CELEX: 31981R0881
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 881/81 of 2 April 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 881/81
                                                        of 2 April 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
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
 the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular             1 April 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,
 Whereas, the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                                       Article 1
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2035/80 (*) and subsequent amending                 The import levies to be charged on products listed in
 Regulations ;                                                     Article 1 (a)> (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                                            Article 2
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
      relation to each other at any given moment within            This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 1981 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 2 April 1981 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
  (') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ  No  L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
  (3) OJ  No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
  0   OJ  No  L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .
  0   OJ  No  L 200, 1 . 8. 1980, p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 2 April 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                65-76
                     10.01 B              Durum wheat                             97-26 00
                     10.02                Rye                                     32-58 0
                     10.03                Barley                                  53-83
                     10.04                Oats                                    18-12
                     10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  64-75 00
                     10.07    A           Buckwheat                                0
                     10.07    B           Millet                                  43-69 0
                     10.07    C           Grain sorghum                           60-76 0
                     10.07    D           Canary seed ; other cereals              0    0
                     11.01    A           Wheat or mesiin flour                  107-49
                     11.01    B           Rye flour                               60-23
                     1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            164-23
                     1 1.02 A I b)        Common wheat groats and meal           114-32
                     (') 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.
                     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 .
                     O 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 .