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4 . 10 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 250/ 1

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2157 / 79 of 3 October 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on COMMUNITIES, their effective parity ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Economic Community, of these currencies in relation to the Community Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No currencies referred to in the previous subpara­ 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ graph ; tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular for the period 26 September to 2 October 1979 ; Article 1 3 (5) thereof, Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658 /79 to today's value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to offer prices and quotations known to the Commission be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ that the levies at present in force should be altered to tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Committee, Article 1 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ The import levies to be charged on products listed in tion (EEC) No 1 658/79 (5) and subsequent amending Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No Regulations ; 2727/ 75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Article 2 levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 October 1979 . relation to each other at any given moment within

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

Done at Brussels , 3 October 1979 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 . (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/ 62 . b) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 193, 1 . 8 . 1979, p. 5 .

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No L 250/2 4. 10 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 October 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 71.64 10.01 B Durum wheat 81.00 (»)(S) 10.02 Rye 52-02 (6) 10.03 Barley 62.59 10.04 Oats 73.00 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 80.05 (2) (3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 43-82 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 79.54 (4) 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (») 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 113-68 11.01 B Rye flour 86.20 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 138.66 1 1 .02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal 122-34

') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU/tonne. 2) 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 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 0.60 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 .