CELEX: 31983R0605
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 605/83 of 17 March 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

18 . 3 . 83                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 72/5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 605/83
                                                          of 17 March 1983
                   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,
                                                                      — 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 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                      Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by               16 March 1983 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 45 1 /82 (2), and in particular
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 2118/82 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 21 18 / 82 (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 18 March
                                                                      1983 .
      relation to each other at any given moment within
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 17 March 1983 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2   OJ   No  L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No  106, 30 . 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4)  OJ   No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ No L 223 , 31 . 7 . 1982, p. 44.
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                                                       ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 17 March 1983 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                119,44
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             159,70 00
                      10.02              Rye                                     1 22,94 (6)
                      10.03              Barley                                  120,57
                      10.04              Oats                                    107,33
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                    99,70 (2) (3)
                      10.07 A            Buckwheat                                   0
                      10.07 B            Millet                                    62,95 0
                      10.07 C            Grain sorghum                             97,18 0
                      10.07 D            Canary seed ; other cereals                o     o
                      11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                   182,06
                      11.01 B            Rye flour                              187,97
                      11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            261,09
                      11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           194,57
                     (') 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 % .
                     (5) 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 1 1 80/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                         2622/71 .