CELEX: 31981R0451
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 451/81 of 23 February 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 49/ 2                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            24 . 2. 81
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 451 /81
                                                         of 23 February 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
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                 20 February 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 (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 2035/80 (s) 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 24 February
     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, 23 February 1981 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Paul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
 (') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975, p . 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 (') OJ  No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
 (4) 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 23 February 1981 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                        on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                     (ECU/tonnt)
                             CCT
                            heading                     Description                   Levies
                              No
                       10.01 A             Common wheat, and mesiin                 54-93
                       10.01 B             Durum wheat                             70-52 (') H
                       10.02               Rye                                      23-54 (")
                       10.03               Barley                                   30-60
                       10.04               Oats                                       0
                       10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                           sowing                                   62-26 00
                       10.07  A             Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07  B            Millet                                     o    o
                       10.07  C            Grain sorghum                            51-12 0
                       10.07  D            Canary seed ; other cereals                o    o
                       11.01  A            Wheat or mesiin flour                    91-08
                       11.01  B            Rye flour                                47-17
                       1 1.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal           122-66
                       11.02 A I b)         Common wheat groats and meal            97-04
                       (') 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
                           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'.
                       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 .
                       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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                            2622 / 71 .