CELEX: 31992R1737
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1737/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 179/ 126                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 7. 92
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1737/92
                                                         of 30 June 1992
                     fixing die import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         account the factors indicated in Commission Regulation
                                                                     No 156/67/EEC (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 31 /76 ("), and in particular the most favourable
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                purchasing opportunities on the world market among
Economic Community,                                                  those which are most representative of the real trend of
                                                                     the market, account being taken in particular of the need
                                                                     to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the
Portugal,                                                            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 /75
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (13),
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence
No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,              provided for in Commission Regulations No 158/67/EEC
                                                                     (l4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2644/91 (15),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                 and No 159/67/EEC (,<s);
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                     basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­            ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                 tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),          in relation to Rotterdam :
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for             Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (17), (EEC)
the 1991 / 1992, marketing year by Council Regulations               No 519/92 (18) and (EEC) No 520/92 (") of 27 February
(EEC) No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1704/91 (<% (EEC) No                    1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
 1706/91 f) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
 1824/91 (8);                                                        the European Economic Community and the European
                                                                     Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for             Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
the 1992/93 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­
                                                                     Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
cable on 30 June 1992 should be laid down pursuant to                other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/92 of 24 June                    levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
1992 on precautionary measure and the suspension of                  tion (EEC) No 585/92 (20), as amended by Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 955/92 (21), lays down detailed rules for
advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (9) ;
                                                                     applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
                                                                     ments as regards cereals ;
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into               (10) OJ   No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
                                                                     (")  OJ   No  L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18.
                                                                     H    OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            (")  OJ   No  L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                                 (14) OJ   No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(3) OJ No   L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                              (1S)  OJ   No  L 247, 5. 9. 1991 , p. 23.
O   OJ No   L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.                             H     OJ   No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(0  OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                           H     OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
H OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 4.                                  H     OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
0 OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 7.                                  (")   OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(8) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1991 , p. 41 .                             (20)  OJ   No  L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
 9) OJ No L 169, 24. 6. 1992, p. 12.                                (21)  OJ   No  L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 0, as last                    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down                     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and                 cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific         Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29
 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;              June 1992 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the               Whereas on importation into Portugal of products listed
                                                                     in Annex XXIV to the Act of Accession an additional
overseas countries and territories with the European
 Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on                   amount is added to the levy ; whereas these amounts were
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries          set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 (4) ;
 and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
 abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be                 Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
 charged on imports of certain products originating in the           abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
 overseas countries and territories in order to prevent              set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
 products originating from these countries and territories           altered only where variations in the components used to
 from receiving more favourable treatment than similar               calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
 products imported from Spain or Portugal into the                   them by ECU 0,73 or more,
 Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
 ture ;
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies                                      Article 1
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­           The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
      of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
      the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
      No 1676/85,                                                                              Article 2
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
      average of the ecu rates published in the Official            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 30 June 1992.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                                 (4) OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                                 wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                        CN code                                                  LevyO
                                       0709 90 60                                                139,72 (2)(3)
                                       0712 90 19                                                1 39,72 00
                                       1001 10 10                                                185,08 OOH
                                       1001 10 90                                                185,08 oon
                                       1001 90 91                                                153,34
                                       1001 90 99                                                1 53,34 (")
                                       1002 00 00                                                172,81 0
                                       1003 00 10                                                145,04
                                       1003 00 90                                                145,04 (")
                                       1004 0010                                                 127,65
                                       1004 00 90                                                127,65
                                       100510 90                                                 139,72 00
                                       1005 90 00                                                139,72 0 0
                                       1007 00 90                                                146,57 0
                                       1008 10 00                                                  69,41 (")
                                       1008 20 00                                                120,75 (4)
                                       1008 30 00                                                  67,33 0
                                       1008 90 10                                                   f)
                                       1008 90 90                                                  67,33
                                       1101 00 00                                                227,68 0 (")
                                       110210 00                                                 255,04 0
                                       1103 11 10                                                300,51 OO
                                       1103 11 90                                                244,21 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.
               (2) 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.
               (3) Where maize originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by ECU 1,81 /tonne.
               (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is applied in accor­
                   dance 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.
               (*) 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 .
               Q 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 .
               O No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC, except if
                   paragraph 4 of the same Article applies.
              (I#) An amount equal to the amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1825/91 is to be levied in accordance with
                   Article 101 (4) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
              (") Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
                   ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued
                   in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
                   Annex to that Regulation.