CELEX: 31985R0639
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 639/85 of 13 March 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

14. 3 . 85                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 73/5
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 639/85
                                                    of 13 March 1985
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       No 974/71 (*), 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
                                                                12 March 1985 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to          Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,            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 (^ 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 14 March
    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, 13 March 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 .                             (*) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0 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 13 March 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                68,89
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                            107,10 (')O
                     10.02               Rye                                     77,93 0
                     10.03               Barley                                  72,97
                     10.04               Oats                                    52,63
                     10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                  61,43 00
                     10.07 A             Buckwheat                                 0
                     10.07 B             Millet                                  68,64 0
                     10.07   C           Grain sorghum                           62,32 0
                     10.07   DI          Triticale                                 0
                      10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               o o
                     11.01   A           Wheat or meslin flour                  111,42
                     11.01   B           Rye flour                              124,08
                     11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            179,67
                     11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal           118,16
                     (') 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'. <
                     0 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.
                     0 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).