CELEX: 31982R0498
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 498/82 of 3 March 1982 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 498/82
                                                       of 3 March 1982
                   fixing die 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
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        these currencies in relation to the Community
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
 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               2 March 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 4 March
     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, 3 March 1982.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37.
(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(j 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 3 March 1982 fixing die 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                 87-70
                      10.01 B II         Durum wheat                            118-87 00
                      10.02              Rye                                     44- 19 0
                      10.03              Barley                                   66-95
                      10.04              Oats                                     52-81
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                   98-51 00
                      10.07 A            Buckwheat                                  0
                      10.07 B            Millet                                   98-21 0
                      10.07 C            Grain sorghum                            79-01 0
                      10.07 D            Canary seed ; other cereals                o o
                      11.01 A            Wheat or mesiin flour                  137-82
                      11.01 B            Rye flour                                77-30
                      11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            198-65
                      1 1.02 A I b)      Common wheat groats and meal           146-95
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly
                          from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0*60
                          ECU/tonne.
                      0 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 % .
                      0 Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are trans­
                          ported direcdy from that country to the Community, the levy is
                          reduced by 0-60 ECU/tonne.
                      (*) 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 .