CELEX: 31980R0445
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 445/80 of 26 February 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

27. 2. 80                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 53/ 1
                                                                 I
                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 445/80
                                                       of 26 February 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 (l), as last amended by               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1547/79 (2), and in particular                  25 February 1980 ;
Article 13 (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 (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
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,
                                                                                             Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 February
    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, 26 February 1980.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(») 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.
(<) OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  L 193, 1 . 8. 1979, p. 5.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 53/2                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                      27. 2. 80
                                                             ANNEX
          to die Commission Regulation of 26 February 1980 fixing die import levies on cereals and
                                        on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                             CCT
                                                             Description                               Levies
                            heading
                              No
                     10.01 A                 Common wheat, and meslin                              80-84
                     10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                         107-90 (») (5)
                     10.02                   Rye                                                   66-91 (*)
                     10.03                   Barley                                                72-57
                     10.04                   Oats                                                  68-61
                     10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                                94-540(3)
                     10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                               0
                     10.07 B                 Millet                                                41-39 (")
                      10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                         87-47 (")
                      10.07 D                Canary seed ; other cereals                             0     (')
                     11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                               127-30
                      11.01 B                Rye flour                                            107-78
                      11.02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                          180-59
                      11.02 A lb)            Common wheat groats and meal                         136-19
                     (') 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 7-25 ECU/tonne as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
                         706/76.
                     (*) 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 %.
                     (s) 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.
                     (') 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 .