CELEX: 31985R2246
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2246/85 of 6 August 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

7. 8 . 85                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 210/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2246/85
                                                        of 6 August 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 1018/84 (2), and in particular
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                    5 August 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) No 2159/85 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
                                                                    the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
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 21 59/85 0 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 7 August
     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, 6 August 1985.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4) OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                             0s) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 6 August 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                 108,79
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                              173,59 (') 0
                      10.02              Rye                                      110,22 («)
                      10.03              Barley                                   102,13
                      10.04              Oats                                       78,86
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for     I
                                         sowing                                     94,08 (2) (3)
                      10.07  A           Buckwheat                                   0
                      10.07  B           Millet                                     50,98 (4)
                      10.07  C           Grain sorghum                            105,48 (4)
                      10.07  D I         Triticale                                   0
                      10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                 o o
                      11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                     165,31
                      11.01 B            Rye flour                                 167,31
                      11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal              282,15
                      11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal              178,53
                      (') 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 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.
                      (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is
                          imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 % .
                      (s) 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.
                      (*) 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 1 1 80/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                          2622/71 .
                      f7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                          falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).