CELEX: 31980R2904
Language: en
Date: 1980-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2904/80 of 11 November 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

12 . 11 . 80                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 302/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2904/80
                                                       of 11 November 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
 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 1 870/ 80 (:), and in particular                  10 November 1980 ;
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 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 (■'), 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 2035/80 (') 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     12
     relation to each other at any given moment within                November 1980 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 11 November 1980 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 184, 17 . 7 . 1980 , p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62 .
(4) OJ  No   L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No   L 200, 1 . 8 . 1980 , p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 11 November 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                 58-38
                      10.01 B               Durum wheat                              63-47 (1) (5)
                      10.02                 Rye                                      32-17 (<>)
                      10.03                 Barley                                   35-37
                      10.04                 Oats                                     26-60
                      10.05 B               Maize , other than hybrid maize for
                                            sowing                                   63-30 (-)(3)
                      10.07 A               Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07 B               Millet                                     0     (<)
                      10.07 C               Grain sorghum                            49-37 O
                      10.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                0     (5 )
                      11.01 A               Wheat or meslin flour                    95-31
                      11.01 B               Rye flour                                58-64
                      1 1 .02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal             111-55
                       1 1 .02 A I b)       Common wheat groats and meal            102-29
                      (') 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 .