6.3.80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL61/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No553/80
of5March1980
fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(l),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1547/79(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)No1658/79(5)andsubsequentamending
Regulations ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesinrelationtotheCommunity
currenciesreferredtointhepreviousindent;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon
4March1980;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthedetailedrules
containedinRegulation(EEC)No1658/79totoday's
offerpricesandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thattheleviesatpresentinforceshouldbealteredto
theamountssetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviestobechargedonproductslistedin
Article1(a),(b)and(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6March
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5March1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(')OJNoL188,26.7.1979,p.1.
(3)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
(«)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1.
(s)OJNoL193,1.8.1979,p.5.

NoL61/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.3.80
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof5March1980fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandon
wheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Levies
10.01ACommonwheat,andmeslin 83-05
10.01BDurumwheat 107-48(])(5)
10.02 Rye 75-07(6)
10.03 Barley 72-67
10.04 Oats 68-17
10.05BMaize,otherthanhybridmaizefor
sowing 92-95(2)(3)
10.07ABuckwheat 0
10.07BMillet 39-80(4)
10.07CGrainsorghum 88-08(4)
10.07DCanaryseed;othercereals 0e)
11.01AWheatormeslinflour 129-64
11.01BRyeflour 119-58
11.02Ala)Durumwheatgroatsandmeal 180-00
11.02Alb)Commonwheatgroatsandmeal 138-50
1)WheredurumwheatoriginatinginMoroccoistransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytothe
Community ,thelevyisreducedby0-60ECU/tonne.
2)InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No435/80,theleviesarenotappliedtoimportsinto
theFrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,Caribbeanand
PacificStatesorinthe'overseascountriesandterritories'.
3)WheremaizeoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyis
reducedby1-81ECU/tonne.
4)WheremilletandsorghumoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunity
thelevyisreducedby50%.
5)WheredurumwheatandcanaryseedproducedinTurkeyaretransporteddirectlyfromthat
countrytotheCommunity ,thelevyisreducedby0-60ECU/tonne.
*)TheimportlevychargedonryeproducedinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthat
countrytotheCommunity islaiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77and
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2622/71.