CELEX: 31985R1882
Language: en
Date: 1985-07-09
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1882/85 of 8 July 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

9 . 7. 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 177/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1882/85
                                                        of 8 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
                                                                        cient :
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for durum wheat
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                    5 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 .
R OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                           («) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 6.
 < OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
O OJ No L 293, 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 1 .                              ¥) 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 9 July 1985.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 8 July 1985.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                      ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 8 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                1 12,97
                    10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            130,99 (') 0
                    10.02               Rye                                     114,31 («)
                    10.03                Barley                                 100,32
                    10.04               Oats                                      84,98
                    10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                    91,89 (2)(3)
                    10.07   A            Buckwheat                                  0
                    10.07   B           Millet                                    78,34 (4)
                    10.07   C           Grain sorghum                           114,71 (4)
                    10.07   D I         Triticale                                   0
                    10.07   D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                 o    o
                    11.01   A           Wheat or meslin flour                   173,98
                    11.01    B           Rye flour                              175,59
                    1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            216,04
                    11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal           184,79
                    (') 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 % .
                    (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.
                    (*) 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 .
                    Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                         falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).