CELEX: 31985R0896
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 896/85 of 3 April 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

4. 4. 85                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 97/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 896/85
                                                          of 3 April 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
                                                                     2 April 1985 ;
  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                Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
  tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
  No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,               offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                     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
  Regulations ;                                                                                Article 1
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                The import levies to be charged on products listed in
  levies should be calculated on the following basis :               Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
       relation to each other at any given moment within
       a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                          Article 2
       their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
       provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 April 1985.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 3 April 1985.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                       ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 3 April 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                84,98
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                            128,05(0 0
                      10.02              Rye                                     87,38 I6)
                      10.03              Barley                                  81,36
                      10.04              Oats                                    71,11
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                  73,24 00
                      10.07  A           Buckwheat                                 0
                      10.07  B           Millet                                  86,67 (4)
                      10.07  C           Grain sorghum                           98,17 (4)
                      10.07  D I         Triticale                                 O
                      10.07 D II         Canary seed ; other cereals               0    (0
                      11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                  134,23
                      11.01 B            Rye flour                              137,59
                      11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            212,23
                      11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           142,48
                     (!) 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 % .
                     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 .
                    O The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                         falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).