CELEX: 31983R2157
Language: en
Date: 1983-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2157/83 of 29 July 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

30 . 7. 83                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 206/47
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2157/83
                                                          of 29 July 1983
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                     take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                     No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favour­
                                                                     able purchasing opportunities on the world market
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               among those which are most representative of the real
 Economic Community,                                                 trend of the market, account being taken in particular
                                                                     of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to
                                                                     cause abnormal disturbances on the Community
                                                                     market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             (EEC) No 2731 /75 (n), as last amended by Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 1 45 1 /82 (2), and in particular               (EEC) No 1454/82 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                            whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
                                                                    coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation
                                                                    No 158/67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1637/71 (H), and in Regulation No 159/
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                   67/EEC (,5) ;
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
                                                                    the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
Committee,                                                          corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
                                                                    charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy
must be charged on imports of the products listed in                Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the         tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
levy is equal for each product to the threshold price               in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
less the cif price ;                                                Customs Tariff :
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed
for the 1983/84 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1564/83 0, (EEC) No                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 1565/83Q and (EEC) No 1669/83 (8);
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices                   relation to each other at any given moment within
used to determine the levies, the Commission must                        a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                         their central rate,
(•) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2  OJ   No L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 .                             (') OJ  No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p . 2533/67.
(3) OJ  No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62.                       (10) OJ  No   L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
O   OJ  No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                            (" OJ    No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
Is) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                             (12) OJ  No   L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 11 .
(j OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 1 .                                 H OJ     No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
O OJ No L 163, 22. 6 . 1983, p. 3 .                                 (H) OJ   No  L 170, 29. 7. 1971 , p. 20.
(8 OJ No L 164, 23 . 6 . 1983 , p. 18 .                             (,5) OJ  No   128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2542/67.
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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        ponents used to calculate them have the effect of
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of      increasing or reducing them by 0,73 ECU or more,
    these currencies recorded for a given period in
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    in the previous indent ;
                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on         The import levies to be charged on the products listed
28 July 1983 ;                                               in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                             2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of                              Article 2
the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should
be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
levies are altered only where variations in the com          1983 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 July 1983 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                         wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                              CCT
                             heading                     Description                  Levies
                               No
                       10.01 B I            Common wheat, and meslin                85,17
                       10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            121,23 (■) 0
                      10.02                 Rye                                     99,86 i6)
                       10.03                Barley                                  87,92
                      10.04                 Oats                                    84,15
                      10.05 B               Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                            sowing                                  51,52 00
                       10.07   A            Buckwheat                                 0
                      10.07    B            Millet                                    9,44 0
                      10.07    C            Grain sorghum                           77,84 0
                      10.07    D            Canary seed ; other cereals               o o
                      11.01    A            Wheat or meslin flour                  132,24
                      11.01    B            Rye flour                              152,77
                      1 1 .02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            200,99
                       1 1 .02 A I b)       Common wheat groats and meal           142,81
                      (') 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'.
                      (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 % .
                      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.
                      (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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                            2622/ 71 .