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7 . 12 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 342/ 1

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3442/83 of 6 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 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1 45 1 /82 (2), and in particular 5 December 1983 ; 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 2157/83 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 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 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 , 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 21 57/ 83 f5) 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 7 December 1983 . 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 , 6 December 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 . (2) 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 . 0 OJ No L 206 , 30 . 7. 1983 , p . 47.

No L 342/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 7 . 12 . 83

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 6 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 86,53 10.01 B II Durum wheat 115,30 (') 0 10.02 Rye 74,96 (6) 10.03 Barley 57,17 10.04 Oats 32,97 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 57,65 00 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 30,72 0 10.07 C 72,41 4 Grain sorghum 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 O 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 135,27 11.01 B Rye flour 119,03 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 192,12 1 1 .02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal 144,84

(') 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 .