CELEX: 31974R0044
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 44/74 of the Commission of 8 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

9 . 1 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 7/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 44/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 8 January 1974
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                       of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                   in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                        Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­            offer prices and today's quotations known to the
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article            Commission that the levies at present in force should
 13 (5) thereof ;                                                  be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                          Article 1
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2076/73 p) and subsequent amending                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Regulations ;                                                      in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
levies should be calculated on the following basis :               annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                          Article 2
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based            This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 January
     on their effective parity ;                                   1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 8 January 1974.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
P) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 8 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                        on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                             CCT
                            heading                    Description of goods                        u. a. /ton
                               No
                     10.01 A               Common wheat and mesiin                              0
                     lo.oi B               Durum wheat                                          0        0 )( 4 )
                     10.02                 Rye                                                  o        (5)
                     I0.Q.3                Barley                                               0
                     « 0.04                Oats                                                 0
                     10.05 B               Maize other than hybrid mai /,e
                                              for sowing                                        o        ( ·)(·)
                     10.07 A               Buckwheat                                            0
                     10.07 B               Millet                                               0
                     10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                        0
                     10.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                          o       (*)
                     11.01 A               Wheat or mesiin flour                                0
                     11.01 B               Rye flour                                           15-23
                     11.02 A I a           Durum wheat groats and meal                          0
                     1 1 .02 A I b         Common wheat groats and meal                         0
                    (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                         that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric ton .
                    (•) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                          French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                    (•) Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                          the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton .
                    (4) Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly
                         from that country lo the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric
                         ton .
                    (') The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and iransported directly
                          from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation
                          (EEC) No 1234/71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .