CELEX: 31982R0397
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 397/82 of 23 February 1982 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 397/82
                                                      of 23 February 1982
                  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 central rate,
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 organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (2), and in particular                  22 February 1982 ;
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2196/81 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,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 2196/81 (*) 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 24 February
     relation to each other at any given moment within               1982.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 23 February 1982.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37.
0   OJ  No   106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
0   OJ  No   L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 214, 1 . 8 . 1981 , p. 7.
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                                                       ANNEX
          to die Commission Regulation of 23 February 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                88-19
                      10.01 B II          Durum wheat                            115-94 (')O
                      10.02               Rye                                     43-77 0
                      10.03               Barley                                  67-35
                      10.04               Oats                                    53-34
                      10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                  97-69 0 0
                      10.07 A             Buckwheat                                 0
                      10.07 B             Millet                                  94-61 0
                      10.07 C             Grain sorghum                           79-17 0
                     10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals               o o
                      11.01 A             Wheat or mesiin flour                  137-91
                      11.01 B             Rye flour                               75-74
                     1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            193-12
                     1 1.02 A I b)        Common wheat groats and meal           147-32
                     (') Where durum wheat onginating 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.
                     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
                          direcdy from that country to the Community is laid down in Council
                          Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                          2622/71 .