CELEX: 31981R0093
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 93/81 of 15 January 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 93/81
                                                       of 15 January 1981
                  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 ;
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 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 organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular               14 January 1981 ;
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 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
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 2035/80 (*) 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 January
     relation to each other at any given moment within               1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 15 January 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                 Gaston THORN
 (') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 O   OJ  No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
 O   OJ  No  L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .
 O   OJ  No  L 200, 1 . 8 . 1980, p. 1 .
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                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 15 January 1981 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 mesiin                 61-42
                     10.01 B            Durum wheat                              55-00 O 0
                     10.02              Rye                                      30-36 0
                     10.03              Barley                                   32-81
                     10.04              Oats                                       9-79
                     10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                   54-1100
                     10.07  A           Buckwheat                                  0
                     10.07  B           Millet                                     o o
                     10.07  C           Grain sorghum                            42-75 0
                     10.07  D           Canary seed ; other cereals                0    0
                     11.01  A           Wheat or mesiin flour                    99-97
                     11.01 B            Rye flour                                56-51
                     1 1.02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal              98-54
                     1 1.02 A I b)      Common wheat groats and meal            106-87
                     (') 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 % .
                     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.
                     (') 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 .