CELEX: 31985R2196
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2196/85 of 1 August 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 204/8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                       2. 8 . 85
                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2196/85
                                                      of 1 August 1985
              fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
           THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
           Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
           Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the
           common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
           No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
           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 agricultural policy (3), as last
           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
           Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
           Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were
           fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 21 59/85 (*) ;
           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the
           following basis :
           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given
               moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multi­
               plied by the coefficient provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
               974/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 Q,
           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot
               market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the
               Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
               cient ;
          Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 31 July 1985 ;
          Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EEC) No
           2159/85 to today's 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,
           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 2 August 1985.
          (') 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 .
          0   OJ  No   L 203, 1 . 8 . 1985, p. 8 .
          (6) OJ  No   L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
          P)  OJ  No   L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 1 August 1985.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 1 August 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                106,86
                       10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             169,43 (l) 0
                       10.02              Rye                                     1 08,30 («)
                       10.03              Barley                                  103,90
                       10.04              Oats                                      80,84
                       10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                    89,69 (2) (3)
                       10.07  A           Buckwheat                                   0
                       10.07  B           Millet                                    61,87 (4)
                       10.07  C           Grain sorghum                           107,20 (4)
                       10.07  D I         Triticale                                  0
                       10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                 0    (*)
                       11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                   162,60
                       11.01 B            Rye flour                               164,62
                       11.02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal             275,70
                       11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal            175,60
                      (') 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 % .
                          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 .
                      (^ The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                          falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).