CELEX: 31985R3348
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3348/85 of 29 November 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

30 . 11 . 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 321 / 1
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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3348/85
                                                       of 29 November 1985
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (*), as
                                                                           last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (7),
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 rela­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                       tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
                                                                           previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 28
                                                                      November 1985 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1 29 on the value
of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be                   Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                     that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
                                                                      amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
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 ;
                                                                      The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies            Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                      shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                                        Article 2
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central            This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in              1985.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                    Done at Brussels, 29 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 .                               (6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8 .                              0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 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               137,57
                       10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            179,03 (')O
                       10.02                Rye                                    1 09,42 («)
                       10.03                Barley                                 128,19
                       10.04                Oats                                   108,61
                       10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                            sowing                                 102,33 (2) (3)
                       10.07    A           Buckwheat                                  0
                       10.07    B           Millet                                   71,36 (4)
                       10.07    C           Grain sorghum                          116,22 n
                       10.07    D I         Triticale                                  0
                       10.07    D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                o    o
                       11.01    A           Wheat or meslin flour                  206,44
                       11.01    B           Rye flour                              167,03
                       1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            290,83
                       11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal           222,02
                      (') 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
                            applied 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.
                      (*) 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).