CELEX: 31980R0014
Language: en
Date: 1980-01-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 14/80 of 4 January 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 14/80
                                                          of 4 January 1980
                   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 effective parity ;
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 organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                   3 January 1980 ;
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                     contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 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 (*), 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 1658/79 (5) 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 5 January
      relation to each other at any given moment within               1980 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 January 1980 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
(1 ) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4)  OJ  No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
(5)  OJ  No  L 193, 1 . 8 . 1979, p. 5.
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                                                            ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                       on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                            CCT
                          heading                           Description                               Levies
                             No
                    10.01 A                 Common wheat, and meslin                              77-96
                    10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                         1 14-39 (»)(*)
                    10.02                   Rye                                                   68-74 (')
                    10.03                   Barley                                                71-46
                    10.04                   Oats                                                  80-22
                    10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for                I
                                            sowing                                                92-58 (2)(3)
                    10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                               5-95
                    10.07 B                 Millet                                                63-91 («)
                    10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                         83-39 (")
                    10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                             0     (»)
                    11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                               122-48
                    11.01 B                 Rye flour                                           109-61
                     11.02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                          191-37
                    11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                         131-20
                    (') 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) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­
                        ments the levy is reduced by 7-2J ECU/tonne as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
                        706 /76 .
                    (5) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is
                        reduced by 181 ECU/tonne.
                    (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community
                        the levy is reduced by 50 % .
                    (5) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported 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 .