CELEX: 31985R0421
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 421/85 of 20 February 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

21 . 2. 85                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 51 / 11
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 421 /85
                                                         of 20 February 1985
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
  COMMUNITIES,                                                             No 855/84 0,
  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 recorded for a given period in
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                          in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                   cient ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 101 8/84 (2), and in particular
 Article 13 (5) thereof,                                              Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                       19 February 1985 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
 value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                 that the levies at present in force should be altered to
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 3i 31 /84 0 and subsequent amending                                             Article 1
 Regulations ;
                                                                      The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 2-727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
      relation to each other at any given moment within                                        Article 2
      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
      their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient               This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February
      provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)              1985.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 February 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 .
(3) OJ   No   106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(<  OJ   No   L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                              (6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(*) OJ   No   L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 20 February 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                68,86
                         10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             99,96 (') 0
                         10.02              Rye                                     74.59 0
                         10.03              Barley                                  72,52
                         10.04              Oats                                    46.60
                         10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                            sowing                                  58,01 00
                         10.07 A            Buckwheat                                 0
                         10.07 B            Millet                                  53,96 0
                         10.07 C            Grain sorghum                           72,23 (4)
                         10.07 D I          Triticale                                 0
                         10.07 D II         Canary seed ; other cereals               o    o
                         11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                  111,10
                         11.01 B            Rye flour                              119,12
                         11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            168,52
                         11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           118,12
                        (') 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 product?
                            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 % .
                        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 .
                        0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                            falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).