CELEX: 31980R0281
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 281/80 of 7 February 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

8 . 2. 80                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 31 / 3
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 281 /80
                                                        of 7 February 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
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                 6 February 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 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,
 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 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 8 February
     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, 7 February 1980.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(») OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) 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 .
(5) OJ  No  L 193, 1 . 8 . 1979 , p. 5 .
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                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 7 February 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                             78-76
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        111-36 (») (»)
                      10.02                    Rye                                                  67-76 (6)
                      10.03                    Barley                                               73-32
                      10.04                    Oats                                                 72-87
                      10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                               96-49 (2)(>)
                      10.07     A              Buckwheat                                              0
                      10.07     B              Millet                                               45-21 (4)
                      10.07     C              Grain sorghum                                        87-02 («)
                      10.07     D              Canary seed ; other cereals                            0     (»)
                       11.01    A              Wheat or meslin flour                              124-39
                       11.01 B                 Rye flour                                           109-98
                       1 1 .02 A I a)          Durum wheat groats and meal                         185-95
                       1 1 .02 A I b)          Common wheat groats and meal                        133-04
                      (') 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) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­
                           ments the levy is reduced by 7 25 ECU / tonne as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
                           706/ 76 .
                      (J) 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 % .
                      (s) 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 .
                      (») 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 .