31976R1882

No L 206/ 62 31 . 7. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1882/76

of 30 July 1976

fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on COMMUNITIES , the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European corrections necessitated by the differences in transport Economic Community, charges in relation to Rotterdam ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­ zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 43/76 (2), and in particular for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Article 13 (5) thereof, Customs Tariff ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be — in the case of currencies which are maintained in charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 relation to each other, at any given moment, (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based equal for each .product to the threshold price less the on their effective parity ; cif price ; — for. other currencies an exchange rate based on the Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed of these currencies recorded for a given period, in for the 1976/77 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) relation to the Community currencies referred to No 2734/75 (3), (EEC) No 11 50/76 (4), (EEC) No in the previous subparagraph ; 1619/76 (5) and (EEC) No 1 725/76 (6) ;

Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of used to determine the levies, the Commission must the abovementioned Regulations that the levies take into account the factors indicated in Regulation should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­ No 1 56/67/ EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only (EEC) No 31 /76 (8), and in particular the most favou­ where variations in the components used to calculate rable purchasing opportunities on the world market them would have the effect of increasing or reducing among those' which are most representative of the real them by 0*60 unit of account or more, 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 ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (9) and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation Article 1 No 158/67/ EEC ( 10) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1637/71 ("), and in Regulation No 159/ 67/EEC ( ,2) ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No (<) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table (A OJ No L 130, 19 . 5. 1976, p. 1 . annexed to this Regulation . (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. (4) OJ No L - 1 30 , 19 . 5 . 1976, p. 15. (5 ) OJ No L 180 , 6 . 7 . 1976, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 193 , 17. 7. 1976, p. 18 . (7) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2533/67. Article 2 (8) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 . 9 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 22. ( 10) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2536/67 . (") OJ No L 170, 29 . 7. 1971 , p. 20 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August (») OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2542/ 67. 1976 .

31 . 7 . 76 No L 206/63 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at . Brussels, .30 July 1976.

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX .

to the . Commission Regulation of 30 July 1976 fixing the import levies on cereals and on . wheat or rye flour groats and meal

(u.a. / metric ton)

CCT ' Import " heading­ . Description of goods levy ' 3 . No .

10.01 A Common wheat and meslin • 45.38 10.01 B Durum wheat 82.64 (•) (5) 10.02 Rye 31.32 (6) . 10.03 Barley 20.94 10.04 Oats 13.86 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 30.56 (2)(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 3.80 10.07 B Millet 32.59 (<) 10.07 C 37.83 (4) Grain sorghum 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 >) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 74.28 11.01 B , Rye flour 54.58 14 .02 A I a 138.85 Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 80.23

(') 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 M 706/76. . (s) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1-50 u.a./metric ton . C) 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 . (6) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that r country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/75 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .