CELEX: 31985R1545
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1545/85 of 6 June 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 148/4                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              7. 6. 85
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1545/85
                                                        of 6 June 1985
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                      No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         No 855/84Q,
 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 recorded for a given period in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                      in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by               cient ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                  5 June 1985 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Committee,                                                        the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 (*) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;                                                                             Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,               The import levies to be charged on products listed in
levies should be calculated on the following basis :              Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in               2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                       Article 2
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)           This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 June 1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 6 June 1985.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
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                                                     ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 6 June 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                 109,98
                    10.01 B II         Durum wheat                              150,56 (')O
                    10.02              Rye                                      103,48 I6)
                    10.03              Barley                                     96,81
                    10.04              Oats                                       83,39
                    10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                       sowing                                     88,18 0 (3)
                    10.07 A            Buckwheat                                    0
                    10.07 B            Millet                                     72,41 (4)
                    10.07 C            Grain sorghum                            109,19 (4)
                    10.07 D I          Triticale                                   0
                    10.07 D II         Canary seed ; other cereals                  o o
                    11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                    169,79
                    11.01 B            Rye flour                                160,70
                    11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal              247,20
                    11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal             180,27
                                                                                         '
                   (') 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 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'.
                   (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 % .
                   (*) 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.
                   I6) 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 1 80/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                       2622/71 .
                   (*) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                       falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).