CELEX: 31979R2104
Language: en
Date: 1979-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2104/79 of 28 September 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

29. 9. 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 246/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2104/79
                                                    of 28 September 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 subpara­
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                     graph ;
tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                           27 September 1979 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                  Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to             contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                 offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                   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,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                                         Article 1
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,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                        Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                This Regulation shall enter into force on 29
    relation to each other at any given moment within              September 1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 September 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. 2353/ 62.
(«) 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 28 September 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals
                                      and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                              CCT                                                               I
                             heading                           Description                              Levies
                                No
                                          I                                                     I
                       10.01 A                Common wheat, and meslin                              73.39
                       10.01 B                Durum wheat                                           97.40 (•) (»)
                       10.02                  Rye                                                   50-23 (6)
                       10.03                  Barley                                                63-28
                       10.04                  Oats                                                  72-35
                       10.05 B                Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                                79.53 (2) (3)
                       10.07   A              Buckwheat                                               0
                       10.07   B              Millet                                                42-03 (4)
                       10.07   C              Grain sorghum                                         77-75 (4)
                       10.07   D              Canary seed ; other cereals                             0 p)
                       11.01   A              Wheat or meslin flour                               115.95
                       11.01   B              Rye flour                                             83.51
                       11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                         164-02
                       11.02 A lb)            Common wheat groats and meal                         125-00
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                          Community, the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU/tonne.
                      (') 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 .
                      (J) 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.
                      (6) 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 .