CELEX: 31985R2956
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 of 24 October 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 285/ 8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               25 . 10 . 85
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2956/85
                                                       of 24 October 1985
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of
COMMUNITIES,                                                        the import arrangements for cereals, the following
                                                                    prices should be used for calculation of the levies :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — for durum wheat and for durum wheat qwats and
Economic Community,                                                      meal, a price equal to the threshold price fixed for
                                                                         the 1984/85 marketing year and applicable on 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             July 1984, namely 352,67 ECU per tonne for
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                         durum wheat and 547,04 ECU per tonne for
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                  durum wheat qwats and meal .
Regulation (EEC) No 1018 / 84 (2), and in particular                — for the other cereals the prices set out in Article 2
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (9) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                   Whereas the abovementioned prices will be adjusted,
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to              beginning on 1 August 1985 for durum wheat and for
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                  durum wheat qwats and meal and on 1 September
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               1985 for the other cereals, by amounts equal to the
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                monthly increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1020/ 84 ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                          Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
                                                                    used to determine the levies, the Commission must
                                                                    take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of                 No 156/67/ EEC (l0), as last amended by Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy                    (EEC) No 31 /76 ("), and in particular the most favour­
must be charged on imports of the products listed in                able purchasing opportunities on the world market
Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the         among those which are most representative of the real
levy is equal for each product to the threshold price               trend of the market, account being taken in particular
less the cif price ;                                                of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to
                                                                    cause abnormal disturbances on the Community
                                                                    market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat             also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed                ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations
for the 1984/85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)                 (EEC) No 2731 /75 (12). as last amended by Regulation
No 2734 /75 0, (EEC) No 1019/ 84 ( 6), (EEC) No                     (EEC) No 1028 /84 C 3), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or
1020/84 0 and (EEC) No 1413/84 (8) ;                                whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
                                                                    coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals began                No 158 /67/EEC ( 14), as last amended by Regulation
on 1 July 1 985 for durum wheat and on 1 August                     (EEC) No 3135/84 (15), and in Regulation No 159/
1985 for the other cereals ; whereas the Council has                67/ EEC (,6) ;
not, to date, adopted cereal prices for the 1985/86
marketing year ; whereas the Commission, in compli- /               Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
ance with the tasks entrusted to it by the Treaty, is               the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
obliged to adopt the precautionary measures essential               other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
to ensure continuity of operation of the common agri­               corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
cultural policy in the cereals sector ;                             charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
(■) OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           0 OJ    No  L 198 , 30 . 7 . 1985, p. 31 .
 2  OJ No   L 107, 19 . 4 . 1984, p. 1 .                            (I0) OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
(3) OJ No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                        (") OJ   No  L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
(4) OJ No   L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                         0 2) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
0   OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 34.                            13 OJ  No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 17 .
(6) OJ No   L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p . 4.                             ( M) OJ  No  128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2536/67 .
0   OJ No   L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p . 6 .                            (") OJ   No  L 293 , 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 11 .
 8  OJ No   L 126, 23 . 4 . 1984, p . 6 .                           H OJ     No  128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2542/ 67 .
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 ('), as                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (2), lays                            in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
down the arrangements applicable on agricultural                            cient ;
products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
sing of agricultural products originating in the African,               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun­                   23 October 1985 ;
tries and territories ;                                                 Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of
                                                                        the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­                 be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these
tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
                                                                        levies are altered only where variations in the com­
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common                        ponents used to calculate them have the effect of
Customs Tariff ;
                                                                        increasing or reducing them by 0,73 ECU or more,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within                                           Article 1
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient                  The import levies to be charged on the products listed
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)                 in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
     No 974/71 (3) ; as last amended by Regulation                      2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
    (EEC) No 855/84 (4),
                                                                                                 Article 2
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of                This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October
     these currencies recorded for a given period in                    1985 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 24 October 1985 . ■
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
(') OJ   No  L  61 , 1 . 3 .  1985 , p. 4 .
(2) OJ   No  L  278 , 19 .   10 . 1985, p. 5 .
0   OJ   No  L  106, 12 .    5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  1. 90 , 1 . 4 .  1984, p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 24 October 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               120,58
                       10.01 B II         Durum wheat                            162,88 (') 0
                       10.02              Rye                                    112,30 (6)
                       10.03              Barley                                 120,24
                       10.04              Oats                                    99,10
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                 106,94 (2) (')
                       10.07 A            Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07 B            Millet                                  66,85 0
                       10.07  C           Grain sorghum                          11 8,80 (4)
                       10.07  D I         Triticale                                 0
                       10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               o    o
                      11.01  A            Wheat or meslin flour                  182,38
                       11.01  B           Rye flour                              170,39
                      11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            265,72
                      11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal           196,35
                      (') 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 % .
                      (*) 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 .
                      Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                          falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).