31980R1340

No L 135/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 5. 80

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1340/80 of 30 May 1980 fixing die 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 effective parity ; — 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 Economic Community, 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 organiza­ Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by 29 May 1980 ; Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the 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 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 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 1 658/79 (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 relation to each other at any given moment within This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1980.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1980.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

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31 . 5. 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 135/49

ANNEX

to die Commission Regulation of 30 May 1980 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne)

CCT Description Levies heading No

10.01 A Common wheat, and meslin 93*68 10.01 B Durum wheat 117*67 (>)(s) 10.02 Rye 8244 (») 10.03 86-29 Barley 10.04 Oats 76.01 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 9949(2)(>) 10.07 A Buckwheat 2*73 10.07 B Millet 24-45 (<) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 91*73 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (s) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 146*01 11.01 B Rye flour 130*26 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 195*97 155*53 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco if transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-60 ECU/tonne. P) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/SO, 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'. (i) 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 Commu­ nity, the levy is reduced by 50 %. P) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported 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 .