CELEX: 31985R1740
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1740/85 of 26 June 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 167/ 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            27. 6 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1740/85
                                                        of 26 June 1985
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                       No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES,                                                            No 855/84 0,
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 recorded for a given period in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                       in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                cient ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                   25 June 1985 ;
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                 Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /84 to today's
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,               offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                   that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3131 /84 (^ and subsequent amending                                           Article 1
Regulations ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                The import levies to be charged on products listed in
levies should be calculated on the following basis :               Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
    relation to each other at any given moment within                                       Article 2
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient             This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)            1985.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 June 1985.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
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(2) OJ  No  L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 26 June 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                107,15
                     10.01 B II         Durum wheat                             151,42(')0
                     10.02              Rye                                     107,11 0
                     10.03               Barley                                  96,32
                     10.04              Oats                                     83,57
                     10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                   88,49 0 0
                     10.07  A           Buckwheat                                  0
                     10.07  B           Millet                                   75,32 0
                     10.07  C           Grain sorghum                           109,35 (4)
                     10.07  D I         Triticale                                  0
                     10.07  D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                0 (0
                     11.01  A           Wheat or meslin flour                   165,83
                     11.01  B           Rye flour                               165,78
                     11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal            248,96
                     11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal            175,99
                     (') 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 % .
                     0 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 1 1 80/77 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).