31974R0118

No L 15/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 1 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 118 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 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 ( J ) 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 1346/73 (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/ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, 67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . levies should be calculated on the following basis : — 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 18 January on their effective parity ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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 .

18 . 1 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 15 /3

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 January 197*4 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

CCT heading Description of goods u. a. / ton No

10.01 A Common wheal and mesiin 0 10.01 B Durum wheat o C )( 4 ) 10.02 Rye o ( 5 ) 10.0 ) Ba r I e y 0 ; 0.01 Chits 0 HUH I ', Maize oilier than hybrid maize for sowing 0 (*)(^ 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 i 0.07 n Millet 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 n Canary seed ; other cereal 1· 0 (*) I 1.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 I 1 . 0 1 li Rye flour 0 I 1.02 A I ;i i Durum wheat groats and meal 0 I 1.02 A I b Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from ihat country lo the Coniinnniiy , t lie levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . / metric ton (*) Where maize originating in the A ASM and OCT is imported into the French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 ti . a . / metric ton . (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into I lie Community , the levy is reduced by 1 n . 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 (MO ti . a . / metric ton . (*) The iinpoii levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country lo the Community is laid down in Council Regulation ( F.F.C ) No 1 234^7 1 and Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 2622 /71 .