CELEX: 31978R2618
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2618/78 of 9 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

10 . 11 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 316/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2618/78
                                                     of 9 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
                                                                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       offer prices and today's quotations known to the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                 Commission that the levies at present in force should
tion of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by              be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
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           10
                                                                   November 1978 .
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 9 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 .
(J) OJ No L 301 , 28. 10. 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 9 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                          on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                            (u.a/tonne)
                              CCT
                                                                   Description                             Levies
                             heading
                               No
                       10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                                78-.3
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                            121.08 (») (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 (5)
                       11.01   A                Wheat or meslin flour                                  122-51
                       11.01   B                Rye flour                                              125-23
                       1 1 .02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                            198.57
                       11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                           131.76
                      (') 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 1.50 u.a/tonne.
                      (*) 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 0.50 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 .