CELEX: 31981R0684
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 684/81 of 18 March 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 73/4                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            19 . 3 . 81
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 684/81
                                                        of 18 March 1981
                  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 organi­
 zation of the market in cereals (l), as last amended by            Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular              17 March 1981 ;
 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 2035/80 to today's
 value of the unit of account arid 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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 2035/80 (*) 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,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                       Article 2
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March
     relation to each other at any given moment within              1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 18 March 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
O   OJ  No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
(4 OJ No L 200, 1 . 8. 1980, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 18 March 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                          wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                               CCT
                              heading                     Description                  Levies
                                No
                       10.01 A               Common wheat, and mesiin                69-64
                       10.01 B               Durum wheat                             94-97 (') (*)
                       10.02                 Rye                                     32-15(0
                       10.03                 Barley                                  42-87
                       10.04                Oats                                     13-49
                       10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                  62-22 (2) (3)
                       10.07 A               Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07 B               Millet                                  26-20 (4)
                       10.07 C              Grain sorghum                            54-96 (4)
                       1 0.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals               o    o
                       11.01 A              Wheat or mesiin flour                   111-88
                       11.01 B               Rye flour                               59-42
                        1 1 .02 Ala)         Durum wheat groats and meal            160-62
                       1 1.02 A I b)         Common wheat groats and meal           119-28
                       (') 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
                             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 % .
                       (*) 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 .