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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3469/83
of 8 December 1983
fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
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 organi
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (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 agricul
tural 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 Regula
tion (EEC) No 2157/83 (^ and subsequent amending
Regulations ;
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
relation to each other at any given moment within
a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
their central rate,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
these currencies in relation to the Community
currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
7 December 1983 ;
Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2157/83 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 9 December
1983 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels , 8 December 1983 .
For the Commission
Poul DALSAGER
Member of the Commission
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0 OJ No L 164, 14 . 6. 1982, p. 1 .
( 3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62 .
(4) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 206, 30 . 7 . 1983, p. 47 .
No L 347/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12. 83
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 8 December 1983 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 87,33
10.01 B II Durum wheat 115,30 00
10.02 Rye 76,04 0
10.03 Barley 58,09
10.04 Oats 42,27
10.05 B Maize , other than hybrid maize for
sowing 55,42 0 0
10.07 A Buckwheat 0
10.07 B Millet 30,72 0
10.07 C Grain sorghum 72,50 0
10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o o
11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 136,39
11.01 B Rye flour 120,55
1 1 .02 Ala) Durum wheat groats and meal 192,12
11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 146,05
(') 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 435/80, 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 .
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