31980R0177

29 . 1 . 80 No L 22/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 177 /80 of 28 January 1980 fixing die 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 indent ; 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by 25 January 1980 ; Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular Article 1 3 (5) thereof, Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the offer prices and quotations known to the Commission value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to that the levies at present in force should be altered to be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary 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 1658/79 (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 29 January 1980 . 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, 28 January 1980 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

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

No L 22/ 10 29 . 1 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 January 1980 fixing die 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 82-29 10.01 B Durum wheat 113-90 (1) (5) 10.02 Rye 67-09 (') 10.03 Barley 70-71 10.04 Oats 73-40 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 98-44 (2) (3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 4-14 10.07 B Millet 59-93 («) 10.07 C 89-51 (4) Grain sorghum 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (») 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 129-15 11.01 B Rye flour 107-71 Durum wheat groats and meal 189-77 11.02 A I a) 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 138-40

') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-60 ECU/tonne . z) 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 . >) 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 .