CELEX: 31985R3584
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3584/85 of 19 December 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

20 . 12. 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 343/9
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3584/85
                                                      of 19 December 1985
                     fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Economic Community,                                                     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 1 8
No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,           December 1985 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                 offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                   amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation
(EEC) No 2956/85 (*) and subsequent amending Regu­
lations ;                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies          The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                       Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­           shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                     Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in
     Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (6), as           This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December
     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 f),                 1985.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 19 December 1985.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 19 December 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                 125,16
                          10.01 B II         Durum wheat                              178,92 0 (*)
                          10.02              Rye                                      112,61 (*)
                          10.03              Barley                                   131,15
                          10.04              Oats                                     111,61
                          10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                   105,17 (2)(3)
                          10.07  A           Buckwheat                                   0
                          10.07  B           Millet                                    74,13 (4)
                          10.07  C           Grain sorghum                            11 5,78 (4)
                          10.07  D I         Triticale                                   0
                          10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                 o    o
                          11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                    189,35
                          11.01  B           Rye flour                                171,78
                          11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal              291,78
                          11.02 Alb)         Common wheat groats and meal             203,25
                         (') 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
                             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 % .
                         (*) 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 .
                         I7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                             falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).