CELEX: 31985R1983
Language: en
Date: 1985-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/85 of 18 July 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

19 . 7. 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 186/9
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1983/85
                                                       of 18 July 1985
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   tonne for durum wheat groats and meal ; whereas
COMMUNITIES,                                                     these prices shall be adjusted as from 1 August 1985
                                                                 by the same amounts as the monthly increments fixed
                                                                 by Regulation (EEC) No 1020/84 (*);
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                     relation to each other at any given moment within
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by              a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                   their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                              provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 974/71 (^ as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 855/84 (8),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
                                                                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
                                                                     these currencies recorded for a given period in
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                     in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
                                                                     cient ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                       Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                 17 July 1985 ;
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­           contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 Q and subsequent amending                 offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
Regulations ;                                                    that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for durum wheat
begins on 1 July 1985 ; whereas the Council has not,
to date, adopted the prices for this marketing year in
respect of this product ; whereas the Commission, in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
compliance with the tasks entrusted to it by the
Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures
essential to ensure continuity of operation of the
common agricultural policy as regards durum wheat ;                                      Article 1
                                                                 The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of           Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
the import arrangements for durum wheat and for                  2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
durum wheat groats and meal, a price equal to the
threshold price fixed for the 1984/85 marketing year
and applicable as from 1 July 1984 should be taken
into account in calculating the levies, namely 352,67                                    Article 2
ECU per tonne for durum wheat, and 547,09 ECU per
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 July 1985.
(') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        0 OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 6.
O   OJ  No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 106, Ì2. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
H OJ No L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 18 July 1985.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 18 July 1985 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               130,55
                      10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            145,14 00
                      10.02                Rye                                    123,47 0
                      10.03                Barley                                 114,13
                      10.04                Oats                                     95,51
                      10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                           sowing                                 100,88 0 0
                      10.07 A              Buckwheat                                 0
                      10.07    B           Millet                                   89,65 0
                      10.07    C           Grain sorghum                          1 25,98 0
                      10.07    D I         Triticale                                 0
                      10.07    D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               o    o
                      11.01    A           Wheat or meslin flour                  198,59
                      11.01    B           Rye flour                              188,68
                      1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            237,97
                      11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal           211,37
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly
                           from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60
                           ECU/tonne.
                      (*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 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.
                      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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                            2622/71 .
                      0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                            falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).