CELEX: 31985R2889
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2889/85 of 17 October 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

18 . 10 . 85                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 278 / 1
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                                                   (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2889/85
                                                           of 17 October 1985
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                              provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 COMMUNITIES,                                                                 No 974/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        No 855/84 0,
 Economic Community,                                                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                 these currencies recorded for a given period in
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                              relation to the Community currencies referred to
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                       in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                            cient ;
Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                         Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                         16 October 1985 ;
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 2159/85 to today's
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                     offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                         that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                             the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2159/85 0 and subsequent amending                                                    Article 1
Regulations ;                                                            The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                      Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                     2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                                   Article 2
      relation to each other at any given moment within
      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October
      their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient                   1985 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 17 October 1985 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                         Vice-President
0 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.
(4) OJ   No   L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                            (*) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p . 1 .
O   OJ   No   L 203 , 1 . 8 . 1985, p. 8 .                               0 OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 17 October 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               1 1 8,06
                       10.01 B II            Durum wheat                            168,97 00
                       10.02                 Rye                                    109,70 0
                       10.03                 Barley                                 118,12
                        10.04                Oats                                     96,73
                        10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                 106,17 (2)(3)
                       10.07    A            Buckwheat                                  0
                       10.07     B           Millet                                   70,65 0
                       10.07     C           Grain sorghum                          121,22 (4)
                       10.07     D I         Triticale                                  0
                       10.07     D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                o    o
                       11.01    A            Wheat or meslin flour                  178,85
                        11.01    B           Rye flour                              167,14
                        1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            275,16
                       11.02 A lb)           Common wheat groats and meal           192,53
                       (') 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 % .
                       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 .
                       Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                             falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).