CELEX: 31985R1173
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1173/85 of 6 May 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 122/4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             7. 5. 85
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1173/85
                                                      of 6 May 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 855/84Q,
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
                                                                3 May 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 7 May 1985.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 6 May 1985.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(A OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(<) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
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                                                     ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 6 May 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                84,17
                    10.01 B II          Durum wheat                            129,40 0 0
                    10.02               Rye                                     86,41 («)
                    10.03               Barley                                  82,78
                    10.04               Oats                                    70,73
                    10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                  72,4100
                    10.07  A            Buckwheat                                 0
                    10.07   B           Millet                                  47,85 0
                    10.07   C           Grain sorghum                           92,74 (4)
                    10.07   D I        Triticale                                  0
                    10.07   D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               0    (0
                    11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                   133,38
                    11.01   B           Rye flour                              136,52
                    11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            214,41
                    11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal           141,25
                    (') 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.
                    (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 1 1 80/77 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).