CELEX: 31994R0798
Language: en
Date: 1994-04-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/94 of 8 April 1994 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector

9 . 4. 94                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 92/21
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 798/94
                                                            of 8 April 1994
                                            fixing the export levies in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            the exports contemplated and the advantage of avoiding
                                                                       disturbance on the Community market ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                             Whereas the export levy may be varied where the world
                                                                        market situation or the specific requirements of certain
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                    markets make this necessary ;
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
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 (5), as
thereof,                                                                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3528/93 (6), are to be
                                                                        used to convert the amount expressed in third-country
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No                  currencies and are the basis for determining the agricul­
1766/92, appropriate measures may be taken when the                     tural conversion rates of the currencies of the Member
quotations or prices on the world market for one or more                States ; whereas the detailed rules for determining and
products reach the level of Community prices and when                   applying these conversion rates are laid down in Commis­
that situation is likely to continue and to deteriorate,                sion Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 f), as last amended by
thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Commu­                 Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (8) ;
nity market ;
                                                                        Whereas the application of the aforementioned rules to
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade is              the current market situation in the cereals sector, and in
such as to hinder imports into the Community of durum                   particular to the quotations or prices of these products in
wheat or lead to it being exported from the Community ;                 the Community and on the world market, leads to the
                                                                        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
nity, an export levy should be introduced for durum                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
wheat ;                                                                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                        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 ;
Whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                Article 1
 1533/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 20/94 (4),
 provides for the application of an export levy ; whereas,              The export levy referred to in Article 15 of amended
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 for the products falling
 pursuant to Article 2 of the same Regulation, export levies            within CN code 1001 10 00 shall be as set out in the
are to be fixed in particular in the light of the prices                Annex.
charged on the representative Community markets and
their trends and the quotations recorded on the markets                                             Article 2
of third countries ; whereas that Regulation also provides
 that account should be taken of the economic aspects of                This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1994.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 8 April 1994.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 8 April 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 Regulations (EC) No 151 /94 (OJ No L 23, 28. 1 . 1994, p. 5) and
               (EC) No 646/94 (OJ No L 80, 24. 3. 1994, p. 14).