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24. 11 . 78 No L 329 / 1 Official Journal of the European Communities
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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2724/78 of 23 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN trend of the market, account being taken in particular COMMUNITIES, of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European also be taken into account, whether this quality corres Economic Community, ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1156/77 (10), ancj (EEC) No 2734/75, or Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No whether adjustments need to be made by applying the 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation zation of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by No 158/67/EEC (n) as last amended by Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular (EEC) No 1637/71 (12), and in Regulation No 159/ Article 13 (5) thereof, 67/EEC (") ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be corrections necessitated by the differences in transport charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 charges in relation to Rotterdam ; (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat Customs Tariff ; and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for the 1978/79 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 2734/75 (3), (EEC) No 1255/78 (4), (EEC) No 1257/78(5) and (EEq NO 1408/78 (6) ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must — in the case of currencies which are maintained in take into account the factors indicated in Regulation relation to each other at any given moment within No 156/67/EEC Q, as last amended by Regulation a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on (EEC) No 31 /76 (8), and in particular the most favou their effective parity ; rable purchasing opportunities on the world market among those which are most representative of the real — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each (») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . of these currencies recorded for a given period in (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. (4) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 2. C) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (') OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 5. ( 10) OJ No 136, 2. 6. 1977, p. 11 . M OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 28. (»») OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. O OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. ( 12) OJ No L 170, 29 . 7. 1971 , p. 20 . (8) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 . (13) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
No L 329/2 24. 11 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities
relation to the Community currencies referred to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : in the previous subparagraph ; Article 1 The import levies to be charged on the products listed Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No the abovementioned Regulations that the levies 2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula annexed to this Regulation. tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only Article 2 where variations in the components used to calculate them would have the effect of increasing or reducing This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 them by 0-60 unit of account or more, November 1978 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 23 November 1978 .
For the Commission
Finn GUNDELACH
Vice-President
24 . 11 . 78 No L 329/3 Official Journal of the European Communities
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 23 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 78.03 10.01 B Durum wheat (1) (5) 10.02 Rye 78.68 (') 10.03 Barley 85.85 10.04 Oats 79.56 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 76.87 (2) (3 ) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 54-72 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 76-22 (<) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 e) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 120.44 11.01 B Rye flour 121.34 194.39 11 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 129.53
') 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. ') 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 .