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No L 285/ 8 25 . 10 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2956/85 of 24 October 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of COMMUNITIES , the import arrangements for cereals, the following prices should be used for calculation of the levies :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — for durum wheat and for durum wheat qwats and Economic Community, meal, a price equal to the threshold price fixed for the 1984/85 marketing year and applicable on 1 July 1984, namely 352,67 ECU per tonne for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No durum wheat and 547,04 ECU per tonne for 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi durum wheat qwats and meal . zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1018 / 84 (2), and in particular — for the other cereals the prices set out in Article 2 Article 1 3 (5) thereof, of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (9) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the Whereas the abovementioned prices will be adjusted, value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to beginning on 1 August 1985 for durum wheat and for be applied for the purposes of the common agricul durum wheat qwats and meal and on 1 September tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 1985 for the other cereals, by amounts equal to the No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, monthly increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1020/ 84 ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices Committee, used to determine the levies, the Commission must take into account the factors indicated in Regulation Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of No 156/67/ EEC (l0), as last amended by Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy (EEC) No 31 /76 ("), and in particular the most favour must be charged on imports of the products listed in able purchasing opportunities on the world market Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the among those which are most representative of the real levy is equal for each product to the threshold price trend of the market, account being taken in particular less the cif price ; of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat also be taken into account, whether this quality corres and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations for the 1984/85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) (EEC) No 2731 /75 (12). as last amended by Regulation No 2734/75 0, (EEC) No 1019 / 84 (6), (EEC) No (EEC) No 1028 /84 C 3), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or 1020/84 0 and (EEC) No 1413/84 (8) ; whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158 /67/EEC ( 14), as last amended by Regulation Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals began (EEC) No 3135/84 (15), and in Regulation No 159/ on 1 July 1 985 for durum wheat and on 1 August 67/ EEC ( ,6) ; 1985 for the other cereals ; whereas the Council has not, to date, adopted cereal prices for the 1985/86 marketing year ; whereas the Commission, in compli- / Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on ance with the tasks entrusted to it by the Treaty, is the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for obliged to adopt the precautionary measures essential other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the to ensure continuity of operation of the common agri corrections necessitated by the differences in transport cultural policy in the cereals sector ; charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 ('), as relation to the Community currencies referred to amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (2), lays in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi down the arrangements applicable on agricultural cient ; products and certain goods resulting from the proces Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on sing of agricultural products originating in the African, 23 October 1985 ; Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun tries and territories ; Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for levies are altered only where variations in the com in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common ponents used to calculate them have the effect of Customs Tariff ; increasing or reducing them by 0,73 ECU or more, Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Article 1 a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient The import levies to be charged on the products listed provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. No 974/71 (3) ; as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (4), Article 2 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October 1985 . these currencies recorded for a given period in
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 24 October 1985 . ■
For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President
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No L 285/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 10 . 85
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 24 October 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 120,58 10.01 B II Durum wheat 162,88 (') 0 10.02 Rye 112,30 (6) 10.03 Barley 120,24 10.04 Oats 99,10 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 106,94 (2) (') 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 66,85 0 10.07 C 11 8,80 (4) Grain sorghum 10.07 D I Triticale 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals o o 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 182,38 11.01 B Rye flour 170,39 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 265,72 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 196,35
(') 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 % . (*) 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 . Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).