CELEX: 31981R0700
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/81 of 19 March 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

20 . 3 . 81                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 74/ 3
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 700/81
                                                          of 19 March 1981
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
COMMUNITIES,                                                              their effective parity ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community,                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                          these currencies in relation to the Comrriunity
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                      18 March 1981 ;
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                     contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2035/80 to today's
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to                offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                    that the levies at present in force should be altered to
tural policy ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas, the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­                The import levies to be charged on products listed in
tion (EEC) No 2035/80 (*) and subsequent amending                     Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Regulations ;                                                         2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                                              Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March
     relation to each other at any given moment within                1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 19 March 1981 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17.
O   OJ   No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62 .
O   OJ   No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p . 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 200 , 1 . 8 . 1980 , p . 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 19 March 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                        wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                              CCT
                             heading                    Description                    Levies
                               No
                      10.01 A              Common wheat, and mesiin                  71-04
                      10.01 B              Durum wheat                               96-72 0 0
                      10.02                Rye                                       33-60 O
                      10.03                Barley                                    44-19
                      10.04                Oats                                      15-01
                      10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                           sowing                                    64-40 O 0
                      10.07    A           Buckwheat                                   0
                      10.07    B           Millet                                    27-65 0
                      10.07    C           Grain sorghum                             5618 0
                      10.07    D           Canary seed ; other cereals                 o    O
                      1 1.01   A           Wheat or mesiin flour                   113-84
                      11.01    B           Rye flour                                 6145
                      1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal             1 63-33
                      1 1 .02 A 1 b)       Common wheat groats and meal            121-40
                     (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly
                           from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-60
                           ECU /tonne .
                     (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, the levies are not
                           applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products
                           originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
                           'overseas countries and territories'.
                     O Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported , into the
                           Community the levy is reduced by 1-81 ECU/tonne .
                     (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is
                           imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 % .
                     0 Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are trans­
                           ported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is
                           reduced by 0-60 ECU/tonne .
                     O The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported
                           directly from that country to the Community is laid down in Council
                           Regulation (EEC) No 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
                           2622/ 71 .