CELEX: 31980R2238
Language: en
Date: 1980-08-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2238/80 of 27 August 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

28 . 8 . 80                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 225/ 1
                                                                 I
                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2238/80
                                                       of 27 August 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 ;
                                                                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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 1870/80 (2), and in particular                   26 August 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 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
                                                                     the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 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 (5) and subsequent amending                   Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 Regulations ;                                                       2727/75 shall be as set out in 26 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 28 August
      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, 27 August 1980.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
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                                                         ANNEX
           to die Commission Regulation of 27 August 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                 75.64
                       10.01 B             Durum wheat                              73.49 (!)(')
                       10.02               Rye                                      52-51 (')
                       10.03               Barley                                   64-82
                       10.04               Oats                                     54.07
                      10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                           sowing                                   69.31 (2) (3)
                      10.07 A              Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07 B              Millet                                     0 («)
                       10.07 C             Grain sorghum                            60.46 (<)
                      10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                0     (*)
                      11.01 A              Wheat or meslin flour                   118.87
                       11.01 B             Rye flour                                86-51
                       1 1 .02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal             126.90
                       1 1 .02 A I b)      Common wheat groats and meal            127.68
                      (') 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 1 1 80/77 and Commission Regulation
                            (EEC) No 2622/71 .