CELEX: 31984R3131
Language: en
Date: 1984-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3131/84 of 9 November 1984 fixing the import levies on cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3131 /84
                                                           of 9 November 1984
                    fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           able purchasing opportunities on the world market
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             among those which are most representative of the real
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                          trend of the market, account being taken in particular
 Economic Community,                                                      of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to
                                                                          cause abnormal disturbances on the Community
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                         also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                  ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations
 Regulation (EEC) No 101 8 /84 (2), and in particular                    (EEC) No 2731 /75 ("), as last amended by Regulation
 Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                                (EEC) No 1028 /84 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or
                                                                         whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                       coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation
 value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to                   No 158/67/EEC ( B), as last amended by Regulation
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                      (EEC) No 3135/ 84 ( l4), and in Regulation No 159/
 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   67/EEC (15) ;
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                            Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
 Committee ,                                                             the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
                                                                         other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of
                                                                         corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy                        charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
 must be charged on imports of the products listed in
 Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the
 levy is equal for each product to the threshold price                   Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
 less the cif price ;                                                    tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
                                                                         in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
 Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat                 Customs Tariff ;
 and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed
 for the 1984/ 85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)
 No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1019/84 (6), (EEC) No                            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 1020/84 0 and (EEC) No 1413/84 (8) ;                                    levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 used to determine the levies, the Commission must
                                                                              relation to each other at any given moment within
 take into account the factors indicated in Regulation                        a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 No 1 56/67/ EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                              their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
(EEC) No 31 /76 ( 10), and in particular the most favour­
                                                                              provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                              No 974/71 (16), as last amended by Regulation
(')   OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                                   (EEC) No 855/84 (l7),
  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 .                            (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
O     OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 34.                             H OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 17.
(6)   OJ No   L 107, 19 . 4 . 1984, p . 4.                               C 3) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
n     OJ No   L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p . 6 .                                    oee page 1 1 or this vJtricial Journal .
(8)   OJ No   L 126, 23 . 4 . 1984, p . 6 .                              (,s) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/6?.
O     OJ No   128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                             (16) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
( ,0) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                                  (,7) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        ponents used to calculate them have the effect of
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of      increasing or reducing them by 0,73 ECU or more,
    these currencies recorded for a given period in
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
    cient ;
                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on         The import levies to be charged on the products listed
8 November 1 984 ;                                           in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                             2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of                              Article 2
the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should
be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these           This Regulation shall enter into force on             10
levies are altered only where variations in the com­         November 1984 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 November 1984.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 9 November 1984 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                 65,15
                         10.01 B II          Durum wheat                            1 20,23 ('JO
                        10.02                Rye                                      79,12 (6)
                         10.03               Barley                                   73,60
                         10.04               Oats                                     59,92
                         10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                             sowing                                   71,8100
                        10.07   A            Buckwheat                                  0
                        10.07    B           Millet                                     o    o
                        10.07    C           Grain sorghum                          88,22 0
                         10.07   D I         Triticale                                  0
                        10.07    D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                o    o
                        11.01   A            Wheat or meslin flour                  105,06
                        11.01    B           Rye flour                              123,62
                        11.02 A I a)         Durum wheat groats and meal            199,69
                        1 1 .02 A I b)       Common wheat groats and meal           112,53
                        (') 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 .
                        (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 1 180/77 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).