CELEX: 31985R3409
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3409/85 of 4 December 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

5. 12. 85                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 324/ 1
                                                                     I
                                                   (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3409/85
                                                           of 4 December 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 (6), as
                                                                             last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 0,
  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 3
                                                                         December 1985 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 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,
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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 5 December
     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, 4 December 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.
(4) OJ   No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p . 1 .                             (6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
H   OJ   No  L 285 , 25 . 10 . 1985 , p . 8 .                           0 OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 324/2                       Official Journal of the European Communities                      5 . 12. 85
                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 4 December 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               135,48
                       10.01 B II         Durum wheat                            178,37 (') 0
                       10.02              Rye                                    1 10, 13 0
                       10.03              Barley                                 130,58
                       10.04              Oats                                   110,98
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                 104,21 (2)(3)
                       10.07  A           Buckwheat                                  0
                       10.07  B           Millet                                   73,65 (4)
                       10.07  C           Grain sorghum                          119,90(4)
                       10.07  D I         Triticale                                  0
                       10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                o    o
                       11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                  203,80
                       11.01  B           Rye flour                              168,31
                       11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            289,89
                       11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           218,86
                      (') 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 % .
                      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 .
                      0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                          falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).