CELEX: 31981R3662
Language: en
Date: 1981-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3662/81 of 21 December 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 366/6                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           22. 12. 81
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3662/81
                                                         of 21 December 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,       t
   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                  18 December 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 (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 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,
  levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                         Article 2
  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December
       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, 21 December 1981 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
  (') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  0   OJ  No   L 198, 20. 7. 1981 , p. 2.
  P)  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 21 December 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                76-06
                      10.01 B              Durum wheat                            131·65(')0
                      10.02                Rye                                     44-21 O
                      10.03                Barley                                  70-62
                      10.04                Oats                                    50-56
                      10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                           sowing                                 102-01 oo
                      10.07   A            Buckwheat                                 0
                      10.07   B            Millet                                  74-02 0
                      10.07   C            Grain sorghum                           88-16 0
                      10.07   D            Canary seed ; other cereals               o    o
                      11.01   A            Wheat or mesiin flour                  119-67
                      11.01   B            Rye flour                               75-87
                      1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            217-33
                      1 1.02 A I b)        Common wheat groats and meal           128-16
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly
                           from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-60
                           ECU/tonne.
                      0 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'.
                      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 .