CELEX: 31979R0870
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-03
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 870/79 of 2 May 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 870/79
                                                          of 2 May 1979
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
COMMUNITIES,                                                        contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2724/78 to today's
                                                                    offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Economic Community,                                                 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
                                                                                            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 2724/78 (') 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
March 1 979 (4) laid down the coefficient for                                               Article 2
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
ECU ;                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 May 1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 2 May 1979 .
                                                                              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  329, 24. 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .
  4  OJ  No L  84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 2 May 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                           105.59
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        160.41 ( 1) (5)
                      10.02                    Rye                                                107.73 (6)
                      10.03                    Barley                                             104.92
                      10.04                   Oats                                                104.64
                      10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                               93.47 (2) (3)
                      10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                             2-57
                      10.07 B                 Millet                                               99.96 («)
                      10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                       104.45 (4)
                      10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                            0      o
                      11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                               162-43
                      11.01 B                 Rye flour                                           165-41
                      11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                        262-94
                      11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                        173.49
                      ') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                          Community, the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU/tonne .
                      2 ) 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 % .
                      5) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that
                          country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.60 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 .