31979R1658

1 . 8 . 79 No L 193/5 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1658 /79 of 31 July 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (EEC) No 11 56/77 (» °), and (EEC) No 2734/75, or COMMUNITIES, whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/67/EEC (n) as last amended by Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (EEC) No 1637/71 ( 12), and in Regulation No 159/ Economic Community, 67/EEC (») ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular corrections necessitated by the differences in transport Article 13 (5) thereof, charges in relation to Rotterdam ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, 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 first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Customs Tariff ; Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the levy is equal for each product to the threshold levies should be calculated on the following basis : price less the cif price ;

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat relation to each other at any given moment within and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on for the 1979/80 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) their effective parity ; No 2734/75 (3), (EEC) No 1 548/79 (4), (EEC) No 1550/79(5) an(j (EEC) No 1594/79(6); — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices relation to the Community currencies referred to used to determine the levies, the Commission must in the previous indent ; take into account the factors indicated in Regulation No 1 56/67/EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 /76 (8), and in particular the most favou­ rable purchasing opportunities on the world market Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1979( 14) laid down the coefficient for among those which are most representative of the real trend of the market, account being taken in particular expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU ; of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­ Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations the abovementioned Regulations that the levies (EEC) No 2731 /75 (9), as amended by Regulation should be as set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are altered only where variations in the ») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . components used to calculate them have the effect of 2) OJ No L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 . increasing or reducing them by 0-73 ECU or more, 3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34. 4) OJ No L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 2. s) OJ No L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 5. ( 10) OJ No L 136, 2. 6. 1977, p. 11 . 6) OJ No L 189, 27. 7. 1979, p. 44. (") OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. 7) 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. 9) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (> 4) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

No L 193/6 1 . 8 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article1¶

The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1979.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne)

CCT Description Levies heading No

10.01 A Common wheat, and meslin 76.34 10.01 B Durum wheat 108.12 (1) (5) 10.02 Rye 61-26 (6) 10.03 Barley 59-60 10.04 Oats 77-22 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 75.60 (2) (3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 28.51 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 71.04 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (*) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 119.90 11.01 B Rye flour 98.76 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 180.58 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 129-49

') where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU / tonne . -') Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­ ments the levy is reduced by 7.25 ECU/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 1.81 ECU / tonne . 4 ) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by SI) % . 5 ) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU /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 .