CELEX: 31987R0915
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 915/87 of 31 March 1987 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

1 . 4. 87                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 89/7
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 915/87
                                                           of 31 March 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 Economic Community,                                                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                           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 30
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  March 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 1579/86 (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), as amended by Regulation               prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
(EEC) No 910/87 (4), and in particular Article 3 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,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 135/87 (*) and subsequent amending
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
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­              Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                       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 1 April 1987.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 31 March 1987.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
(')  OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L  139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
0    OJ  No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No  L  88 , 31 . 3 . 1987, p. 42.
O    OJ  No  L  17, 20 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 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                              14,16               199,70
           10.01 B II                Durum wheat                                           49,60              262,66 00
           10.02                     Rye                                                   43,23               184,42 0
           10.03                     Barley                                                41,50               193,22
           10.04                     Oats                                                  99,79               152,40
           10.05 B                   Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                     sowing                                                 2,43               185,54000
           10.07 A                   Buckwheat                                             41,50               135,59
           10.07 B                   Millet                                                41,50               161,08 (4)
           10.07 C II                Grain sorghum, other than hybrid
                                     sorghum for sowing                                    27,41               188,19 (4)0
           10.07 D I                 Triticale                                               0                   O
           10.07 D II                Canary seed ; other cereals                           41,50                65,76 0
           11.01 A                   Wheat or meslin flour                                 35,25              295,01
           11.01 B                   Rye flour                                             75,95     .        273,61
           11.02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal                           90,63              420,87
           11.02 A lb)               Common wheat groats and meal                          35,41              315,95
          (') 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'.
          (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 1180/77 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).
          0 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.