CELEX: 31978R2705
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2705/78 of 21 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

22 . 11 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 327/ 1
                                                                I
                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2705/78
                                                     of 21 November 1978
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period in
COMMUNITIES,                                                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                  offer prices and today's quotations known to the
tion of the market in cereals (! ), as last amended by              Commission that the levies at present in force should
Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular
                                                                    be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2510/78 (3) and subsequent amending                                            Article 1
Regulations ;
                                                                    The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                 Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 annexed to this Regulation .
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                          Article 2
     their effective parity ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the               This Regulation shall enter into force on           22
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each               November 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 21 November 1978 .
                                                                               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 301 , 28 . 10. 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 21 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals
                                       and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                          (u.a./tonne)
                               CCT
                              heading                             Description                             Levies
                                No
                       10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                               80.43
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                           120.96 ( ! ) (5)
                       10.02                    Rye                                                    80.58 (6)
                       10.03                    Barley                                                 87.36
                       10.04                    Oats                                                   79.56
                       10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                                 79.09 (2) (3)
                       10.07    A               Buckwheat                                               1.61
                       10.07    B               Millet                                                 56.96 (4)
                       10.07    C               Grain sorghum                                          77-95 (4)
                       10.07    D               Canary seed ; other cereals                             0     (5).
                       11.01    A               Wheat or meslin flour                                 123.80
                       11.01 B                  Rye flour                                             124-00
                       11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                           198-39
                       11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                          133-15
                      (') where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                           Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u.a./tonne .
                      (2) where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­
                           ments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./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 1.50 u.a./ 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 0.50 u.a./ tonne .
                      (') 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 .