CELEX: 31984R2221
Language: en
Date: 1984-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2221/84 of 31 July 1984 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2221/84
                                                         of 31 July 1984
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      able purchasing opportunities on the world market
COMMUNITIES,                                                        among those which are most representative of the real
                                                                    trend of the market, account being taken in particular
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to
Economic Community,
                                                                    cause abnormal disturbances on the Community
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                  (EEC) No 2731 /75 ("), as last amended by Regulation
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                             (EEC) No 1028/84 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or
                                                                    whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                   coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to              No 158/67/EEC (u), as last amended by Regulation
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                  (EEC) No 1637/71 (H), and in Regulation No 159/
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               67/EEC (l5) ;
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                          Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
                                                                    the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of                 other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy                    corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
must be charged on imports of the products listed in                charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the
levy is equal for each product to the threshold price
less the cif price ;                                                Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
                                                                    tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat             in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed                Customs Tariff :
for the 1984/85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)
No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1019/84 (6), (EEC) No
 1020/84 0 and (EEC) No 1413/84 (8);                                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices              levies should be calculated on the following basis :
used to determine the levies, the Commission must
take into account the factors indicated in Regulation               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation                         relation to each other at any given moment within
(EEC) No 31 /76 (l0), and in particular the most favour                  a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                         their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
{•) OJ ISO L Z81 , 1 . II . 19 / y, p. 1 .
                                                                         provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
o OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .                                       No 974/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
O OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                                   No 855/84,
0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.
(<) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 4.                                 (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
O OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 6.                                  (,2) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 17.
(8) OJ No L 126, 23 . 4. 1984, p. 6.                                H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
O OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967 , p. 2533/67.                             H OJ No L 170, 29. 7. 1971 , p. 20.
( 10) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                             H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        ponents used to calculate them have the effect of
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of      increasing or reducing them by 0,73 ECU or more,
    these currencies recorded for a given period in
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
    cient ;
                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on         The import levies to be charged on the products listed
30 July 1984 ;                                               in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                             2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of                              Article 2
the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should
be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
levies are altered only where variations in the com­         1984.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 31 July 1984.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1984 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                77,27
                       10.01 B II         Durum wheat                            129,99 Of5)
                       10.02              Rye                                     92,29 («)
                       10.03              Barley                                  69,53
                       10.04              Oats                                    40,68
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  49,84 (2)(3)
                       10.07 A            Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07 B            Millet                                    o o
                       10.07 C            Grain sorghum                           74,55 0
                       10.07 D            Canary seed ; other cereals               o o
                       11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                  121,18
                       11.01 B            Rye flour                              142,21
                       11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            214,57
                       11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           130,87
                      (') Where durym 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 .