CELEX: 31975R1976
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1976/75 of the Commission of 31 July 1975 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1976/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 31 July 1975
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       No 1607/71 (9), and in particular the most favourable
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        purchasing opportunities on the world market among
                                                                     those which are most representative of the real trend
                                                                     of the market, account being taken in particular of the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause
 Economic Community ;                                                abnormal disturbances on the Community market ;
                                                                    whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be
                                                                     taken into account, whether this quality corresponds
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No
67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  768/69 (10) and (EEC) No 1397/69, or whether adjust­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              ments need to be made by applying the coefficients of
lation (EEC) No 665/75 (2), and in particular Article               equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/
 1 3 (5) thereof ;                                                   67/EEC ( n) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1637/71 ( 12), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC ( 13) ;
 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
Regulation No 120/67/EEC stipulates that a levy must                other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
                                                                    corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
be charged on imports of the products listed in
Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas             charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
the levy is equal for each product to the threshold
price less the cif price ;
                                                                    Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat              tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed                in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
for the 1975/76 marketing year by Regulation (EEC)                  Customs Tariff :
No 1 397/69 (3), as amended by Regulations (EEC) No
 1 172/75 (4), (EEC) No 982/75 (5), (EEC) No 1 173/75 (6)
and (EEC) No 1 357/75 (7) ;
                                                                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                     levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
used to determine the levies, the Commission must
take into account the factors indicated in Regulation               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
No 1 56/67/EEC (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                          within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
(')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.                              on their effective parity ;
(2)  OJ  No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14.
(3)  OJ  No L 179 , 21 . 7. 1969, p. 6.
(4)  OJ  No L 117 , 7 . 5 . 1975, p. 5 .                            (9) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p. 16 .
(5)  OJ  No L 95, 17. 4. 1975, p. 4.                                ( 10) OJ No L 100, 28 . 4. 1969 , p. 8 .
(6)  OJ  No L 117, 7. 5 . 1975, p. 6 .                              (") OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67 .
  7) OJ  No L 138 , 29 . 5. 1975, p. 18 .                           \n) OJ No L 170, 29. 7. 1971 , p. 20.
(8)  OJ  No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                          (> 3) 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 No 120/
Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of      67/EEC 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 August
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 July 1975.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 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                                   2800
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                              20.80 (>) (5)
                       10.02                   Rye                                                       48.48 (')
                       10.03                    Barley                                                   21-71
                       10.04                   Oats                                                      15.06
                       10.05 B                 Maize other than hybrid maize for
                                                  sowing                                                 13.04 (2)(3)
                       10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                                 13.19
                       10.07 B                 Millet                                                      3.06 (4)
                       10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                             24-88 (4)
                       10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                                 0       (5)
                       11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                                     57-94
                       11.01 B                 Rye flour                                                 86.63
                       11.02 Ala               Durum wheat groats and meal                               51.01
                       11.02 Alb               Common wheat groats and meal                              62.57
                      (') 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 .
                      (}) 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.
                      (4) 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 .
                      (*) 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 1234/71 and
                          Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .