31982R0672

25. 3 . 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 79/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 672/82 of 24 March 1982 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, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 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 organi­ zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 23 March 1982 ; Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (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 2196/81 to today's value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to offer prices and quotations known to the Commission that the levies at present in force should be altered to be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ 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, 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 2196/81 (*) 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 25 March 1982. relation to each other at any given moment within

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

Done at Brussels, 24 March 1982.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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No L 79/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3 . 82

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 24 March 1982 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 mesiin 82-70 10.01 B II Durum wheat 114-78 00 10.02 Rye 41-61 0 10.03 Barley 64-11 10.04 Oats 55-82 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 86-77 00 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 93-43 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 82-43 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o o 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 130-47 11.01 B Rye flour 72-96 1 1.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 191-39 11.02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal 139-01

(l) Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported direcdy 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'. 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. O 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 .