CELEX: 31982R2118
Language: en
Date: 1982-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2118/82 of 30 July 1982 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 223/44                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 7. 82
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2118/82
                                                           of 30 July 1982
                  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 1 56/67/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
                                                                     among those which are most representative of the real
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               trend of the market, account being taken in particular
 Economic Community,                                                 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 ("), as last amended by Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /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 (15) ;
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
                                                                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
for the 1982/83 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)
                                                                     levies should be calculated on the following basis :
No 2734/75 H, (EEC) No 1452/82 (6), (EEC) No
 1453/82 0 and (EEC) No 1 778/82 (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 .                               0 OJ    No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p . 2533/67.
0   OJ No   106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                           (10) OJ  No   L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
 4  OJ No   L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                           (") OJ   No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 22.
0   OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                            (12) OJ  No   L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 11 .
(6) OJ No   L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 6.                               H OJ     No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
0   OJ No   L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 9 .                              H OJ     No   L 170, 29 . 7. 1971 , p. 20 .
(8) OJ No   L 197, 6 . 7. 1982, p . 14.                              H 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
29 July 1982 ;                                                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          1982.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 July 1982.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 July 1982 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 mesiin                11101
                     10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             154-54 OO
                     10.02              Rye                                      66-88 j6)
                     10.03              Barley                                   97-69
                     10.04              Oats                                     62-11
                     10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                  103-03 (2)(3)
                     10.07 A            Buckwheat                                  0
                     10.07  B           Millet                                   68-97 (4)
                     10.07  C           Grain sorghum                            98-16 0
                     10.07  D           Canary seed ; other cereals                o    o
                     11.01  A           Wheat or mesiin flour                   168-41
                     11.01  B           Rye flour                               106-65
                     11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            252-54
                     1 1.02 A I b)      Common wheat groats and meal            181-88
                     (') 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 % .
                     O 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 .