, ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION 1967 , P . 111 ). THAT REGULATION REMAINED APPLICABLE , WITH SOME AMENDMENTS , AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 2727/75 . THE BASIC RULE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF THE REGULATION IS THAT ' ' WHEN FIXING THE CIF PRICES . . . THE COMMISSION SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OFFERS MADE ON THE WORLD MARKET OF WHICH IT HAS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH MEMBER STATES OR BY ITS OWN MEANS AND THE QUOTATIONS OF THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES . . ( THE COMMISSION ) SHALL FIX THE CIF PRICES ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST FAVOURABLE PURCHASING OPPORTUNITIES OF WHICH IT HAS KNOWLEDGE . . . ' ' . ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN OFFERS , FOR EXAMPLE THOSE WHICH REFER ONLY TO A SMALL QUANTITY UNREPRESENTATIVE OF THE MARKET OR WHERE THE TREND OF PRICES IN GENERAL OR THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE MAKES IT PROBABLE THAT THE PRICES IN QUESTION ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MARKET .
6 EXERCISING THE POWER CONFERRED UPON IT BY ARTICLE 13 ( 5 ) OF REGULATION NO 2727/75 THE COMMISSION BY VARIOUS REGULATIONS , NAMELY REGULATIONS NOS 2746/80 OF 28 OCTOBER 1980 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 284 , P . 15 ), 2763/80 OF 29 OCTOBER 1980 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 287 , P . 3 ), 2780/80 OF 30 OCTOBER 1980 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 288 , P . 1 ) AND 2799/80 OF 31 OCTOBER 1980 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 292 , P . 1 ), FIXED THE IMPORT LEVIES APPLICABLE IN PARTICULAR TO CEREALS FOR THE PERIOD 28 TO 31 OCTOBER 1980 INCLUSIVE . THE RECITALS IN THE PREAMBLES TO THE VARIOUS REGULATIONS REFER TO THE APPLICATION OF THE RULES ON OFFER PRICES AND QUOTATIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION REGULATION NO 2035/80 OF 31 JULY 1980 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 200 , P . 1 ). IN ITS RECITALS , THAT REGULATION ITSELF REFERS TO EVEN MORE DETAILED RULES FOR THE CALCULATION OF LEVIES .
7 TRADAX GRAANHANDEL BV WAS DISSATISFIED WITH THE WAY IN WHICH THE COMMISSION HAD FIXED THE CIF PRICES ON THE BASIS OF WHICH LEVIES ON CEREALS HAD BEEN CALCULATED FOR THAT PERIOD , AND IN A LETTER OF 12 OCTOBER 1981 IT ASKED THE COMMISSION TO INDICATE THE PRECISE DATA WHICH IT HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN FIXING THE CIF PRICES BETWEEN 28 AND 31 OCTOBER INCLUSIVE AND TO ALLOW IT TO INSPECT AT THE COMMISSION ' S PREMISES THE DOCUMENTS USED IN CALCULATING THOSE PRICES , BUT DID NOT STATE THAT IT HAD IMPORTED MAIZE DURING THAT PERIOD AND HAD PAID IMPORT LEVIES WHICH IT CONSIDERED CLEARLY TOO HIGH , OR THAT IT HAD INSTITUTED , OR INTENDED TO INSTITUTE , AN ACTION IN A NATIONAL COURT WITH REFERENCE TO THE FIXING OF THE LEVIES .
8 TRADAX RECEIVED NO REPLY TO THAT LETTER , AND BY LETTER OF 24 NOVEMBER 1981 IT CALLED UPON THE COMMISSION