CELEX: 31979R0947
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 947/79 of 15 May 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16. 5. 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 120/3
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 947179
                                                         of 15 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 (1), as last amended by              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular
Article 13(5) thereof,                                                                     Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                The import levies to be charged on products listed in
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­             Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
tion (EEC) No 2724/78 (3) and subsequent amending                  2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Regulations ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29                                           Article 2
March 1979 (4) laid down the coefficient for
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May
ECU ;                                                               1979 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 15 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 .
(J) OJ  No L 329, 24. 11 . 1978, p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 15 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                             94-95
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        1 53-06 (»)(»)
                      10.02                    Rye                                                101.51 (6)
                      10.03                    Barley                                             100-28
                      10.04                    Oats                                               100-81
                      10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                               87.96 (2) (3)
                      10.07     A              Buckwheat                                              0.76
                      10.07     B              Millet                                               95-67 (4)
                      10.07     C              Grain sorghum                                        99.83 (4)
                      10.07     D              Canary seed ; other cereals                            0     (5)
                      11.01     A              Wheat or meslin flour                              147-53
                      11.01     B              Rye flour                                          156.70
                      11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                        250-75
                      11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                       157.40
                      (') 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 .
                      (') 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 .