CELEX: 31994R0166
Language: en
Date: 1994-01-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 166/94 of 28 January 1994 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector

29 . 1 . 94                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 24/9
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 166/94
                                                          of 28 January 1994
                                           fixing the export levies in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            that account should be taken of the economic aspects of
                                                                       the exports contemplated and the advantage of avoiding
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  disturbance on the Community market ;
Community,
                                                                       Whereas the export levy may be varied where the world
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  market situation or the specific requirements of certain
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                      markets make this necessary ;
market in cereals ('), as amended by Commission Regula­                Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
tion (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 16 (2)            1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as
thereof,
                                                                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3528/93 (6), are to be
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No                 used to convert the amount expressed in third-country
 1766/92, appropriate measures may be taken when the                   currencies and are the basis for determining the agricul­
                                                                       tural conversion rates of the currencies of the Member
 quotations or prices on the world market for one or more
products reach the level of Community prices and when                  States ; whereas the detailed rules for determining and
that situation is likely to continue and to deteriorate,               applying these conversion rates are laid down in Commis­
 thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Commu­               sion Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 0 ;
 nity market ;                                                         Whereas the application of the aforementioned rules to
                                                                       the current market situation in the cereals sector, and in
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade is             particular to the quotations or prices of these products in
 such as to hinder imports into the Community of durum                 the Community and on the world market, leads to the
wheat or lead to it being exported from the Community ;                export levy being fixed at the amount set out in the
Whereas the situation referred to above currently obtains ;            Annex to this Regulation ;
whereas, in order to safeguard supplies in the Commu­                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 nity, an export levy should be introduced for durum                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
wheat ;                                                                Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1766/92 fixes the threshold price for cereals for the                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1993/94 to 1995/96 marketing years ;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       The export levy referred to in Article 15 of amended
 1533/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 120/94 (4),
 provides for the application of an export levy ; whereas,             Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 for the products falling
                                                                       within CN code 1001 10 00 shall be as set out in the
 pursuant to Article 2 of the same Regulation, export levies           Annex.
are to be fixed in particular in the light of the prices
charged on the representative Community markets and                                             Article 2
their trends and the quotations recorded on the markets
of third countries ; whereas that Regulation also provides             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1 994.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 January 1994.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Rene STEICHEN
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ   No L  196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                                0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L  151 , 23. 6. 1993, p. 15.                              (6) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(4) OJ   No L  21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 January 1994 fixing the export levies in the cereals
                                                                  sector
                                                                                                                Amount
                    CN code                                     Destination                                     of levy
                                                                                                            in ecu/tonne
                   1001 10 00             Algeria                                                                   0 (')
                                          Other third countries                                                  35,00
            (') For exports carried out within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 151 /94 (OJ No L 23, 28. 1 . 1994, p. 5).