CELEX: 31979R2731
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-06
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2731/79 of 5 December 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

6 . 12. 79                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 310/ 1
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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2731 /79
                                                       of 5 December 1979
                  fixing the 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 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Economic Community,                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                         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 1 975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                  4 December 1979 ;
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to               offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                   that the levies at present in force should be altered to
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 1 658 /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 6 December
      relation to each other at any given moment within              1979 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 5 December 1979 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1.11 . 1975, p. 1 .
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(>) OJ No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
H OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
 5 ) OJ No L 193 , 1 . 8 . 1979 , p. 5 .
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                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 5 December 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                          on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                               CCT
                              heading                           Description                              Levies
                                 No
                       10.01 A                 Common wheat, and meslin                             78.48
                       10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                         103.12 (1) (5 )
                       10.02                   Rye                                                  65-2 : (°)
                       10.03                   Barley                                               68.17
                       10.04                   Oats                                                 75.78
                       10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                               87.15 (2) (3)
                       10.07    A              Buckwheat                                              2.41
                       10.07    B              Millet                                               46.91 (4)
                       10.07    C              Grain sorghum                                        79.78 (4)
                       10.07    D              Canary seed ; other cereals                            0      (*)
                       11.01    A              Wheat or meslin flour                               123.63
                       11.01    B              Rye flour                                           105-10
                       11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                        173.06
                       11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                        132-65
                       ') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                           Community , the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU/tonne .
                       J ) 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 .
                       3 ) 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 % .
                       s ) 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 .
                       6) 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 .