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30 . 7 . 83 No L 206/47 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2157/83 of 29 July 1983 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN take into account the factors indicated in Regulation COMMUNITIES , No 156/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favour­ able purchasing opportunities on the world market 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 market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­ ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by (EEC) No 2731 /75 (n), as last amended by Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 1 45 1 /82 (2), and in particular (EEC) No 1454/82 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or Article 1 3 (5) thereof, whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1637/71 (H), and in Regulation No 159/ Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the 67/EEC (,5) ; value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary corrections necessitated by the differences in transport Committee, charges in relation to Rotterdam ;

Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be charged on imports of the products listed in Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for levy is equal for each product to the threshold price in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff : less the cif price ;

Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, for the 1983/84 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) levies should be calculated on the following basis : No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1564/83 0, (EEC) No 1565/83Q and (EEC) No 1669/83 (8);

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on used to determine the levies, the Commission must their central rate,

(•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2 OJ No L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 . (') OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p . 2533/67. (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62. (10) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 . O OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 . (" OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. Is) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. (12) OJ No L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 11 . (j OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 1 . H OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. O OJ No L 163, 22. 6 . 1983, p. 3 . (H) OJ No L 170 , 29 . 7. 1971 , p . 20 . (8 OJ No L 164, 23 . 6 . 1983 , p. 18 . (,5) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2542/67.

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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 ;

Article 1 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on The import levies to be charged on the products listed 28 July 1983 ; 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 1 August 1983 . levies are altered only where variations in the com

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1983 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 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 85,17 10.01 B II Durum wheat 121,23 (■) 0 10.02 Rye 99,86 i6) 10.03 Barley 87,92 10.04 Oats 84,15 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 51,52 00 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 9,44 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 77,84 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o o 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 132,24 11.01 B Rye flour 152,77 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 200,99 1 1 .02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal 142,81

(') 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 '. (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 % . 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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/ 71 .