CELEX: 31982R1479
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1479/82 of 10 June 1982 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

11 . 6. 82                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 160/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1479/82
                                                          of 10 June 1982
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             their central rate,
 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             these currencies in relation to the Community
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                          currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
zation of the market in cereals (!), as last amended by               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (2), and in particular                    9 June 1982 ;
Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2196/81 to today's
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to                offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                    that the levies at present in force should be altered to
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Committee,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas, the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­                The import levies to be charged on products listed in
tion (EEC) No 2196/81 (*) and subsequent amending                     Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Regulations ;                                                         2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                                              Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June
      relation to each other at any given moment within               1982.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 10 June 1982.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37.
O   OJ   No   106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(<) OJ   No  L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
(*) OJ   No  L 214, 1 . 8 . 1981 , p. 7.
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 10 June 1982 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 mesiin                111-21
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             150-39 (') 0
                      10.02              Rye                                      61-94 (*)
                      10.03              Barley                                   81-53
                      10.04              Oats                                     62-68
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                   97-23 (*) (3)
                      10.07  A           Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07  B           Millet                                   72-78 (4)
                      10.07  C           Grain sorghum                            97-01 (4)
                      10.07  D           Canary seed ; other cereals                o (0
                      11.01  A           Wheat or mesiin flour                   171-11
                      11.01  B           Rye flour                               102-16
                      1 1.02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal             246-80
                      1 1.02 A I b)      Common wheat groats and meal            182-09
                      (') 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 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'.
                      (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 % .
                      (5) 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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                          2622/71 .