CELEX: 31985R3545
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3545/85 of 16 December 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

17 . 12 . 85                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 338 / 11
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3545 /85
                                                         of 16 December 1985
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Economic Community,                                                        these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                       previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)            Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 13
No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,              December 1985 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value                Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                    offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                      amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation
(EEC) No 2956/ 85 (5) and subsequent amending Regula­
tions ;                                                                                           Article /
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies             The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­              shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                        Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in
     Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (6), as              This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December
     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/ 84 (7),                   1985 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                    Done at Brussels , 16 December 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 .
(5) OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8 .
(6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p . 1 .
h OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 16 December 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                127,49
                         10.01 B II           Durum wheat                             178,92 OH
                         10.02                Rye                                    111,06 (6)
                         10.03                Barley                                  131,15
                         10.04                Oats                                    111,61
                         10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                 1 05,20 (2) (■')
                         10.07 A              Buckwheat                                  0
                         10.07 B              Millet                                   74,13 (4)
                         10.07 i C            Grain sorghum                           11 6,83 (4)
                         10.07 D I            Triticale                                  0
                         10.07 D II           Canary seed ; other cereals                o    o
                         11.01 A              Wheat or meslin flour                   192,61
                         11.01 B              Rye flour                               169,61
                         1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            290,74
                         11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal           206,77
                         (') 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
                              applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products
                              originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
                              ' overseas countries and territories '.
                         (') 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 .
                         0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                              falling within subheading 10 07 D I (triticale).