CELEX: 31985R2159
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2159/85 of 31 July 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 203/ 8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 8 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2159/85
                                                          of 31 July 1985
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — for durum wheat and for durum wheat qwats and
 COMMUNITIES,                                                              meal, a price equal to the threshold price fixed for
                                                                           the 1984/85 marketing year and applicable on 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     July 1984, namely 352,67 ECU per tonne for
 Economic Community,                                                       durum wheat and 547,04 ECU per tonne for
                                                                           durum wheat qwats and meal .
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         — for the other cereals the prices set out in Article 2
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                          of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (9) ;
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                   Whereas the abovementioned prices will be adjusted,
 Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                             beginning on 1 August 1985 for durum wheat and for
                                                                      durum wheat qwats and meal and on 1 September
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                  . 1985 for the other cereals, by amounts equal to the
 value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to               monthly increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                   1020/ 84 ;
 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                 Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
                                                                      used to determine the levies, the Commission must
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
 Committee,                                                           No 156/67/EEC (10), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 31 /76 ("), and in particular the most favour­
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of                   able purchasing opportunities on the world market
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy                     among those which are most representative of the real
 must be charged on imports of the products listed in                 trend of the market, account being taken in particular
Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the           of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to
 levy is equal for each product to the threshold price                cause abnormal disturbances on the Community
 less the cif price ;                                                 market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must
                                                                      also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat               ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations
 and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed                 (EEC) No 2731 /75 (12), as last amended by Regulation
 for the 1984/85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)                  (EEC) No 1028/84 (13), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or
 No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1 0 1 9/84 (6), (EEC) No                     whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
 1020/84 0 and (EEC) No 1413/84 (8) ;                                 coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation
                                                                      No 158/67/EEC (H), as last amended by Regulation
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals began                 (EEC) No 3135/84 (l5), and in Regulation No 159/
on 1 July 1985 for durum wheat and on 1 August                        67/EEC (16) ;
 1985 for the other cereals ; whereas the Council has
 not, to date, adopted cereal prices for the 1985/86                 Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
marketing year ; whereas the Commission, in compli­                   the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
ance with the tasks entrusted to it by the Treaty, is                other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
obliged to adopt the precautionary measures essential                 corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
to ensure continuity of operation of the common agri­                 charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
cultural policy in the cereals sector ;
                                                                     Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of                tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
the import arrangements for cereals, the following                    in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
prices should be used for calculation of the levies :                 Customs Tariff :
(')  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            0 OJ     No  L 198 , 30 . 7. 1985, p. 31 .
(2)  OJ No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .                              ( I0) OJ No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
(3)  OJ No  106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (") OJ   No   L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
(4)  OJ No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                            ( ,2) OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(*)  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 34.                           (") OJ   No   L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 17.
(<•) OJ No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p . 4.                              ( ,4) OJ No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
0    OJ No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 6 .                              H OJ     No   L 293 , 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 11 .
(8)  OJ No  L 126, 23 . 4. 1984, p. 6.                               H OJ     No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,            Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of
levies should be calculated on the following basis :           the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should
                                                               be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                               levies are altered only where variations in the com­
     relation to each other at any given moment within         ponents used to calculate them have the effect of
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on            increasing or reducing them by 0,73 ECU or more,
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 974/71 ('); as last amended by Regulation              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     (EEC) No 855/84 (2),
                                                                                       Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of       The import levies to be charged on the products listed
     these currencies recorded for a given period in           in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
     relation to the Community currencies referred to          2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
     in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
     cient ;                                                                           Article 2
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
30 July 1985 ;                                                  1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 July 1985 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
  2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 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                104,75
                        10.01 B II           Durum wheat                             159,64 00
                        10.02                Rye                                     1 06,04 (6)
                        10.03                Barley                                  102,22
                        10.04                Oats                                      78,96
                        10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                    85,38 (2) 0
                        10.07    A           Buckwheat                                   0
                        10.07    B           Millet                                    59,62 (4)
                        10.07    C           Grain sorghum                           1 04,35 (4)
                        10.07    D I         Triticale                                  0
                        10.07    D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                 0     0
                        11.01    A           Wheat or meslin flour                  159,65
                        11.01 B              Rye flour                               161,45
                        11.02 A I a)         Durum wheat groats and meal            260,53
                        1 1 .02 A I b)       Common wheat groats and meal           1 72,42
                       (') 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                             2622/71 .
                      0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                             falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).