CELEX: 31985R1842
Language: en
Date: 1985-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1842/85 of 3 July 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1842/85
                                                           of 3 July 1985
                    fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      durum wheat groats and meal, a price equal to the
   COMMUNITIES,                                                       threshold price fixed for the 1984/85 marketing year
                                                                      and applicable as from 1 July 1984 should be taken
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              into account in calculating the levies, namely 352,67
   Economic Community,                                                ECU per tonne for durum wheat, and 547,09 ECU per
                                                                      tonne for durum wheat groats and meal ; whereas
                                                                      these prices shall be adjusted as from 1 August 1985
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       by the same amounts as the monthly increments fixed
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    by Regulation (EEC) No 1 020/84 (^) ;
  zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
  Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular
i Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                      levies should be calculated on the following basis :
   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                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
  tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                    relation to each other at any given moment within
  No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                           their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
   Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                            provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
  Committee,                                                               No 974/71 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           No 855/84 (8),
  Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 (*) and subsequent amending                       these currencies recorded for a given period in
  Regulations ;                                                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                           in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
                                                                           cient ;
  Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for durum wheat
  begins on 1 July 1985 ; whereas the Council has not,
  to date, adopted the prices for this marketing year in
  respect of this product ; whereas the Commission, in                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
  compliance with the tasks entrusted to it by the                    2 July 1985 ;
  Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures
  essential to ensure continuity of operation of the
  common agricultural policy as regards durum wheat ;
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
  Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
  the import arrangements for durum wheat and for                     offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                      that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                      the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
  (') 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 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 6.
  0   OJ  No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
  O   OJ  No L 293, 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                             8) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                  Article 1
           The import levies to be charged on products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regula­
           tion (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                  Article 2
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 1985.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 3 July 1985 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                     ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 3 July 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                111,31
                    10.01 B II         Durum wheat                            132,59 (')(*)
                    10.02              Rye                                    11 3,44 (<)
                    10.03              Barley                                   99,36
                    10.04              Oats                                     84,22
                    10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                       sowing                                   91,12 00
                    10.07 A            Buckwheat                                  0
                    10.07 B            Millet                                   76,61 0
                    10.07 C            Grain sorghum                          113,84 (4)
                    10.07 D I          Triticale                                 0
                    10.07 D II         Canary seed ; other cereals               o     o
                    11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                  171,65
                    11.01 B            Rye flour                              174,64
                    11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            218,52
                    11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           182,27
                   (') 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'.
                   (3) 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).