31978R2581

4. 11 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 310/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2581 /78 of 3 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN currencies referred to in the previous subpara­ COMMUNITIES, graph ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded Economic Community, from 1 to 3 November 1978 ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas it follows from applying the provisions 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the tion of the market in cereals (!), as last amended by offer prices and today's quotations known to the Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular Commission that the levies at present in force should Article 13(5) thereof, be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion (EEC) No 2510/78 (3) and subsequent amending Regulations ; Article 1 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, The import levies to be charged on products listed in levies should be calculated on the following basis : Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table relation to each other at any given moment within annexed to this Regulation. a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Article 2 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November of these currencies in relation to the Community 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 3 November 1978 .

For the Commtsston

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 . (}) OJ No L 301 , 28 . 10. 1978, p. 1 .

No L 310/2 4. 11 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(u.a./tonne)

CCT Levies heading Description No

10.01 A Common wheat, and meslin 8014 10.01 B Durum wheat 123.33 (1)(s) 10.02 Rye 82.04 (') 10.03 86.22 Barley 10.04 Oats 76.52 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 79.09 (2) (J) 10.07 A Buckwheat 2.70 10.07 B Millet 47-67 (<) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 77-95 (<) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (*) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 123.39 11.01 B 126.04 Rye flour 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 202-06 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 132.71

(') 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. (*) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community 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 and 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 .