CELEX: 31983R3541
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3541/83 of 15 December 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 354/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            16 . 12. 83
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3541 /83
                                                       of 15 December 1983
                   fixing the 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
                                                                         these currencies in relation to the Community
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
                                                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                     14 December 1983 ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 45 1 /82 (2), and in particular
 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 2157/83 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 2157/83 (5) 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,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                         Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December
     relation to each other at any given moment within               1983 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 15 December 1983 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                          Alem her of the Commission
") OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 .
2) OJ   No  L 164, 14 . 6 . 1982, p. 1 .
') OJ   No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553 / 62 .
4) OJ   No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
') OJ   No  L 206, 30 . 7 . 1983 , p. 47 .
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                                                          ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 15 December 1983 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                  86,24
                        10.01 B II           Durum wheat                             116,86 (1) (5)
                        10.02                Rye                                       73,35 0
                        10.03                Barley                                    60,71
                        10.04                Oats                                      38,07
                        10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                    57,16 0 0
                        10.07    A           Buckwheat                                   0
                        10.07    B           Millet                                    33,15 0
                        10.07    C           Grain sorghum                             71,44 0
                        10.07    D           Canary seed ; other cereals                 0    o
                        11.01   A            Wheat or meslin flour                   134,86
                        11.01 B              Rye flour                               116,78
                        1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal             1 94,54
                        11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal            144,40
                        (') 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 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 '.
                        (') Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the
                             Community the levy is reduced by 1,81 ECU/tonne.
                        (") Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is
                             imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 % .
                        O 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 .