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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2016/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 July 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN taken into account, whether this quality corresponds COMMUNITIES , to the standard quality fixed in Regulations ( EEC) No 768 / 69 (9) and ( EEC) No 1397/ 69 , or whether adjust­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ments need to be made by applying the coefficients of Economic Community ; equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158 / 67/ EEC ( 10), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 1637/71 ("), and in Regulation No 1 59 / 67/ EEC ('-) ; 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on lation ( EEC) No 1 996/74 (-'), and in particular Article the basis of the abovementioned elements , offers for 1 3 ( 5) thereof ; other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the corrections necessitated by the differences in transport Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; charges in relation to Rotterdam ;

Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­ Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC stipulates that a levy must tion No 120 / 67 / EEC, the nomenclature provided for be charged on imports of the products listed in in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Article I (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas Customs Tariff ; the levy is equal for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat levies should be calculated on the following basis : and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal , were fixed for the 1 974/75 marketing year by Regulations ( EEC) — in the case of currencies which are maintained in No 1397/ 69 ( 3 ), ( EEC ) No 11 27/ 74 (4 ), ( EEC) No relation to each other, at any given moment , 1427/ 74 ( 3 ) and ( EEC) No 1 670 / 74 ( 6 ); within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each take into account the factors indicated in Regulation of these currencies recorded for a given period , in No 1 56/67 / EEC ( 7), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) relation to the Community currencies referred to No 1607/71 ( s ), and in particular the most favourable in the previous subparagraph ; purchasing opportunities on the world market among those which are most representative of the real trend of the market, account being taken in particular of the Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause the abovementioned Regulations that the levies abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­ whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only where variations in the components used to calculate (') 0 | No 117 , 19 . 6 . W67, p . 2269/ 67 . them would have the effect of increasing or reducing -) OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. I. them by 0-60 unit of account or more , O'l No L 179, 21 . 7. 1969, p. 6. 4 ) O'l No L 1 2X , 10 . v 1974 , p. | 5 . ■s ) O'l No 1. 151 , 8 . 6. 1974, p. 1 . (") Ol No I. 100 , 28 . 4 . 1969 , p. 8 . ") O'l No I. 1 7 \ 29 . 6. 1974, p. 71 . ( I0 ) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2536/ 67 . 7 ) O'l No 1 28 , 27 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2533 / 67 . (") O'l No I. 170, 29 . 7 . 1971 , p. 20 . ( s ) Ol No 1. 168 , r . 1971 , p. 16 . ('•') O'l No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2 542/ 67 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . Article 1 Article 2 The import levies to be charged on the products listed This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August in Article 1 (a ), (b) and (c ) of Regulation No 120 / 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels , 31 July 1974. For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1974 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 wheat and mesiin 0 10.01 B Durum wheat o on 10.02 Rye o (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize , for sowing o m 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 («) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 14-83 11.02 Ala Durum wheat groats and meal 0 11.02 Alb 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 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 . (') 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 .