CELEX: 31980R0553
Language: en
Date: 1980-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 553/80 of 5 March 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

6 . 3 . 80                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 61 / 5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 553/80
                                                          of 5 March 1980
                  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 organiza­
tion of the market in cereals (l), as last amended by                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                     4 March 1 980 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 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
                                                                     the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
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 1 658 /79 (5) 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 6 March
     relation to each other at any given moment within                1980 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 5 March 1980 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
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(') OJ   No  L 188, 26 . 7. 1979, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(«) OJ   No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p . 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 5 March 1980 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 meslin                           83-05
                      10.01 B                   Durum wheat                                       107-48 ( ] )(5)
                      10.02                     Rye                                                75-07 (6)
                      10.03                     Barley                                             72-67
                      10.04                     Oats                                               68-17
                      10.05 B                   Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                             92-95 (2) (3)
                      10.07    A                Buckwheat                                            0
                      10.07    B                Millet                                             39-80 (4)
                      10.07    C                Grain sorghum                                      88-08 (4)
                      10.07    D                Canary seed ; other cereals                          0     e)
                      11.01    A                Wheat or meslin flour                             129-64
                      11.01    B                Rye flour                                         119-58
                      1 1 .02 Ala)              Durum wheat groats and meal                       180-00
                      11.02 A lb)               Common wheat groats and meal                      138-50
                      1) 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'.
                      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 % .
                      5) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that
                          country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-60 ECU/tonne .
                      *) 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 .