CELEX: 31985R0994
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 994/85 of 18 April 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

19 . 4. 85                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 107/ 1
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                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 994/85
                                                    of 18 April 1985
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES,                                                         No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                No 855/84 0,
Economic Comiriunity,                                           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         these currencies recorded for a given period in
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by              in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                   cient ;
Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the               17 April 1985 ;
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,            offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 (^ and subsequent amending                                         Article 1
Regulations ;
                                                                The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,             Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
levies should be calculated on the following basis :            2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
— in the case pf currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                          Article 2
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on             This Regulation shall en':er into force on 19 April
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient           1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 18 April 1985.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
 (4) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                          (6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 293, 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 18 April 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                93,47
                      10.01 B II          Durum wheat                            139,99 00
                      10.02               Rye                                     91,94 0
                      10.03               Barley                                  88,06
                      10.04               Oats                                    77,83
                      10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  78,97 00
                      10.07  A            Buckwheat                                 0
                      10.07   B           Millet                                  69,76 0
                      10.07   C           Grain sorghum                           99,37 0
                      10.07   D I         Triticale                                 0
                      10.07   D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               0    0
                      11.01  A            Wheat or meslin flour                  145,12
                      11.01   B           Rye flour                              144,05
                      11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            230,74
                      11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal           154,24
                      (') 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 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.
                      (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.
                      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 1 1 80/77 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).