CELEX: 31983R0579
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 579/83 of 15 March 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16 . 3 . 83                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 70/ 1
                                                                   I
                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 579/83
                                                          of 15 March 1983
                   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 central rate,
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
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular                    14 March 1983 ;
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 2118/82 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 2118/82 (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 16 March
      relation to each other at any given moment within                1983 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 15 March 1983 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(')  OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No  L 164, 14 . 6 . 1982, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4)  OJ   No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
0    OJ   No  L 223 , 31 . 7. 1982, p. 44.
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                                                        ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 15 March 1983 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                121,96
                     10.01 B II           Durum wheat                             159,26 (■)
                     10.02                Rye                                     1 21,47 f6)
                     10.03                Barley                                  120,72
                     10.04                Oats                                    107,49
                     10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  1 02,49 (2)(3)
                     10.07 A              Buckwheat                                  0
                     10.07 B              Millet                                    61,50 (4)
                     10.07 C              Grain sorghum                             98,41 (4)
                     10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                0     o
                     11.01 A              Wheat or meslin flour                   185,59
                     11.01 B              Rye flour                               184,93
                     1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal             261,46
                     11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal            198,38
                     (') 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 % .
                     (*) 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 .
                          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 .