CELEX: 31981R3368
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3368/81 of 26 November 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 340 /4                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           27 .  1 . 81
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3368 /81
                                                         of 26 November 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
 Regulation ( EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular                   25 November 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 2196/81 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 (J), 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 2196/ 81 (5) 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 27
     relation to each other at any given moment within                 November 1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 26 November 1981 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 .
 2) OJ  No   L 198 , 20 . 7 . 1981 , p . 2 .
0   OJ  No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553 / 62 .
(4) OJ  No   L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .
O   OJ  No   L 214, 1 . 8 . 1981 , p . 7 .
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                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 November 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                  70-64
                        10.01 B              Durum wheat                             138-18 (') H
                        10.02                Rye                                       42-75 (6)
                        10.03                Barley                                    74-00
                        10.04                Oats                                      53-72
                        10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                    95-44 (2) (■')
                        10.07 A              Buckwheat                                   0
                        10.07    B           Millet                                    62-39 (4)
                        10.07    C           Grain sorghum                             89-16 (4)
                        10.07    D           Canary seed ; other cereals                 o    o
                        1 1.01   A           Wheat or mesiin flour                   1 12-61
                        11.01 B              Rye flour                                 73-58
                        1 1.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal             227-38
                        1 1 .02 A I b)       Common wheat groats and meal            120-81
                        (') 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 products
                             originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
                             ' overseas countries and territories '.
                        (') 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 % .
                        ( s) 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 I 180 / 77 and Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
                              2622/ 71 .