31975R2831

1 . 11 . 75 No L 283 / 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EEC) No 2831 /75 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 October 1975 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN purchasing opportunities on the world market among COMMUNITIES, those which are most representative of the real trend of the market, account being taken in particular of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (8) and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjust­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ments need to be made by applying the coefficients of 2727/75 ( !) of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/ ization of the market in cereals, and in particular 67/ EEC (9) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 3 (5) thereof ; 1637/71 (1°), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (»») ;

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 corrections necessitated by the differences in transport Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 charges in relation to Rotterdam ; (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 tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed Customs Tariff : for the 1975/76 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 1 357/75 (2), (EEC) No. 2734/75 (3), ( EEC) No 2736/75 (4 ) and ( EEC) No 2756/75 (®) ;

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 No 1 56/67/EEC (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) — in the case of currencies which are maintained in No 1607/71 (7), and in particular the most favourable relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based (>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . on their effective parity ; (2 ) OJ No L 138 , 29 . 5 . 1975 , p. 18 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. (4 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 45 . (8) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 22. (5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 103 . (») OJ No 128 , 27 . 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. (') OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. ( 10) OJ No L 170 , 29 . 7. 1971 , p. 20 . (7) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p . 16. (») 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 (EEC) No Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of 2727/75 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 November 1975 . them by 0-60 unit of account or more,

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 1975.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 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 23-09 10.01 B Durum wheat 3249 (1) (5) 10.02 Rye 31-86 (6) 10.03 Barley 4-66 10.04 Oats 23-63 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 27-49 (2) (3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 19-19 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 27-45 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (5) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 51-49 11.01 B Rye flour 63-78 11.02 Ala 69-05 Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 55-10

(') 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 . (3) 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. («) 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 . (6) 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 2754/75 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .