CELEX: 31983R3490
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3490/83 of 9 December 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

10 . 12 . 83                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 348 / 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3490/83
                                                         of 9 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              these currencies in relation to the Community
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                          currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular                    8 December 1983 ;
Article 13 (5) thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                     Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2157/83 to today's
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                     offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                       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,
Whereas, the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                                           Article 1
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 (*) 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,
                                                                                               Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 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, 9 December 1983 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p . 1 .
(3) OJ  No   106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(4) OJ  No   L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .
O   OJ  No   L 206, 30 . 7 . 1983 , p . 47 .
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 9 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                 87,33
                        10.01 B II          Durum wheat                             115,30 (') 0
                        10.02               Rye                                      76,04 j6)
                        10.03               Barley                                   58,09
                        10.04               Oats                                     42,27
                       10.05 B              Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                            sowing                                   55,42 0 0
                        10.07 A             Buckwheat                                  0
                        10.07 B             Millet                                   30,72 0
                       10.07 C              Grain sorghum                            72,50 0
                       10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                0 0
                       11.01 A              Wheat or meslin flour                  136,39
                       11.01 B              Rye flour                              120,55
                       1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            192,12
                       11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal           146,05
                       (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly
                            from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60
                            ECU/tonne.
                       0 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'.
                       0 Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the
                            Community the levy is reduced by 1,81 ECU/tonne.
                       0 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.
                       0 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 .