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5 . 1 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 4/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 27 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 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 1 3 (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 / flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 2076/73 (J) 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/ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table 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 5 January on their effective parity ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels , 4 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 4/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 1 . 74

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

cor heading Description of goods it . a. / ton No

10.01 Λ Common wheal and mesiin 0 10.01 B Durum wheat o (')(«) 10.02 Rye 6-99 (5) 10.01 Ba rlcy 0 ; o.o4 Oats 0 10.05 u Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 0 (*)(»* 10.07 A " Buckwheat 0 i 0.07 B Millet 0 1 0.07 c Grain sorghum 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 («) 1 1 .0 1 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 28-52 1 1 . 02 A I .i Durum wheat groats and meal 0 I 1 . 02 A 1 b Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by (MO 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 . (") Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton . (<) Where wheat 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 ton . (*) 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 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2622/71 .