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23 . 7. 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 189 / 1

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1940/80 of 22 July 1980 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 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 tion of the market in cereals ( ! ), as last amended by Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 21 July 1980 ; Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Article 1 Whereas, the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ The import levies to be charged on products listed in tion (EEC) No 1658/79 (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, 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 23 July relation to each other at any given moment within 1980 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 1980 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1. 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 188 , 26 . 7 . 1979 , p . 1 . (}) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553 /62. (4) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 193 , 1 . 8 . 1979 , p. 5 .

No L 189 /2 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 7 . 80

ANNEX

to die Commission Regulation of 22 July 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 90-42 10.01 B Durum wheat 72-88 (>) (5) 10.02 Rye 68-75 (6) 10.03 Barley 75-90 10.04 Oats 69-21 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 89-14 (2) (J) 10.07 A Buckwheat 15-19 10.07 B Millet 0 («) 10.07 C 77-55 (4) Grain sorghum 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o (*) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 141-45 11.01 B Rye flour 1 1 1 -09 1 1 .02 Ala) Durum wheat groats and meal 126-55 1 1 .02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal 150-61

(') 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 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 % . (5) 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 .