CELEX: 31980R0654
Language: en
Date: 1980-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 654/80 of 19 March 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

20 . 3 . 80                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 74/ 5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 654/80
                                                          of 19 March 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
                                                                      18 March 1980 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (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 1658/79 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 1658/79 (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 20 March
     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 , 19 March 1980 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
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(*) OJ   No  L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .
(J) OJ   No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(«) OJ   No L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 19 March 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                             wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                          (ECU/tonnt)
                               CCT
                                                                  Description                              Levies
                             heading
                                No
                     10.01 A                    Common wheat, and meslin                               78.06
                     10.01 B                    Durum wheat                                            98-87 0(5 )
                     10.02                      Rye                                                    75-12 (')
                     10.03                      Barley                                                 67.02
                     10.04                      Oats                                                   59-75
                     10.05 B                    Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                                 9M2P)(3 )
                     10.07 A                     Buckwheat                                               0
                     10.07 B                    Millet                                                 28-18 0
                     10.07 C                    Grain sorghum                                          80-06 O
                     1 0.07 D                    Canary seed ; other cereals                             0     (*)
                     11.01 A                    Wheat or meslin flour                                 123-59
                      11.01 B                    Rye flour                                            119-46
                      11.02 A I a)               Durum wheat groats and meal                          165-57
                      11.02 A lb)                Common wheat groats and meal                         131-96
                     (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                           Community, the levy is reduced by 0 60 ECU/tonne.
                     (! ) 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 arid 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 transported 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 .