CELEX: 31982R3411
Language: en
Date: 1982-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3411/82 of 20 December 1982 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 360 /4                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           21 . 12. 82
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3411 /82
                                                    of 20 December 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 %, 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
                                                                      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
                                                                  17 December 1982 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (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                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2118/82 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,
                                                                                          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 211 8/82 Q 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 21 December
    relation to each other at any given moment within             1982.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1982.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p . 1 .
(3) OJ  No  106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4) OJ  No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 223 , 31 . 7. 1982, p. 44.
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 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               115-02
                        10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            1 50-82 (') 0
                        10.02                Rye                                    104-69 (6)
                        10.03                Barley                                 106-30
                        10.04                Oats                                     92-61
                        10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                 109-82 0 (3)
                        10.07   A            Buckwheat                                  0
                        10.07   B            Millet                                   34-77 (4)
                        1 0.07  C            Grain sorghum                            99-47 (4)
                        10.07   D            Canary seed ; other cereals                o o
                        11.01   A            Wheat or mesiin flour                  175-15
                        11.01   B            Rye flour                              160-64
                        1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            247-09
                        1 1 .02 A I b)       Common wheat groats and meal           187-99
                       (') 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 % .
                       (*) 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 .