31974R2524

5 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 271 / 9

REGULATION (EEC) No 2524/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 October 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 768 / 69 ( 10) and ( EEC) No 1397/69 , or whether adjust­ COMMUNITIES, ments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158 / 67/ EEC ( u ) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1637/ 71 ( 12), and in Regulation No 159 / 67/ EEC ( u ) ; Economic Community ; Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the basis of the abovementioned elements , offers for Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ corrections necessitated by the differences in transport tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ charges in relation to Rotterdam ; lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2), and in particular Article Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­ 13 (5) thereof ; tion No 120 /67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Customs Tariff ; Committee ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Regulation No 120/67/ EEC stipulates that a levy must relation to each other, at any given moment, be charged on imports of the products listed in within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas on their effective parity ; the levy is equal for each product to the threshold — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the price less the cif price ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal , were fixed in the previous subparagraph ; for the ' 1974/75 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of No 1397/69 (3), (EEC) N0 > 11 27/74 (4), (EEC) No the abovementioned Regulations that the levies 1427/74 (5) and (EEC) No 1 670/74 (6) and amended by should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­ Regulation (EEC) No 25l8 /74 (7); tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only where variations in the components used to calculate them would have the effect of increasing or reducing Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices them by 0-60 unit of account or more, used to determine the levies, the Commission must take into account the factors indicated in Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 156/67/EEC (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 1607/71 (9), and in particular the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market among The import levies to be charged on the products listed those which are most representative of the real trend in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/ of the market, account being taken in particular of the 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause annexed to this Regulation . abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; Article 2 whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 1974 .

(i ) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 /67 . \i) OJ No L 209, 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 . (>) OJ No L 179, 21 . 7. 1969, p. 6 . (♦) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 15. (J) OJ No L 151 , 8 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1974, p. 71 . ( 10) OJ No L 100, 28 . 4. 1969, p. 8 . P) OJ No L 270, 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . ( n ) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2536/67. («) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. ( 12) OJ No L 170, 29 . 7. 1971 , p. 20 . (♦) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16 . ( ,3) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 October 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 October 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 m 10.02 Rye 0 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 1 0.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize 0 («)(») for sowing 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (4) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 17-38 1 1.02 Al a 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 is reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton . ;s) Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton . (4) 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 .