CELEX: 31985R3161
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3161/85 of 13 November 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

14. 11 . 85                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 300/ 13
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3161 /85
                                                       of 13 November 1985
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Economic Community,                                                      these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                         tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 12
No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,            November 1985 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value ,            Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be                  contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                  offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                    amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation
(EEC) No 2956/85 (*) and subsequent amending Regula­
tions ;                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                        Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­            shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                      Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in
     Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (6), as            This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 November
     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 Q,                    1985 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 13 November 1985.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
(')  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
P)   OJ  No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
 (4) OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
 (*) OJ  No  L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8 .
 0   OJ  No  L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
 j7) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 13 November 1985 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                 123,88
                         10.01 B II         Durum wheat                              173,73 00
                         10.02              Rye                                      110,50 (6)
                         10.03              Barley                                   124,35
                         10.04              Oats                                     104,38
                         10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                            sowing                                   100,00 o o
                         10.07  A           Buckwheat                                   0
                         10.07  B           Millet                                    68,31 0
                         10.07  C           Grain sorghum                            113,48 ( 4)
                         10.07  D I         Triticale                                   0
                         10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                 0 0
                         11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                    187,28
                         11.01  B           Rye flour                                168,54
                        11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal              282,62
                        11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal            201,33
                        (') 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 486/85 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'.
                        0 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 .
                        (7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                            falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).