CELEX: 31976R1882
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1882/76 of 30 July 1976 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 206/ 62                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 7. 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1882/76
                                                         of 30 July 1976
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
COMMUNITIES,                                                       the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
                                                                   other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
Economic Community,                                                charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided
Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 43/76 (2), and in particular                for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                             Customs Tariff ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                         Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                    levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1                  relation to each other, at any given moment,
(a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is
                                                                        within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
equal for each .product to the threshold price less the                 on their effective parity ;
cif price ;
                                                                   — for. other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
for the 1976/77 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
No 2734/75 (3), (EEC) No 11 50/76 (4), (EEC) No                         in the previous subparagraph ;
1619/76 (5) and (EEC) No 1 725/76 (6) ;
Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices               Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of
used to determine the levies, the Commission must                   the abovementioned Regulations that the levies
take into account the factors indicated in Regulation               should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
No 1 56/67/ EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation                  tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only
(EEC) No 31 /76 (8), and in particular the most favou­              where variations in the components used to calculate
rable purchasing opportunities on the world market                  them would have the effect of increasing or reducing
among those' which are most representative of the real              them by 0*60 unit of account or more,
trend of the market, account being taken in particular
of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to
cause abnormal disturbances on the Community
market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must
also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations
(EEC) No 2731 /75 (9) and (EEC) No 2734/75, or
whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation
                                                                                            Article 1
No 158/67/ EEC ( 10) as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1637/71 ("), and in Regulation No 159/
67/EEC ( ,2) ;                                                      The import levies to be charged on the products listed
                                                                    in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
(<) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
(A OJ No L 130, 19. 5. 1976, p. 1 .                                 annexed to this Regulation .
(3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.
(4) OJ No L - 1 30 , 19 . 5 . 1976, p. 15.
(5 ) OJ No L 180 , 6 . 7 . 1976, p. 1 .
(6) OJ No L 193 , 17. 7. 1976, p. 18 .
(7) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2533/67.                                                 Article 2
(8) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
 9 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
( 10) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2536/67 .
(") OJ No L 170, 29. 7. 1971 , p. 20.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
(») OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.                              1976 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at . Brussels, .30 July 1976.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                              P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX          .
            to the . Commission Regulation of 30 July 1976 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                              . wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                        (u.a. / metric ton)
                                   CCT
                                                  .             Description of goods                      ' Import "
                                heading­                                                                        levy '
                            3     . No .
                          10.01 A                 Common wheat and meslin •                              45.38
                          10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                            82.64 (•) (5)
                          10.02                   Rye                                                    31.32 (6) .
                          10.03                   Barley                                                 20.94
                          10.04                   Oats                                                   13.86
                          10.05 B                 Maize other than hybrid maize for
                                                     sowing                                              30.56 (2)(3)
                          10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                                3.80
                          10.07 B                 Millet                                                 32.59 (<)
                          10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                          37.83 (4)
                          10.07     D             Canary seed ; other cereals                              0 >)
                          11.01     A             Wheat or meslin flour                                  74.28
                          11.01     B          ,  Rye flour                                              54.58
                          14 .02    A I a         Durum wheat groats and meal                           138.85
                          11.02 Alb               Common wheat groats and meal                           80.23
                         (') 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
                           M 706/76.                                                                                        .
                         (s) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is
                              reduced by 1-50 u.a./metric ton .
                         C) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community- '
                              the levy is reduced by 50 % .                              .                         .          .
                         (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
                            r country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/75 and
                              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .