CELEX: 31980R0699
Language: en
Date: 1980-03-26
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 699/80 of 25 March 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26 . 3 . 80                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 79 / 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 699/80
                                                           of 25 March 1980
                   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 organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ( !), as last amended by                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                       24 March 1980 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1547/79 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                      contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 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,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
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 1658/79 (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 26 March
      relation to each other at any given moment within                1980 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 25 March 1980 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
(')  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(*)  OJ  No   L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No   106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(<)  OJ  No   L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .
(*)  OJ   No  L 193, 1 . 8 . 1979, p. 5.
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                                                                ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                            wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                         (ECU/tonne)
                              CCT
                                                                Description                               Levies
                             heading
                               No
                     10.01 A                   Common wheat, and meslin                               80-68
                     10.01 B                    Durum wheat                                           97-38 (>) (5)
                     10.02                      Rye                                                   74-10 (6)
                     10.03                      Barley                                                66.02
                     10.04                     Oats                                                   59-22
                     10.05 B                   Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                                 90-25 (2) (3 )
                     10.07 A                    Buckwheat                                               0
                     10.07 B                    Millet                                                25-98 (4)
                     10.07     C                Grain sorghum                                         79-18 (4)
                     10.07     D                Canary seed ; other cereals                             o     (*)
                     11.01     A               Wheat or meslin flour                                 127-26
                     11.01     B                Rye flour                                            118-03
                     1 1 .02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                          164-35
                     11.02 A lb)                Common wheat groats and meal                         135-93
                      ') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                          Community , the levy is reduced by 0 W) 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 % .
                      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 .