CELEX: 31980R2587
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2587/80 of 9 October 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

10 . 10 . 80                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 267/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2587/80
                                                     of 9 October 1980
                 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 effective parity ;
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 in relation to the Community
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                  8 October 1980 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1870/80 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                          Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2035/80 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,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
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 2035/80 (5) 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 10 October
     relation to each other at any given moment within             1980 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 October 1980 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(1) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(<) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
(s) OJ No L 200, 1 . 8 . 1980 , p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 9 October 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                      on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                             CCT
                            heading                     Description                    Levies
                              No
                      10.01 A             Common wheat, and meslin                 78-91
                      10.01 B             Durum wheat                              83-46 (')H
                      10.02               Rye                                      56-1 1 (6)
                      10.03               Barley                                   62-38
                      10.04               Oats                                     55-25
                      10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                   76-94 (2) (3)
                      10.07   A           Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07   B           Millet                                     o     (<)
                      10.07   C           Grain sorghum                            68-12 (4)
                      10.07   D           Canary seed ; other cereals                0     (5)
                      11.01   A           Wheat or meslin flour                   123-85
                      11.01   B           Rye flour                                91-96
                      1 1 .02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal             142-48
                      11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal            133-34
                      (') 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
                           applied 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.
                      (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 .