CELEX: 31985R0491
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 491/85 of 27 February 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 60/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 2. 85
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 491/85
                                                       of 27 February 1985
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                         No 974/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
  COMMUNITIES,                                                           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
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                       in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                 cient ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular
 Article 13 (5) thereof,                                             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                     26 February 1985 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
 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 3131 /84 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 3131 /84 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
     relation to each other at any given moment within                                       Article 2
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient              This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 February
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)              1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 27 February 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 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 February 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                58,70
                       10.01 B 11         Durum wheat                             88,68 (') O
                       10.02              Rye                                     69,10 (6)
                       10.03              Barley                                  64,04
                       10.04              Oats                                    37,28
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  51,32 00
                       10.07  A           Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07  B           Millet                                  52,06 (4)
                       10.07  C           Grain sorghum                           62,24 (4)
                       10.07  D I         Triticale                                 0
                       10.07 D II         Canary seed ; other cereals               o    0
                       11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                   96,87
                       11.01 B            Rye flour                              111,44
                       11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            151,04
                       11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           102,75
                      (') 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 435/80, 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.
                      (') 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).