CELEX: 31985R0778
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 778/85 of 27 March 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 88/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 3 . 85
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 778/85
                                                      of 27 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 101 8/84 (2), and in particular
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                  26 March 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
                                                                  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 28 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, 27 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.
0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                (6) 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 27 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                 76,91
                       10.01 B II          Durum wheat                             118,33 00
                       10.02               Rye                                      80.87 0
                       10.03               Barley                                   79,50
                       10.04               Oats                                     59,58
                       10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                           sowing                                   65.88 00
                       io:o7A              Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07 B             Millet                                   79,50 0
                       10.07 C             Grain sorghum                            68,23 0
                       10.07 D I           Triticale                                 0
                       10.07 D II          Canary seed ; other cereals               0    o
                       11.01 A             Wheat or meslin flour                   122,65
                       11.01 B             Rye flour                               128,20
                       1 1 .02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal             197,08
                       11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal            130,29
                       0 Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly
                            from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60
                            ECU/tonne.
                       0 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.
                       0 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).