0
                          1001 90 91                              32,44                                  116,52
                          1001 90 99                              32,44                                  116,52
                          1002 00 00                              60,11                                  114,69 0
                          1003 00 10                              50,67                                  117,17
                          1003 00 90                              50,67                                  117,17
                          1004 00 10                              41,73                                   77,30
                          1004 00 90                              41,73                                   77,30
                          1005 10 90                              21,98                                  126,87 0 0
                          1005 90 00                              21,98                                  126,87 00
                          1007 00 90                              45,32                                  139,58 (4)
                           1008 10 00                             50,67                                   26,17
                          1008 20 00                              50,67                                   52,92 0
                          1008 30 00                              50,67                                     0,00 o
                          1008 90 10                               0                                       0
                           1008 90 90                             50,67                                     0,00
                           1101 00 00                             59,77                                  177,49
                           1102 1000                              98,51                                  173,96
                           1103 11 10                             98,98                                  294,80
                           1103 11 90                             63,11                                  190,24
          (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
              levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne.
          (*) In accordance with 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 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 % .
          0 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).
          Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
              cale).