CELEX: 31979R1659
Language: en
Date: 1979-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1659/79 of 31 July 1979 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1659/79
                                                           of 31 July 1979
                   fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas this price must be the cif for shipment
    COMMUNITIES,                                                     during the month preceding the month in which
                                                                     importation is expected to take place in the case of
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            imports to be effected during the last two months for
    Economic Community,                                              which the import licence is valid ;
                                                                     Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif price
    Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29               determined on the day on which the premiums are
   October 1975 on the common organization of the                    fixed is equal to the cif forward delivery price or
    market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation             exceeds that price by not more than 0-151 ECU per
   (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular Article 15(6)            tonne ;
   thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a
    Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     higher level in exceptional circumstances and within
   Committee,                                                        certain specific limits ;
   Whereas the scale of premiums to be added to the                  Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
   import levies fixed in advance for cereals must include           No 1579/74 of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for
   a premium for the current month and a premium for                 calculating the import levy on products processed
   each of the three following months ; whereas the                  from cereals and rice and for the advance fixing of
   amount of each premium must be the same                           this levy for these products and for compound feeding­
   throughout the Community ;                                        stuffs manufactured from cereals (4), as last amended
                                                                     by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (5), provides for the
   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2745/75 of 29                 addition of a premium to the levy fixed in advance for
   October 1975 (3) laid down rules for the advance                  products falling within tariff heading No 11.07 ;
 i fixing of levies on cereals ;                                     whereas this premium is, per 100 kilograms of
                                                                     processed product, equal to the premium applicable
                                                                     on the day of application for an import licence to the
>i Whereas, under the terms of that Regulation, where                quantity of basic product taken as a basis for the calcu­
   the cif price for a cereal determined on the day on               lation of the variable component of the levy ;
   which the scale of premiums is fixed is higher than
   the cif forward delivery price for that cereal, the scale
   of the premium should as a general rule be equal to               Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
   the difference between these two prices ; whereas the             No 971 /73 of 9 April 1973 on the advance fixing of
   cif price is that determined in accordance with Article           the levy on wheat and meslin flour (6), a premium is
    13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the day on                  added to the levy fixed in advance for the products
   which the scale of premiums is fixed ; whereas the cif            falling under subheading 11.01 A referred to in
   forward delivery price is also determined in accor­               Article 1 (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ;
   dance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No                      whereas this premium is, per tonne of processed
   2727/75 but on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ;           product, equal to the premium applicable on the date
   whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment             of application for an import licence for the basic
   during the month in which the import licence is                   product, account being taken of the quantity of the
   issued in the case of imports to be effected during that          basic cereal required for the production of one tonne
                                                                     of flour ;
   month ; whereas, in the case of imports to be effected
   during the month following the month in which the
   import licence is issued, this price must be the cif              Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
   price for shipment during that month ; whereas, in                tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided
   the case of imports to be effected during the last two            for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
   months for which the import licence is valid, this                Customs Tariff ;
   price must be the cif price for shipment during the
   month preceding the month in which importation is                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
   expected to take place ;                                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
   (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
   (2) OJ No L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .                             (5) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
   (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 76.                           (6) OJ No L 95, 11 . 4. 1973, p. 10 .
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in            hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should
     relation to each other at any given moment within         be altered only if application of the abovementioned
     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on            provisions entails a change of more than 0-151 ECU,
     their effective parity ;
— 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 indent ;                                  The premiums referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 2727/75 to be added to the import levies
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29               fixed in advance in respect of cereals and malt shall
March 1 979 (!) laid down the coefficient for                  be as set out in the Annex hereto.
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
 ECU ;                                                                                Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex             1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 31 July 1979 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 84, 4. 4 . 1979 , p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1979 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                          import levies on cereals, flour and malt
                                                    A. Cereals and flour
                                                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
       CCT                                                                 Current            1st period       2nd period      3rd period
     heading                          Description
        No                                                                    8                   9                10               1 1
10.01 A           Common wheat, and meslin                                   0                    0                0                0
10.01 B           Durum wheat                                                0                    0                0                0
10.02             Rye                                                        0                    0                0                0
10.03             Barley                                                     0                    0                0                0
10.04             Oats                                                       0                    0                0                0
10.05 B           Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                  0                    0                0                0
10.07 A           Buckwheat                                                  0                    0                0                0
10.07 B           Millet                                                     0                    0                0                0
10.07 C           Grain sorghum                                              0                  400              400              3.27
10.07 D           Other cereals                                              0                    0                0                 0
11.01 A           Wheat or meslin flour                                      0                    0                0                0
                                                            B. Malt
                                                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
       CCT                                                         Current        1 st period       2nd period    3rd period    4th period
     heading                       Description
        No                                                            8                9                 10            1 1            12
11.07 A I (a)     Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the
                  form of flour                                       0                0                 0             0              0
11.07 A 1(b)      Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other
                  than in the form of flour                           0                0                 0             0              0
11.07 A II (a)    Unroasted malt, other than that obtained
                  from wheat, in the form of flour                    0                0                 0             0              0
11.07 A II (b)    Unroasted malt, other than that obtained
                  from wheat, other than in the form of flour         0                0                 0             0              0
11.07 B           Roasted malt                                        0                0                 0             0              0