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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 38 /76 of 12 January 1976 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN rable purchasing opportunities on the world market COMMUNITIES, among 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cause abnormal disturbances on the Community Economic Community, market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corres ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No (EEC) No 2731 /75 (9) and (EEC) No 2734/75, or 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi whether adjustments need to be made by applying the zation of the market in cereals (J), as amended by coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 3058/75 (2), and in particular No 158/67/EEC (10) as last amended by Regulation Article 13 (5) thereof, (EEC) No 1637/71 (H), and in Regulation No 159/ 67/ EEC ( 12) ;
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 (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be corrections necessitated by the differences in transport 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 Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common for the 1975/76 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) Customs Tariff ; No 1357/75 (3), (EEC) No 2734/75 (4), (EEC) No 2736/75 (5) and (EEC) No 2756/75 (6) ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must levies should be calculated on the following basis : take into account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/67/EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (8), and in particular the most favou — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based (2) OJ No L 306, 26. 11 . 1975, p. 3. on their effective parity ; (3) OJ No L 138 , 29. 5. 1975, p. 18 . (<) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. (5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 45. C) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (6) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 103 . (> °) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. (7) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. (») OJ No L 170, 29 . 7. 1971 , p. 20. (8) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 . («) 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 13 January them by 0-60 unit of account OF more, 1976 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 12 January 1976.
For the Commission
Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA Vice-President
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 12 January 1976 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
(u.aJmetrtc ton)
CCT heading Description of goods Levies No
10.01 A Common wheat and mesiin 36-71 10.01 B Durum wheat 50-57 ( i) (') 10.02 Rye 53-23 (6) 10.03 Barley 26-52 10.04 Oats 16-32 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 35-54 0 0 1 0.07 A Buckwheat 2-53 10.07 B Millet 23-66 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 32-93 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (5) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 62-83 11.01 B Rye flour 85-98 1 1.02 Ala Durum wheat groats and meal 89-03 1 1 .02 A I b Common wheat groats and meal 67-01
(') 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 . (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 50 % . (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 2754/75 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .