CELEX: 31985R3608
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3608/85 of 20 December 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 344/ 16                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                21 . 12 . 85
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3608 /85
                                                         of 20 December 1985
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 Economic Community,                                                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 19
 No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             December 1985 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
 applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                   offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                     amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation
( EEC) No 2956/85 (*) and subsequent amending Regu­
 lations ;                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies             The import levies to be charged on products listed in
 should be calculated on the following basis :                         Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­              shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                        Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in
     Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (6), as              This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December
     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 Q,                     1985 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 20 December 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 .
(}) OJ No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4) OJ  No   L 263 , 19 .  9 . 1973, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No   L 285, 25.    10. 1985, p. 8 .
(6) OJ  No   L 106, 12.    5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 90, 1 . 4 .  1984, p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 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               123,21
                       10.01 B II          Durum wheat                            178,92 00
                       10.02               Rye                                    112,61 0
                       10.03               Barley                                 131,15
                       10.04               Oats                                   111,61
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  105,17 00
                       10.07 A             Buckwheat                                 0
                       10.07 B            Millet                                   76,73 0
                        10.07  C          Grain sorghum                           115,78 0
                       10.07   D I        Triticale                                  0
                       10.07   D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               0    o
                       11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                   186,62
                       11.01   B           Rye flour                              171,78
                       11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            290,51
                        11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           200,30
                       (') 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
                           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 % .
                       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 .
                       0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                           falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).