31978R1815

No L 210 /4 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 8 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1815 /78 of 31 July 1978 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 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular tion ( EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided Article 13 ( 5) thereof, for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee , Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of levies should be calculated on the following basis : Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is relation to each other at any given moment within equal for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the for the 1978 /79 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each No 2734/75 (3 ), (EEC) No 1255/78 (4), ( EEC) No of these currencies recorded for a given period in 1257/78 (5) and (EEC) No 1408 /78 (6); relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; 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 Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of No 1 56/67/ EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation the abovementioned Regulations that the levies (EEC) No 31 /76 (8), and in particular the most favou­ should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­ rable purchasing opportunities on the world market tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only among those which are most representative of the real where variations in the components used to calculate trend of the market, account being taken in particular them would have the effect of increasing or reducing of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to them by 0-60 unit of account or more, cause abnormal disturbances on the 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 (EEC) No 2731 /75 (9), as amended by Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 1156/77(1°), and ( EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158 /67/EEC ( u ) as last amended by Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 1637/71 ( 12 ), and in Regulation No 159 / 67/ EEC ( 13 ) ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed (!) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation ( EEC) No (2 ) OJ No L 156, 14. 6 . 1978 , p. 1 . 2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. annexed to this Regulation . (4 ) OJ No L 156, 14. 6 . 1978 , p. 2. (5 ) OJ No L 156, 14. 6 . 1978 , p. 5 . (6) OJ No L 170 , 27. 6 . 1978 , p. 28 . (7) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2533/67 . (8) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 . Article 2 (9) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 22. ( 10) OJ No 136, 2. 6 . 1977, p . 11 . (") OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2536/67. ( 12 ) OJ No L 170 , 29 . 7 . 1971 , p . 20 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August ( 13) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2542/67. 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

(u.a./tonne)

CCT Description Levies heading No

10.01 A Common wheat, and meslin 82.80 10.01 B Durum wheat 123.46 (>)(») 10.02 Rye 78.51 (6) 10.03 Barley 77-25 10.04 Oats 68.39 10.05 B Maize , other than hybrid maize for sowing 75.37 (') (3 ) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 65.73 («) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 74.93 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (5 ) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 126.68 ' 11.01 B Rye flour 120.66 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 202.14 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 136.79

') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u.a./tonne . 2) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­ ments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./ tonne as provided for in Regulation ( EEC) No 706/76 . 3 ) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community, the levy is reduced by 1 - 50 u.a./ tonne . 4 ) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Commu­ nity, the levy is reduced by 50 % . 5 ) Where durum 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./tonne . ') The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey arid transported directly from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1180/77 and Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2622/ 71 .