CELEX: 31985R1955
Language: en
Date: 1985-07-17
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1955/85 of 16 July 1985 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 1955/85
                                                         of 16 July 1985
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     durum wheat groats and meal, a price equal to the
  COMMUNITIES,                                                       threshold price fixed for the 1984/85 marketing year
                                                                     and applicable as from 1 July 1984 should be taken
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              into account in calculating the levies, namely 352,67
  Economic Community,                                                ECU per tonne for durum wheat, and 547,09 ECU per
                                                                     tonne for durum wheat groats and meal ; whereas
                                                                     these prices shall be adjusted as from 1 August 1985
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       by the same amounts as the monthly increments fixed
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   by Regulation (EEC) No 1020/84 (*) ;
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular
 Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                     levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
 value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   relation to each other at any given moment within
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                         their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                            provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 Committee,                                                              No 974/71 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                         No 855/84 (8),
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 (^ and subsequent amending                       these currencies recorded for a given period in
 Regulations ;                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                         in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for durum wheat                       cient ;
 begins on 1 July 1985 ; whereas the Council has not,
 to date, adopted the prices for this marketing year in
 respect of this product ; whereas the Commission, in               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 compliance with the tasks entrusted to it by the                    15 July 1985 ;
Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures
essential to ensure continuity of operation of the
common agricultural policy as regards durum wheat ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
the import arrangements for durum wheat and for                     offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                    that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                    the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (6) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 6.
(4) OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                   Article 1
           The import levies to be charged on products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regula­
           tion (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                   Article 2
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 July 1985.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 16 July 1985.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 16 July 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                125,91
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             142,89 (') 0
                      10.02              Rye                                     11 8,90 0
                      10.03              Barley                                 112,55
                      10.04              Oats                                     93,84
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                   97,11 00
                      10.07 A            Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07 B            Millet                                   87,81 0
                      10.07 C            Grain sorghum                          126,52 (4)
                      10.07 D I          Triticale                                  0
                      10.07 D II         Canary seed ; other cereals                0    (0
                      11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                  192,09
                      11.01 B            Rye flour                              182,28
                      11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            234,48
                      11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal           204,35
                     (') 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
                         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.
                     (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).