CELEX: 31981R1640
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1640/81 of 19 June 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

20 . 6. 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 164/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1640/81
                                                          of 19 June 1981
                  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
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                18 June 1981 ;
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 (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,
 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 20 June
      relation to each other at any given moment within               1981 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 19 June 1981 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                  Gaston THORN
  (') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
  (2) OJ  No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p . 17.
  (3) OJ  No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62.
  (4) OJ  No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
  0   OJ  No  L 200, 1 . 8 . 1980 , p . 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 19 June 1981 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 mesiin                  90-73
                      10.01 B             Durum wheat                             1 17-92 (') 0
                      10.02               Rye                                       20-70 (6)
                      10.03               Barley                                    75-31
                      10.04               Oats                                      25-10
                      10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                    64-12 00
                      10.07   A           Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07   B           Millet                                    55-10 0
                      10.07   C           Grain sorghum                             63-08 (4)
                      10.07   D           Canary seed ; other cereals                o     o
                      11.01   A           Wheat or mesiin flour                   142-01
                      11.01   B           Rye flour                                 44-00
                      1 1.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal             196-37
                      1 1 .02 A I b)      Common wheat groats and meal            151-15
                      (') 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
                           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 % .
                      0 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 .