CELEX: 31980R0580
Language: en
Date: 1980-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 580/80 of 7 March 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 63/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             8 . 3 . 80
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 580/80
                                                         of 7 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
                                                                    6 March 1980 ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (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 1 658/79 (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 8 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, 7 March 1980.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(») OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) 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 .
(5) OJ  No  L 193, 1 . 8. 1979, p. 5.
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 7 March 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                             wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                               CCT
                             heading                              Description                            Levies
                                No
                       10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                            82-12
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        106-72 (0 (5)
                       10.02                    Rye                                                 74-29
                       10.03                    Barley                                              71-93
                       10.04                    Oats                                                66-93
                       10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                              92-95 (2) (3)
                       10.07   A                Buckwheat                                             0
                       10.07   B                Millet                                              36-54 (4)
                       10.07   C                Grain sorghum                                       87-35 (4)
                       10.07   D                Canary seed ; other cereals                           0      (>)
                       11.01   A                Wheat or meslin flour                              128-67
                       11.01   B                Rye flour                                          118-81
                       11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                        178-00
                       11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                       137-45
                      (') 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 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 .