CELEX: 31990R3844
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3844/90 of 28 December 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 367/ 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 12. 90
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3844/90
                                                    of 28 December 1990
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        quality of the goods offered must also be taken into
                                                                   account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard
                                                                   quality fixed in Council Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              75 (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/
Economic Community,                                                87 (I2), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments
                                                                   need to be made by applying the coefficients of equiva­
                                                                   lence provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               2124/87 (,4), and No 159/67/EEC H ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                   basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85               ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
                                                                   tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
                                                                   in relation to Rotterdam ;
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3
thereof,
                                                                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (16) lays
                                                                   down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            products and certain goods resulting from the processing
                                                                   of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
                                                                   bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1 ) of Regu­         territories ;
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal         Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;       (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                   Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
                                                                   ture ;
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for
the 1990/91 marketing year by Council Regulations (EEC)            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1341 /90 (6), (EEC) No                      should be calculated on the following basis :
1 344/90 Q and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1573/90 0 ;                                                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used             of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation                  the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1676/85,
No 156/67/EEC ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable              — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
purchasing opportunities on the world market among                      average of the ecu rates published in the Official
those which are most representative of the real trend of                Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
the market, account being taken in particular of the need               a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal                   cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the
(l) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27
0 OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                                December 1990 :
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                              (u) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(«) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 3.                                H OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
f) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 7.                                 (13) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(8) OJ No L 149, 13. 6. 1990, p. 9.                                H    OJ  No   L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22.
(9) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. ■ 2533/67.                          (1S) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(10) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18.                               H    OJ  No   L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
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Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional
 amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were                                  Article 1
 set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (') ;
                                                                The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the      Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.          \
 abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
 altered only where variations in the components used to                                   Article 2
 calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
 them by ECU 0,73 or more,                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 28 December 1990.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1990 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                            on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                                  Levies
                                      CN code
                                                                                             Third country
                                     0709 90 60                                                140,23 00
                                     0712 90 19                                                140,23 00
                                     1001 10 10                                                197,65 00
                                     1001 10 90                                                197,65 00
                                     1001 90 91                                                189,50
                                     1001 90 99                                                189,50
                                     1002 00 00                                                155,73 0
                                     1003 00 10                                                147,87
                                     1003 00 90                                                147,87
                                     1004 00 10                                                145,40
                                     1004 00 90                                                145,40
                                     1005 10 90                                                140,23 00
                                     1005 90 00                                                140,23 00
                                     1007 00 90                                                142,08 0
                                     1008 10 00                                                 59,74
                                     1008 20 00                                                126,27 (4)
                                     1008 30 00                                                 70,62 (5)
                                     1008 90 10                                                  0 0
                                     1008 90 90                                                 70,62
                                     1101 00 00                                                279,320
                                     110210 00                                                 232,04 0
                                     110311 10                                                 319,74 0
                                     1103 11 90                                                300,57 0
             (') where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                 levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne.
             0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 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 applied
                 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
             (*) 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).
             0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).
             (*) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                 No 3808/90 .