CELEX: 31979R2718
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2718/79 of 4 December 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 309/2                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            5 . 12 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2718 /79
                                                       of 4 December 1979
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           their effective parity ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Economic Community,                                                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                        of these currencies in relation to the Community
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals (J ), as last amended by             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                3 December 1979 ;
 Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                           Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                  contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's
 value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to             offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                 that the levies at present in force should be altered to
 tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation, (EEC)             the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Committee,
                                                                                             Article 1
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­             The import levies to be charged on products listed in
 tion (EEC) No 1 658/79 (5) and subsequent amending                 Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 Regulations ;                                                      2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                                            Article 2
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December
     relation to each other at any given moment within              1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 December 1979 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(■) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 188 , 26. 7. 1979 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62.
(4) OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  L 193, 1 . 8 . 1979, p. 5.
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                                                             ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 4 December 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                             79-87
                     10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                         104.84 OH5)
                     10.02                    Rye                                                  64-1 2 (6)
                     10.03                    Barley                                               69.31
                     10.04                    Oats                                                 76-80
                     10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                               87.15 (2)(3)
                     10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                              4-14
                     10.07 B                 Millet                                                48-26 (4)
                     10.07 C                  Grain sorghum                                        80.80 (4)
                     10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                            0      (5)
                     11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                                125-57
                     11.01 B                 Rye flour                                            103.50
                     1 1 .02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                         175-73
                     11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                         134-75
                      ') 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 .