CELEX: 31989R3907
Language: en
Date: 1989-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3907/89 of 22 December 1989 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23. 12. 89                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 375/ 13
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3907/89
                                                     of 22 December 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 fates being those recorded on 21
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                December 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 3707/89 (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 1915/89 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 1915/89 Q 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
                                                                    shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     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 23 December
      No 1676/85,                                                    1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 22 December 1989 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . II . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 363, 13. 12. 1989, p. 1 .
 ¥) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
 V) OJ No L 187, 1 . 7. 1989, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 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                                29,73                                 124,85 00
                            0712 90 19                                29,73                                 124,85 0 (3)
                            1001 10 10                                35,83                                 172,83 0 0
                            1001 10 90                                35,83                                 172,83 0 0
                            1001 90 91                                30,33                                 121,58
                            1001 90 99                                30,33                                 121,58
                            1002 00 00                                55,87                                 122,04 0
                            1003 00 10                                46,96                                 115,87
                            1003 00 90                                46,96                                 1 15,87
                            1004 00 10                                38,36                                 117,94
                            1004 00 90                                38,36                                 117,94
                            1005 10 90                                29,73                                 124,85 00
                            1005 90 00                                29,73                                 124,85 0 0
                            1007 00 90                                46,96                                 133,53 0
                            1008 10 00                                46,96                                   16,04
                            1008 20 00                                46,96                                   64,37 0
                            1008 30 00                                46,96                                    0,00 0
                            1008 90 10                                 0                                       0
                            1008 90 90                                46,96                                    0,00
                            1101 00 00                                56,20                                 183,95
                            1102 10 00                                91,95                                 184,59
                            1103 11 10                                70,12                                 282,47
                            1103 11 90                                59,91                                 197,88
             (') 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 % .
             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.
             0 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).
             (J) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).