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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EEC) No 1976/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 July 1975 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN No 1607/71 (9), and in particular the most favourable COMMUNITIES, 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause Economic Community ; abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ 768/69 (10) and (EEC) No 1397/69, or whether adjust­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ ments need to be made by applying the coefficients of lation (EEC) No 665/75 (2), and in particular Article equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/ 1 3 (5) thereof ; 67/EEC ( n) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1637/71 ( 12), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC ( 13) ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the Regulation No 120/67/EEC stipulates that a levy must corrections necessitated by the differences in transport be charged on imports of the products listed in charges in relation to Rotterdam ; Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff : for the 1975/76 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 1 397/69 (3), as amended by Regulations (EEC) No 1 172/75 (4), (EEC) No 982/75 (5), (EEC) No 1 173/75 (6) and (EEC) No 1 357/75 (7) ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must take into account the factors indicated in Regulation — in the case of currencies which are maintained in No 1 56/67/EEC (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67. on their effective parity ; (2) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 179 , 21 . 7. 1969, p. 6. (4) OJ No L 117 , 7 . 5 . 1975, p. 5 . (9) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p. 16 . (5) OJ No L 95, 17. 4. 1975, p. 4. ( 10) OJ No L 100, 28 . 4. 1969 , p. 8 . (6) OJ No L 117, 7. 5 . 1975, p. 6 . (") OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67 . 7) OJ No L 138 , 29 . 5. 1975, p. 18 . \n) OJ No L 170, 29. 7. 1971 , p. 20. (8) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. (> 3) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2542/67.

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— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Article 1 relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/ Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of 67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the table the abovementioned Regulations that the levies annexed to this Regulation . should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­ tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only Article 2 where variations in the components used to calculate them would have the effect of increasing or reducing This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August them by 0-60 unit of account or more, 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1975.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1975 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

(u.a. / metric ton)

CCT Description of goods Levies heading No

10.01 A Common wheat and meslin 2800 10.01 B Durum wheat 20.80 (>) (5) 10.02 Rye 48.48 (') 10.03 Barley 21-71 10.04 Oats 15.06 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 13.04 (2)(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 13.19 10.07 B Millet 3.06 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 24-88 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (5) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 57-94 11.01 B Rye flour 86.63 11.02 Ala Durum wheat groats and meal 51.01 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 62.57

(') 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. (2) Where maize originated in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­ ments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./metric ton as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 . (}) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1 -50 u.a./metric ton subject to the application of the provisions of Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75. (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 % subject to the application of the provisions of Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75. (5) 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 .