31985R3753

No L 356/46 31 . 12 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3753/ 85 of 30 December 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ Economic Community, tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27 No 1018 /84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, December 1985 ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's applied for the purposes of the common agricultural offer prices and quotations known to the Commission policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No that the levies at present in force should be altered to the 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof, amounts set out in the Annex hereto, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 (*) and subsequent amending Regula­ tions ; Article 1 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : The import levies to be charged on products listed in — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , ia rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 2 the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 (6), This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 1985 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . O OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 . P) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. (4) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 . 0 OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8 . («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p . 1 .

31 . 12. 85 No L 356/47 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 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 127,83 10.01 B II Durum wheat 184,17 (') 0 10.02 Rye 116,92 ( 6) 10.03 Barley 134,85 10.04 Oats 118,66 • 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 107,34 (2)(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 81,53 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 121,39 0 10.07 D I Triticale 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 0 o 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 193,37 11.01 B Rye flour 178,10 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 298,97 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 207,28

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne . 0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied 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. 0 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 . 0 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 . 0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).