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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2159/85 of 31 July 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for durum wheat and for durum wheat qwats and COMMUNITIES , meal, a price equal to the threshold price fixed for the 1984/85 marketing year and applicable on 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European July 1984, namely 352,67 ECU per tonne for Economic Community, durum wheat and 547,04 ECU per tonne for durum wheat qwats and meal . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — for the other cereals the prices set out in Article 2 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (9) ; zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Whereas the abovementioned prices will be adjusted, Article 1 3 (5) thereof, beginning on 1 August 1985 for durum wheat and for durum wheat qwats and meal and on 1 September Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the . 1985 for the other cereals, by amounts equal to the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to monthly increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ 1020/ 84 ; tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary take into account the factors indicated in Regulation Committee, No 156/67/EEC (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 ("), and in particular the most favour­ Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of able purchasing opportunities on the world market Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy among those which are most representative of the real must be charged on imports of the products listed in trend of the market, account being taken in particular Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to levy is equal for each product to the threshold price cause abnormal disturbances on the Community less the cif price ; market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­ Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed (EEC) No 2731 /75 (12), as last amended by Regulation for the 1984/85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) (EEC) No 1028/84 (13), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1 0 1 9/84 (6), (EEC) No whether adjustments need to be made by applying the 1020 /84 0 and (EEC) No 1413/ 84 (8) ; coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/67/EEC (H), as last amended by Regulation Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals began (EEC) No 3135/84 (l5), and in Regulation No 159/ on 1 July 1985 for durum wheat and on 1 August 67/ EEC (16) ; 1985 for the other cereals ; whereas the Council has not, to date, adopted cereal prices for the 1985/86 Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on marketing year ; whereas the Commission, in compli­ the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for ance with the tasks entrusted to it by the Treaty, is other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the obliged to adopt the precautionary measures essential corrections necessitated by the differences in transport to ensure continuity of operation of the common agri­ charges in relation to Rotterdam ; cultural policy in the cereals sector ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for the import arrangements for cereals, the following in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff : prices should be used for calculation of the levies :

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 198 , 30 . 7. 1985, p. 31 . (2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 . ( I0) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. (") OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 . (4) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 . ( ,2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (*) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 34. (") OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 17. (<•) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p .. 4. ( ,4) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. 0 OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 6 . H OJ No L 293 , 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 11 . (8) OJ No L 126, 23 . 4. 1984, p. 6. H OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.

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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of levies should be calculated on the following basis : the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these — in the case of currencies which are maintained in levies are altered only where variations in the com­ relation to each other at any given moment within ponents used to calculate them have the effect of a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on increasing or reducing them by 0,73 ECU or more, their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 ('); as last amended by Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 855/84 (2), Article 1 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of The import levies to be charged on the products listed these currencies recorded for a given period in in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No relation to the Community currencies referred to 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­ cient ; Article 2

Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1985 . 30 July 1985 ;

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1985 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . 2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1985 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 104,75 10.01 B II Durum wheat 159,64 00 10.02 Rye 1 06,04 (6) 10.03 Barley 102,22 10.04 Oats 78,96 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 85,38 (2) 0 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 59,62 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 1 04,35 (4) 10.07 D I Triticale 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 0 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 159,65 11.01 B Rye flour 161,45 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 260,53 1 1 .02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal 1 72,42

(') 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 486/85 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 . 0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).