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4. 1 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 3 / 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 12/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 3 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the COMMUNITIES , arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European relation to the Community currencies referred to Economic Community ; in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ Whereas it follows from applying the provisions 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ contained in Regulation ( EEC) No 2076/73 to the tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ offer prices and today's quotations known to the lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article Commission that the levies at present in force should 13(5) thereof ; be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation , Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye Article 1 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3) and subsequent amending The import levies to be charged on the products listed Regulations ; in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : annexed to this Regulation .

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 2 relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January on their effective parity ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 3 January 1974.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/ 67. (2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . (3) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .

No L 3/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 4 . 1 . 74

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

C CT heading Description of goods n. a. / ion No

10.01 A Common wheat and meslm 0 lo.oi u Durum wheat o on 10.02 Rye 6-99 (5 ) 10.01 Barley 0 : 0.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 0 (*)(») 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 ¡0.07 B Millet 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereal * o (V 1 1.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 1 1.01 B Rye flour 28-52 I 1.02 A I ¡i Durum wheat groats and meal 0 I 1.02 A I h Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country lo the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . / metric- ton . (") Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 u . a . / metric ton . (-1 ) Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , the levy is reduced by I u . a . /metric ton . (*) Where wheal and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . / metric ion . (') The inipon levy charged 011 rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (F.EC) No 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2622/71 .