CELEX: 31985R0443
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 443/85 of 21 February 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

22 . 2 . 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 52/21
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 443/85
                                                        of 21 February 1985
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           No 974/71 (6), 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 (z), and in particular
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                      20 February 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) Na 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 22 February
     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, 21 February 1985.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
(•) OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 107, 19 . 4. J 984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4) OJ   No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                            (6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ   No  L 293, 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 52/22                      Official Journal of the European Communities                        22 . 2 . 85
                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 21 February 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                 68,86
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                              98,56(')0
                      10.02              Rye                                      74,59 0
                      10.03              Barley                                   72,52
                      10.04              Oats                                     46,60
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                   58,01 (2) (3)
                      10.07  A           Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07  B           Millet                                   53,96 0
                      10.07  C           Grain sorghum                            72,23 0
                      10.07  D I         Triticale                                  0
                      10.07 D II         Canary seed ; other cereals                o     o
                      11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                   111,10
                      11.01 B            Rye flour                               119,12
                      11.02 Ala)         Durum wheat groats and meal             166,35
                      11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal            118,12
                      (') 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
                          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.
                      (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 .
                      O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                          falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).