31978R2701

21 . 11 . 78 No L 326/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2701 /78 of 20 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 recorded for a given period in COMMUNITIES, relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas it follows from applying the provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No offer prices and today's quotations known to the 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ Commission that the levies at present in force should tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation, Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular Article 1 3 (5) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye 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 21 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each November 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(') 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 326/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 11 . 78

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 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 80.43 10.01 B Durum wheat 120.96 (1 ) (5) 10.02 Rye 80-58 («) 10.03 Barley 87.36 10.04 Oats 79-56 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 79-0? (2) (*) 10.07 A Buckwheat 1-61 10.07 B Millet 46.90 («) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 77.95 («) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (») 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 123.80 11.01 B Rye flour 124-00 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 198.39 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 133.15

') 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 . 6) 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 .