CELEX: 31983R3499
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3499/83 of 12 December 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

13 . 12. 83                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 350 / 1
                                                                   I
                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3499/83
                                                        of 12 December 1983
                   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 1 451 /82 (2), and in particular                   9 December 1983 ;
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 2157/83 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 2157/83 Is) 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 13 December
      relation to each other at any given moment within                1983 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 12 December 1983 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(■)  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 2)  OJ  No   L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 .
O    OJ  No   106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4)  OJ  No   L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
O    OJ  No   L 206, 30 . 7 . 1983 , p. 47 .
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 12 December 1983 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                 87,33
                       10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             113,45.(')0
                       10.02              Rye                                      75,08 0
                       10.03              Barley                                   60,71
                       10.04              Oats                                     39,88
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                   56,54 0 0
                       10.07 A            Buckwheat                                  0
                       10.07 B            Millet                                   29,16 (4)
                       10.07 C            Grain sorghum                            70,98 0
                       10.07 D            Canary seed ; other cereals                0 0
                       11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                  135,52
                       11.01 B            Rye flour                              119,20
                       11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            189,26
                       11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           145,11
                      (') 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 .
                      0 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                          2622/ 71 .