CELEX: 31981R3070
Language: en
Date: 1981-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3070/81 of 28 October 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

29 . 10 . 81                               Official- Journal of the European Communities                         No L 308 /3
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3070/81
                                                            of 28 October 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 Community
  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
  Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular                    27 October 1981 ;
  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 2196/81 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
* No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Ar.icle 3 thereof,
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  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 2196/81 ( s) 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,
  levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                          Article 2
  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 October
       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, 28 October 1981 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                                              Member of the Commission
  (') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
  n   OJ   No  L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p . 2.
  (J) OJ   No  106, 30 . 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
  (*) OJ   No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
  (s) OJ   No  L 214, 1 . 8 . 1981 , p . 7 .
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 October 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                65-89
                        10.01 B              Durum wheat                            124-41 (') n
                        10.02                Rye                                     32-13 (6)
                        10.03                Barley                                  69-87
                        10.04                Oats                                    34-26
                       10.05 B               Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                  91-1200
                        10.07 A              Buckwheat                                 0
                        10.07 B              Millet                                  50-21 (4)
                        10.07 C              Grain sorghum                           78-59 ή
                        10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals               o    o
                        11.01 A              Wheat or mesiin flour                  105-71
                       11.01 B               Rye flour                               58-47
                        1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            205-97
                       1 1 .02 A I b)        Common wheat groats and meal           113-63
                       (') 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
                             aplied to imports into the French overseas departments of products
                             originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
                             'overseas countries and territories'.
                       (3) 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 % .
                       O 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 .
                       (6) 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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                             2622/ 71 .