CELEX: 31980R1340
Language: en
Date: 1980-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1340/80 of 30 May 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 135/48                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            31 . 5. 80
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1340/80
                                                          of 30 May 1980
                 fixing die 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 ('), as last amended by               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                 29 May 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 (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,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                                          Article 1
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 658/79 (5) and subsequent amending                  The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Regulations ;                                                       Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    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
    relation to each other at any given moment within               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1980.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 30 May 1980.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(«) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(*) OJ  No  L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .
(i) OJ  No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(«) OJ  No  L 263, 19, 9. 1973, p. I.
(») OJ  No  L 193, 1 . 8. 1979, p. 5.
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to die Commission Regulation of 30 May 1980 fixing the 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                            93*68
                      10.01 B                   Durum wheat                                       117*67 (>)(s)
                      10.02                     Rye                                                 8244 (»)
                      10.03                     Barley                                              86-29
                      10.04                     Oats                                                76.01
                      10.05 B                   Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                              9949(2)(>)
                      10.07 A                   Buckwheat                                             2*73
                      10.07 B                   Millet                                              24-45 (<)
                      10.07 C                   Grain sorghum                                       91*73 (4)
                      10.07 D                   Canary seed ; other cereals                           0 (s)
                      11.01 A                   Wheat or meslin flour                             146*01
                      11.01 B                   Rye flour                                         130*26
                      11.02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal                       195*97
                      11.02 A lb)               Common wheat groats and meal                      155*53
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco if transported directly from that country to the
                           Community, the levy is reduced by 0-60 ECU/tonne.
                      P) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/SO, 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'.
                      (i) 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 Commu­
                           nity, the levy is reduced by 50 %.
                      P) 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 .