CELEX: 31987R0549
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 549/87 of 25 February 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26. 2. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 56/3
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 549/87
                                                     of 25 February 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 24
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75              February 1987 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the              Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 579/86 (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 135/87 to today's offer
common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3       prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
thereof,                                                          levies at present in force should be altered to the 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 135/87 (4) and subsequent amending
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 26 February
    No 1676/85,                                                    1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 25 February 1987.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 2 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
¥) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No L 17, 20 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 25 February 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                              9,23              189,28
          10.01 B II                   Durum wheat                                         43,91               264,87(')0
          10.02                        Rye                                                 38,30               181,02 0
          10.03                        Barley                                              36,57               188,36
          10.04                        Oats                                                94,86               158,55
          10.05 B                      Maize, other than hybrid maize for         I
                                       sowing                                                —
                                                                                                               181,77 0 0 0
          10.07 A                      Buckwheat                                           36,57               129,27
          10.07 B                      Millet                                              36,57               155,01 0
          10.07 C II                   Grain sorghum, other than hybrid           II
                                       sorghum for sowing                                  22,48               183,58 00
          10.07    D I                 Triticale                                              0                   O
           10.07   D II                Canary seed ; other cereals                         36,57                 63,35 0
           11.01   A                   Wheat or meslin flour                               27,81               279,88
           11.01    B                  Rye flour                                           68,51               268,31
           11.02 A I a)                Durum wheat groats and meal                         81,64               423,17
           11.02 A lb)                 Common wheat groats and meal                        27,96               300,20
          (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
               levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/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'.
          0 Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81
               ECU/tonne .
          (*) 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.
           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 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
           0 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.