CELEX: 31978R2630
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2630/78 of 10 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

11 . 11 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 318/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2630/78
                                                    of 10 November 1978
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period in
COMMUNITIES,                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                       in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                 offer prices and today's quotations known to the
tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by              Commission that the levies at present in force should
Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular                be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2510/78 (3) and subsequent amending                                           Article 1
Regulations ;
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                   Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
levies should be calculated on the following basis :               2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                annexed to this Regulation .
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                         Article 2
     their effective parity ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the              This Regulation shall enter into force on           11
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each              November 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 10 November 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 301 , 28 . 10. 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 10 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals
                                       and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                          (u.a./tonne)
                               CCT
                              heading                             Description                             Levies
                                No
                       10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                               80.28
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                          1 22.80 C )(5)
                       10.02                    Rye                                                    81-20 (6)
                       10.03                    Barley                                                 85.52
                       10.04                    Oats                                                   81.49
                       10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                                 79.09 (2) (3)
                       10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                               1.61
                       10.07 B                  Millet                                                 46.90 (4)
                        10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                          77.95 (4)
                       10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                             0      (*)
                       11.01 A                  Wheat or meslin flour                                 123-59
                        11.01 B                 Rye flour                                             125.23
                        11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                          201-24
                        11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                          132-93
                       (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                           Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u.a./tonne.
                       (2) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­
                           ments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./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 -SO u.a./tonne.
                       (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP o^ 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 0.50 u.a./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 .