31978R2596

7 . 11 . 78 No L 313/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2596/ 78 of 6 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of these currencies in relation to the Community COMMUNITIES, currencies referred to in the previous subpara­ graph ; whereas these exchange rates being those Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European recorded from 1 to 6 November 1978 ; Economic Community, Whereas it follows from applying the provisions Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ offer prices and today's quotations known to the tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by Commission that the levies at present in force should Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation , Article 1 3 (5) thereof,

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2510/78 (3) and subsequent amending Article 1 Regulations ; The import levies to be charged on products listed in Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No levies should be calculated on the following basis : 2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table — in the case of currencies which are maintained in annexed to this Regulation . relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Article 2 their effective parity ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 November 1978 . arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each

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

Done at Brussels, 6 November 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 301 , 28 . 10. 1978 , p. 1 .

No L 313 / 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 7 . 11 . 78

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 6 November 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 78.93 10.01 B Durum wheat 122.54 (1 ) (5) 10.02 Rye 82.04 (<■) 10.03 Barley 86.22 10.04 Oats 81.49 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 79-09 (2) (3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 1 61 10.07 B Millet 46.90 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 77.95 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (*) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 121.70 11.01 B Rye flour 125-23 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 200-84 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 130.89

(') 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 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 .