CELEX: 31975R2831
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-01
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2831/75 of the Commission of 31 October 1975 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

1 . 11 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 283/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2831 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 31 October 1975
                    fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         purchasing opportunities on the world market among
COMMUNITIES,                                                           those which are most representative of the real trend
                                                                       of the market, account being taken in particular of the
                                                                       need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  abnormal disturbances on the Community market ;
Economic Community ;                                                   whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be
                                                                       taken into account, whether this quality corresponds
                                                                       to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           2731 /75 (8) and (EEC) No 2734/75, or whether adjust­
2727/75 ( !) of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                   ments need to be made by applying the coefficients of
ization of the market in cereals, and in particular                    equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/
Article 1 3 (5) thereof ;                                              67/ EEC (9) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1637/71 (1°), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (»») ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                       Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
                                                                       the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of                  other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be                        corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1                 charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
(a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is
equal for each product to the threshold price less the
cif price ;
                                                                       Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
                                                                       tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided
Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat                 for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed                   Customs Tariff :
for the 1975/76 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)
No 1 357/75 (2), (EEC) No. 2734/75 (3), (EEC) No
2736/75 (4) and (EEC) No 2756/75 (®) ;
                                                                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices                  levies should be calculated on the following basis :
used to determine the levies, the Commission must
take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
No 1 56/67/EEC (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
No 1607/71 (7), and in particular the most favourable                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                             within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
(>)  OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 1 .                                  on their effective parity ;
(2 ) OJ   No L 138 , 29 . 5 . 1975 , p. 18 .
(3)  OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 34.
(4 ) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 45 .                           (8) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 22.
(5)  OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p . 103 .                         (») OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(')  OJ   No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p.   2533/67.                          ( 10) OJ No L 170 , 29 . 7. 1971 , p. 20 .
(7)  OJ   No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 ,   p . 16.                           (») OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2542/67.
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— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in                             Article 1
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous subparagraph ;                          The import levies to be charged on the products listed
                                                             in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of      2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
the abovementioned Regulations that the levies               annexed to this Regulation*
should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only                                  Article 2
where variations in the components used to calculate
them would have the effect of increasing or reducing         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
them by 0-60 unit of account or more,                        1975.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 31 October 1975.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1975 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                          on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                        (u.a. / metric ton)
                               CCT
                             heading                        Description of goods                               Levies
                                No
                       10.01 A                 Common wheat and meslin                                   23-09
                       10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                               3249 (1) (5)
                       10.02                   Rye                                                       31-86 (6)
                       10.03                   Barley                                                      4-66
                       10.04                   Oats                                                      23-63
                       10.05 B                 Maize other than hybrid maize for
                                                 sowing                                                  27-49 (2) (3)
                       10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                                   0
                       10.07 B                 Millet                                                    19-19 (4)
                       10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                             27-45 (4)
                       10.07   D               Canary seed ; other cereals                                 0 ( 5)
                       11.01   A               Wheat or meslin flour                                     51-49
                        11.01   B              Rye flour                                                 63-78
                        11.02  Ala             Durum wheat groats and meal                               69-05
                        11.02 Alb              Common wheat groats and meal                              55-10
                       (') 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.
                       (2) Where maize originated in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­
                           ments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./metric ton as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
                           1599/75 .
                       (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is
                           reduced by 1-50 u.a./metric ton subject to the application of the provisions of Article 22 of
                           Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75.
                       («) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community
                           the levy is reduced by 50 % subject to the application of the provisions of Article 22 of
                           Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75.
                       (5) Where 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./metric ton .
                       (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 2754/75 and
                           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .