25.7.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL187/1
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1540/79
of24July1979
fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1254/78(2),andinparticular
Article13(5)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129onthe
valueoftheunitofaccountandtheexchangeratesto
beappliedforthepurposesofthecommonagricul­
turalpolicy(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2543/73(4),andinparticularArticle3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
Whereastheimportleviesoncereals,wheatandrye
flour,andwheatgroatsandmealwerefixedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2724/78(5)andsubsequentamending
Regulations ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(6)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2*25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesinrelationtotheCommunity
currenciesreferredtointheprevioussubpara­
graph;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon
23July1979;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthedetailedrules
containedinRegulation(EEC)No2724/78totoday's
offerpricesandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thattheleviesatpresentinforceshouldbealteredto
theamountssetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviestobechargedonproductslistedin
Article1(a),(b)and(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25July
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24July1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
0)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL156,14.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
(«)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1.
(5)OJNoL329,24.11.1978,p.1.
(')OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

NoL187/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.7.79
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof24July1979fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandon
wheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Levies
10.01ACommonwheat,andmeslin 79.89
10.01BDurumwheat 119.88(1)(5)
10.02 Rye 63.73(6)
10.03 Barley 72-93
10.04 Oats 86-87
10.05BMaize,otherthanhybridmaizefor
sowing 80-80(2)(3)
10.07ABuckwheat 2.41
10.07BMillet 41-23(")
10.07CGrainsorghum 76-20(4)
10.07DCanary,seed;othercereals 0(5)
11.01AWheatormeslinflour 126.62
11.01BRyeflour 103.00
11.02AIa)Durumwheatgroatsandmeal 199-36
11.02Alb)Commonwheatgroatsandmeal 134.61
')WheredurumwheatoriginatinginMoroccoistransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytothe
Community ,thelevyisreducedby0.60ECU/tonne.
2)WheremaizeoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheFrenchoverseasdepart­
mentsthelevyisreducedby7.25ECU/tonneasprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
706/76.
3)WheremaizeoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyis
reducedby1.81ECU/tonne.
4)WheremilletandsorghumoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunity
thelevyisreducedby50%.
5)WheredurumwheatandcanaryseedproducedinTurkeyaretransporteddirectlyfromthat
countrytotheCommunity ,thelevyisreducedby0.60ECU/tonne.
6)TheimportlevychargedonryeproducedinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthat
countrytotheCommunity islaiddowninCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1180/77and
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2622/71.