CELEX: 31985R2065
Language: en
Date: 1985-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2065/85 of 25 July 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26 . 7. 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 196/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2065/85
                                                         of 25 July 1985
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       durum wheat groats and meal, a price equal to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                         threshold price fixed for the 1984/85 marketing year
                                                                     and applicable as from 1 July 1984 should be taken
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                into account in calculating the levies, namely 352,67
Economic Community,                                                  ECU per tonne for durum wheat, and 547,09 ECU per
                                                                     tonne for durum wheat groats and meal ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         these prices shall be adjusted as from 1 August 1985
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                     by the same amounts as the monthly increments fixed
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by              by Regulation (EEC) No 1020/84 (®) ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular
Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                    levies should be calculated on the following basis :
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                     relation to each other at any given moment within
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                          their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                              provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
Committee,                                                                No 974/71 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                          No 855/84 (8),
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 (^ and subsequent amending                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Regulations ;                                                             these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for durum wheat                        in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
begins on 1 July 1985 ; whereas the Council has not,                      cient ;
to date, adopted the prices for this marketing year in
respect of this product ; whereas the Commission, in
compliance with the tasks entrusted to it by the                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures               24 July 1985 ;
essential to ensure continuity of operation of the
common agricultural policy as regards durum wheat ;
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
the import arrangements for durum wheat and for                      offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                     that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                     the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
(') 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 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 6.
(4) OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 293, 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .
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           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                  Article 1
           The import levies to be charged on products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regula­
           tion (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                  Article 2
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 July 1985.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 25 July 1985.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 25 July 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               134,11
                       10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            153,01 (')O
                       10.02                Rye                                    130,56 0
                       10.03                Barley                                 129,95
                       10.04                Oats                                    94,03
                       10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                            sowing                                 105,63 0 0
                       10.07    A           Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07    B           Millet                                  79,39 0
                       10.07    C           Grain sorghum                          127,17 (4)
                       10.07    D I         Triticale                                 0
                       10.07    D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               0    0
                       11.01    A           Wheat or meslin flour                  203,57
                       11.01    B           Rye flour                              198,61
                       1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            250,17
                       11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal           216,75
                      (') 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.
                      0 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.
                      0 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 .
                      0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                            falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).