CELEX: 31980R0122
Language: en
Date: 1980-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 122/80 of 22 January 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 17/2                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            23 . 1 . 80
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 122/80
                                                        of 22 January 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 (J), as last amended by               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                 21 January 1980 ;
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,
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 1 658/79 (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 23 January
     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, 22 January 1980.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(») OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
I2) 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 die Commission Regulation of 22 January 1980 fixing die 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                             8016
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        1 13-90 (») (»)
                       10.02                    Rye                                                  67-09 (')
                       10.03                    Barley                                               70-71
                       10.04                    Oats                                                 74-51
                       10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                               97-48 0(3)
                       10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                              5-03
                       10.07 B                  Millet                                               59-93 O
                       10.07 C                  Grain sorghum                                        89-51 (4)
                       10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                            0 (')
                       11.01 A                  Wheat or meslin flour                              126-16
                        11.01 B                 Rye flour                                          108-64
                        1 1 .02 A I a)          Durum wheat groats and meal                        190-56
                        11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                       135-17
                       (>) 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.
                       (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 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 .