CELEX: 31980R0884
Language: en
Date: 1980-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 884/80 of 11 April 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

12. 4. 80                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 96/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 884/80
                                                       of 11 April 1980
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     time by the Council ; whereas, in order to avoid £
COMMUNITIES,                                                       break in the arrangements resulting, in particular, in
                                                                   alterations in the level of prices and of other amounts
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              in national currency, it appears necessary, in the
Economic Community,                                                manifest public interest, as a precautionary measure
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       and pending a final decision on the matter by the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                 Council, to continue the application of the arrange­
tion of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by              ments in their present form ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally
                                                                   levies should be calculated on the following basis
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                     relation to each other at any given moment within
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                   their effective parity ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Committee,                                                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                       of these currencies in relation to the Community
Whereas, the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                   currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1658/79 (5) and subsequent amending                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulations ;                                                      10 April 1980 ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
March 1979 on the impact of the European monetary                  Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
system on the common agricultural policy (6), as                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 264/79 (7), intro­                offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
duced the ECU into the common agricultural policy ;                that the levies at present in force should be altered tc
whereas, since that time, pursuant to existing provi­              the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
sions, the ECU has been taken into account in the
fixing of amounts relating to :
— the application of the common agricultural policy,               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— the special trade arrangements for goods resulting
     from the processing of agricultural products ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the period of validity of the aforesaid Regula­
tion was limited to 31 March 1980 ; whereas it has not
been possible for a prolongation of those arrange­                 The import levies to be charged on products listed in
ments, proposed by the Commission, to be adopted in                Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
(•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .
I3) OJ No . 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                                                  Article 2
b) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .-
(5) OJ No L 193, 1 . 8 . 1979, p. 5.
(6) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April
(7) OJ No L 161 , 29 . 6. 1979, p. 1 .                             1980 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 11 April 1980.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                             Vice-President
                                                                 ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 1980 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 meslin                               84-91
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                          117-98 (>)(»)
                       10.02                    Rye                                                   79-07 («)
                       10.03                    Barley                                                 76-37
                       10.04                    Oats                                                  60-40
                       10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                                91-62^(3)
                       10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                               0
                       10.07 B                  Millet                                                28-94 («)
                       10.07 C                  Grain sorghum                                          83-27 («)
                       10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                             0      (*)
                       11.01 A                  Wheat or meslin flour                                133-37
                       11.01 B                  Rye flour                                            125-17
                       11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                          196-33
                       11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                         142-31
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                          Community, the levy is reduced by 0-60 ECU/tonne.
                      (J) 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.
                      (') Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community
                          the levy is reduced by 50 % .
                      (5) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported 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 .