CELEX: 31985R3457
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3457/85 of 9 December 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 332/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                10 . 12 . 85
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3457/85
                                                          of 9 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 6
   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 (*) and subsequent amending Regula­
  tions ;                                                                                        Article 1
  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 10 December
      last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 0,                    1985 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 9 December 1985.
                                                                                For the Commission
                          y                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 9 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               130,49
                        10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            178,75 OO
                        10.02                Rye                                    1 10,13 («)
                        10.03                Barley                                 131,33
                        10.04                Oats                                   111,81
                        10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                 106,19 (2)(3)
                        10.07 A              Buckwheat                                  0
                        10.07    B           Millet                                   73,98 (4)
                        10.07    C           Grain sorghum                          1 1 7,30 (4)
                        10.07    D I         Triticale                                  0
                        10.07    D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                o o
                        11.01   A            Wheat or meslin flour                  196,81
                        11.01 B              Rye flour                              167,52
                        1 1 .02 Ala)         Durum wheat groats and meal            290,48
                       11.02 A lb)           Common wheat groats and meal           211,31
                       (') 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'.
                       (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.
                       (*) 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 .
                       I7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                             falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).