31978R2725

No L 329 /4 24. 11 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2725/78 of 23 November 1978 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN importation is expected to take place in the case of COMMUNITIES, imports to be effected during the last two months for which the import licence is valid ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the premium is equal to 0 unit of account if the cif price determined on the day on which the scale of premiums is fixed is equal to the cif forward Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 delivery price or exceeds that price by not more than October 1975 on the common organization of the 0125 unit of account per tonne ; market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular Article 1 5 (6) thereof, Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances and within certain specific limits ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the Whereas the scale of premiums to be added to the import levy on products processed from cereals and import levies fixed in advance for cereals must include rice and for the advance fixing of this levy for these a premium for the current month and a premium for products and for compound feedingstuffs manufac­ each of the three following months ; whereas the tured from cereals (4), as last amended by Regulation amount of each premium must be the same (EEC) No 1740/78 (5), provides for the addition of a throughout the Community ; premium to the levy fixed in advance for products falling within tariff heading No 11.07 ; whereas this Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2745/75 of 29 premium is, per 100 kg of processed product, equal to October 1975 (3) laid down rules for the advance the premium applicable on the day on which the fixing of levies on cereals ; licence was applied for to the quantity of basic product taken as a basis for the calculation of the vari­ able component of the levy ; Whereas, under the terms of that Regulation, where the cif price for a cereal determined on the day on which the scale of premiums is fixed is higher than Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) the cif forward delivery price for that cereal, the scale No 971 /73 of 9 April 1973 on the advance fixing of of the premium should as a general rule be equal to the levy on wheat and meslin flour (6), a premium is the difference between these two prices ; whereas the added to the levy fixed in advance for the products cif price is that determined in accordance with Article falling under subheading 11.01 A of Article 1(c) of 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the day on Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas this premium which the scale of premiums is fixed ; whereas the cif must be equal, per tonne of the processed product, to forward delivery price is also determined in accor­ that applicable on the date of application for an dance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No import licences for the basic product, account being 2727/75 but on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ; taken of the quantity of the basic cereal required for whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment the production of one tonne of flour ; during the month in which the import licence is issued in the case of imports to be effected during that month ; whereas, in the case of imports to be effected Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­ during the month following the month in which the tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided import licence is issued, this price must be the cif for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ; price for shipment during that month ;

Whereas this price must be the cif for shipment Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, during the month preceding the month in which levies should be calculated on the following basis :

(») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7. (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 . P) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 76. (o) OJ No L 95, 11 . 4. 1973, p. 10 .

24. 11 . 78 No L 329/5 Official Journal of the European Communities

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on Article 1 their effective parity ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the The scale of the premiums to be added, pursuant to arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, to the of these currencies recorded for a given period in import levies fixed in advance in respect of cereals relation to the Community currencies referred to and malt is hereby fixed as shown in the tables in the previous subparagraph ; annexed to this Regulation. Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the Article 2 table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount of the premiums should be altered only if application of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 more than 01 25 unit of account, 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

No L 329 / 6 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 11 . 78

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 23 November 1978 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

A. Cereals and flour (u.a./tonne)

CCT Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period heading Description No 11 12 1 2

10.01 A Common wheat, and meslin 0 0 0 0 10.01 B Durum wheat 0 0 0 0 10.02 Rye 0 0 0 0 10.03 Barley 0 0 0 0 10.04 Oats 0 0 0 0 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 0 0 0 0 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 0 0 0 10.07 B Millet 0 0 0 0.63 10.07 C 0 0 0 0 Grain sorghum 10.07 D Other cereals 0 0 0 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 0 0 0

B. Malt (u.a./tonne)

CCT 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Current heading Description period period period period No 11 12 1 2 3

11.07 A I (a) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 A I (b) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 A II (a) Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 A 11(b) Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 B Roasted malt 0 0 0 0 0