CELEX: 31985R0872
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 872/85 of 1 April 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 95/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               2. 4. 85
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 872/85
                                                         of 1 April 1985
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                         No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            No 855/84 0,
 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 recorded for a given period in
 Haying regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                        in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                 cient ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular
 Article 13 (5) thereof,                                             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                     29 March 1985 ;
 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                  Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                     that the levies at present in force should be altered to
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Committee,
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 (*) and subsequent amending
 Regulations ;                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                 The import levies to be charged on products listed in
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :               Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                          Article 2
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)             This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 April 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 .
(3) OJ  No  106, 30 . 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4) OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                             (*) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                     ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 1 April 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                89,59
                    10.01 B II          Durum wheat                            133,83 (') 0
                    10.02               Rye                                     91,26 (<)
                    10.03               Barley                                  85,36
                    10.04               Oats                                    71,15
                    10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                  77,86 0 0
                    10.07  A            Buckwheat                                 0
                    10.07   B           Millet                                  90,51 0
                    10.07  C            Grain sorghum                          101,98 (j
                    10.07   D I         Triticale                                 0
                    10.07   D II        Canary seed ; other cereals               o    0
                    11.01  A            Wheat or meslin flour                  140,68
                    11.01   B           Rye flour                              143,02
                    11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            221,19
                    11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal           149,45
                    (') 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.
                    (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.
                    0 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).