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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2160/85 of 31 July 1985 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN imports to be effected during the last two months for COMMUNITIES, which the import licence is valid, this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month preceding Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the month in which importation is expected to take Economic Community, place ; Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 Whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment October 1975 on the common organization of the during the month preceding the month in which market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation importation is expected to take place in the case of (EEC) No 1018 /84 (2), and in particular Article 15(6) imports to be effected during the last two months for thereof, which the import licence is valid ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif price value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to determined on the day on which the premiums are be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ fixed is equal to the cif forward delivery price or tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) exceeds that price by not more than 0,151 ECU per No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, tonne ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a Committee, higher level in exceptional circumstances and within certain specific limits ; Whereas the scale of premiums to be added to the Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) import levies fixed in advance for cereals must include No 1579/74 of ' 24 June 1974 on the procedure for a premium for the current month and a premium for calculating the import levy on products processed each of the three following months ; whereas the from cereals and rice and for the advance fixing of this amount of each premium must be the same levy for these products and for compound feeding­ throughout the Community ; stuffs manufactured from cereals (6), as last amended by Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2745/75 of 29 Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 Q, provides for the October 1975 (*) laid down rules for the advance fixing addition of a premium to the levy fixed in advance for of levies on cereals ; products falling within tariff heading No 11.07 ; whereas this premium is, per 100 kilograms of Whereas, under the terms of that Regulation, where processed product, equal to the premium applicable the cif price for a cereal determined on the day on on the day of application for an import licence to the which the scale of premiums is fixed is higher than quantity of basic product taken as a basis for the calcu­ the cif forward delivery price for that cereal, the scale lation of the variable component of the levy ; of the premium should as a general rule be equal to the difference between these two prices ; whereas the Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 971 /73 of 9 April 1973 on the advance fixing of cif price is that determined in accordance with Article the levy on wheat and meslin flour (8), a premium is 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the day on which the scale of premiums is fixed ; whereas the cif added to the levy fixed in advance for the products forward delivery price is also determined in accordance falling under subheading 11.01 A referred to in Article with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 but 1 (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas this premium is, per tonne of processed product, equal to on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment during the the premium applicable on the date of application for month in which the import licence is issued in the an import licence for the basic product, account being case of imports to be effected during that month ; taken of the quantity of the basic cereal required for whereas, in the case of imports to be effected during the production of one tonne of flour ; the month following the month in which the import Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­ licence is issued, this price must be the cif price for tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for shipment during that month ; whereas, in the case of in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ; (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 . (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62. (6) OJ No L 168 , 25 . 6 . 1974, p. 7. (4) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 202, 26. 7 . 1978 , p. 8 . (4 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 76. 8 OJ No L 95, 11 . 4. 1973, p . 10 .

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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should levies should be calculated on the following basis : be altered only if application of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of more than 0,151 ECU, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by 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 premiums referred to in Article 15 of Regulation these currencies recorded for a given period in (EEC) No 2727US to be added to the import levies relation to the Community currencies referred to fixed in advance in respect of cereals and malt shall be in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­ as set out in the Annex hereto . cient ;

Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on Article 2 30 July 1985 ;

Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1985 . that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex

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 premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

A. Cereals and flour

(ECU/tonne) CCT Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period heading Description No 8 9 10 11

10.01 B I Common wheat, and meslin 0 0 0 0 10.01 B II Durum wheat 0 4,87 4,87 0 10.02 Rye 0 0 0 0 10.03 Barley 0 0 0 0 10.04 Oats 0 0 0 0 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 0 3,83 3,83 6,82 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 0 0 0 10.07 B Millet 0 0 0 0 10.07 C 0 0 0 3,29 Grain sorghum 10.07 D Other cereals 0 0 0 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 0 0 0

B. Malt (ECU/tonne) CCT Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period heading Description No 8 9 10 11 12

11.07 A I (a) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 A 1(b) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 A II (a) Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 A 11(b) Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.07 B Roasted malt 0 0 0 0 0