31979R1659

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1659/79 of 31 July 1979 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas this price must be the cif for shipment COMMUNITIES, during the month preceding the month in which importation is expected to take place in the case of imports to be effected during the last two months for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European which the import licence is valid ; Economic Community,

Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif price Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 determined on the day on which the premiums are October 1975 on the common organization of the fixed is equal to the cif forward delivery price or market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation exceeds that price by not more than 0-151 ECU per (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular Article 15(6) tonne ; thereof,

Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary higher level in exceptional circumstances and within Committee, certain specific limits ;

Whereas the scale of premiums to be added to the Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) import levies fixed in advance for cereals must include No 1579/74 of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for a premium for the current month and a premium for calculating the import levy on products processed each of the three following months ; whereas the from cereals and rice and for the advance fixing of amount of each premium must be the same this levy for these products and for compound feeding­ throughout the Community ; stuffs manufactured from cereals (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (5), provides for the addition of a premium to the levy fixed in advance for Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2745/75 of 29 October 1975 (3) laid down rules for the advance products falling within tariff heading No 11.07 ; whereas this premium is, per 100 kilograms of i fixing of levies on cereals ; processed product, equal to the premium applicable on the day of application for an import licence to the >i Whereas, under the terms of that Regulation, where quantity of basic product taken as a basis for the calcu­ the cif price for a cereal determined on the day on lation of the variable component of the levy ; which the scale of premiums is fixed is higher than the cif forward delivery price for that cereal, the scale Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) of the premium should as a general rule be equal to No 971 /73 of 9 April 1973 on the advance fixing of the difference between these two prices ; whereas the the levy on wheat and meslin flour (6), a premium is cif price is that determined in accordance with Article added to the levy fixed in advance for the products 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the day on falling under subheading 11.01 A referred to in which the scale of premiums is fixed ; whereas the cif Article 1 (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; forward delivery price is also determined in accor­ whereas this premium is, per tonne of processed dance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No product, equal to the premium applicable on the date 2727/75 but on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ; of application for an import licence for the basic whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment product, account being taken of the quantity of the during the month in which the import licence is basic cereal required for the production of one tonne issued in the case of imports to be effected during that of flour ; month ; whereas, in the case of imports to be effected during the month following the month in which the import licence is issued, this price must be the cif Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­ price for shipment during that month ; whereas, in tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided the case of imports to be effected during the last two for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ; months for which the import licence is valid, this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month preceding the month in which importation is Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, expected to take place ; 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 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 76. (6) OJ No L 95, 11 . 4. 1973, p. 10 .

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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should relation to each other at any given moment within be altered only if application of the abovementioned a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on provisions entails a change of more than 0-151 ECU, their effective parity ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in Article 1 relation to the Community currencies referred to The premiums referred to in Article 15 of Regulation in the previous indent ; (EEC) No 2727/75 to be added to the import levies Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 fixed in advance in respect of cereals and malt shall March 1 979 (!) laid down the coefficient for be as set out in the Annex hereto . expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU ; Article 2 Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1979 . that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex

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

(•) OJ No L 84, 4. 4 . 1979 , p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1979 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

A. Cereals and flour

(ECU/tonne)

CCT Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period heading Description No 8 9 10 1 1

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 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 400 400 3.27 10.07 D Other cereals 0 0 0 0 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 0 0 0

B. Malt

(ECU/tonne)

CCT Current 1 st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period heading Description No 8 9 10 1 1 12

11.07 A I (a) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 0 0 0 0 0 11.07 A 1(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 II (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