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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3441/85
of 6 December 1985
fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (*), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 Q,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
these currencies recorded for a given period in rela
tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 5
December 1985 ;
Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December
1985 .
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value
of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural
policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation
(EEC) No 2956/85 (*) and subsequent amending Regula
tions ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela
tion 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 provided for in
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels , 6 December 1985.
For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(') 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.
b) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 . (6) OJ No L 106, 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 .
0 OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .0 OJ No L 285, 25 . 10 . 1985, p. 8 .
No L 328/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 12. 85
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 6 December 1985 fixing the import levies on cereals and
on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
No
Description Levies
10.01 B I Common wheat, and meslin 131,93
10.01 B II Durum wheat 178,75 (') 0
10.02 Rye 1 10,13 (^
10.03 Barley 131,33
10.04 Oats 111,81
10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for
sowing 106,19 (2)(3)
10.07 A Buckwheat 0
10.07 B Millet 73,98 (4)
10.07 C Grain sorghum 120,73 (4)
10.07 D I Triticale 0
10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals o o
11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 198,83
11.01 B Rye flour 167,52
11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 290,48
11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 213,49
(') 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
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.
(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).
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