CELEX: 31982R1168
Language: en
Date: 1982-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1168/82 of 17 May 1982 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

18 . 5 . 82                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 137/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1168/82
                                                            of 17 May 1982
                   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 /o , a rate of exchange based on
COMMUNITIES,                                                               their central rate,
 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              these currencies in relation to the Community
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                           currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 3808 /81 (2), and in particular                    14 May 1982 ;
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 Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Committee,
Whereas, the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                                           Article 1
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2196/81 (*) and subsequent amending                      The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Regulations ;                                                          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       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
      relation to each other at any given moment within                This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May 1982.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 17 May 1982.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
('  OJ    No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ    No  L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37.
0   OJ    No  106, 30 . 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4) OJ    No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
h OJ No L 214, 1 . 8 . 1981 , p. 7.
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 1982 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                       wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                             CCT
                           heading                     Description                  Levies
                              No
                      10.01 Bí            Common wheat, and mesiin                98-58
                      10.01 B II          Durum wheat                            151-45 00
                      10.02               Rye                                     61-59 0
                      10.03               Barley                                  85-25
                      10.04               Oats                                    65-94
                      10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  95-35 0 0
                      1 0.07  A           Buckwheat                                 0
                      10.07   B           Millet                                 100-01 o
                      10.07   C           Grain sorghum                           90-33 0
                      10.07   D           Canary seed ; other cereals               o o
                      11.01   A           Wheat or mesiin flour                  153-19
                      11.01   B           Rye flour                              101-42
                      1 1.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            248-37
                      1 1.02 A I b)       Common wheat groats and meal           163-01
                      (') 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 % .
                      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 .
                      (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 .