CELEX: 31985R3079
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3079/85 of 5 November 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 294/4                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 6 . 11 . 85
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3079/85
                                                        of 5 November 1985
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  • these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Economic Community,                                                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 4
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           November 1985 ;
No 1018/84 (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 value              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be                  offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                  that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation
(EEC) No 2956/85 (*) and subsequent amending Regula­                                            Article 1
tions ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                        Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                     shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within a
     band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their                                         Article 2
     central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for
     in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (6), as         This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 November
     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 Q,                   1985 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 5 November 1985.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 ,
(3) OJ   No  106, 30 . 10. 1962, p. .2553/62.
0   OJ   No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8 .
(j OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 5 November 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                      on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                             CCT
                            heading                     Description                   Levies
                              No
                       10.01 B I          Common wheat, and meslin                125,37
                       10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             175,66(')0
                       10.02              Rye                                     1 1 4,04 0
                       10.03              Barley                                  125.49
                       10.04              Oats                                    105,63
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  1 04,40 (2)(3)
                       10.07  A           Buckwheat                                   0
                       10.07  B           Millet                                    70,03 (4)
                       10.07  C           Grain sorghum                           121,46 (4)
                       10.07  D I         Triticale                                   0
                       10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                 0    o
                       11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                   189,36
                       11.01  B           Rye flour                               173.50
                       11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal             285,61
                       11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal            203,57
                       (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly
                           from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60
                           ECU/tonne.
                       0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 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'.
                       0 Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the
                           Community the levy is reduced by 1,81 ECU/tonne.
                       0 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.
                       0 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 .
                       0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                           falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).