NoL65/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.3.83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No553/83
of10March1983
fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1451/82(2),andinparticular
Article13(5)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129onthe
valueoftheunitofaccountandtheexchangeratesto
beappliedforthepurposesofthecommonagricul­
turalpolicy(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2543/73(4),andinparticularArticle3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
Whereas,theimportleviesoncereals,wheatandrye
flour,andwheatgroatsandmealwerefixedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/82(^andsubsequentamending
Regulations ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinabandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesinrelationtotheCommunity
currenciesreferredtointhepreviousindent;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon
9March1983;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthedetailedrules
containedinRegulation(EEC)No2118/82totoday's
offerpricesandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thattheleviesatpresentinforceshouldbealteredto
theamountssetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviestobechargedonproductslistedin
Article1(a),(b)and(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11March
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10March1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL164,14.6.1982,p.1.
(3)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
(4)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1.
(5OJNoL223,31.7.1982,p.44.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof10March1983fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandon
wheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Levies
10.01BICommonwheat,andmeslin 121,92
10.01B11Durumwheat 158,52(■)0
10.02 Rye 121,47(*)
10.03 Barley 119,84
10.04 Oats 106,55
10.05BMaize,otherthanhybridmaizefor
sowing 98,83(2)(3)
10.07ABuckwheat 0
10.07BMillet 57,67(4)
10.07CGrainsorghum 97,34(4)
10.07DCanaryseed;othercereals o0
11.01AWheatormeslinflour 185,53
11.01BRyeflour 184,93
11.02AIa)Durumwheatgroatsandmeal 259,26
11.02Alb)Commonwheatgroatsandmeal198,31
(')WheredurumwheatoriginatinginMoroccoistransporteddirectly
fromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevyisreducedby0,60
ECU/tonne.
(2)InaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No435/80,theleviesarenot
apliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproducts
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe
'overseascountriesandterritories'.
(3)WheremaizeoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintothe
Communitythelevyisreducedby1,81ECU/tonne.
(4)WheremilletandsorghumoriginatingintheACPorOCTis
importedintotheCommunitythelevyisreducedby50%.
(*)WheredurumwheatandcanaryseedproducedinTurkeyaretrans­
porteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevyis
reducedby0,60ECU/tonne.
(6)TheimportlevychargedonryeproducedinTurkeyandtransported
directlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunityislaiddowninCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1180/77andCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2622/71.