CELEX: 31977R0553
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 553/77 of 17 March 1977 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 71 /8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           18 . 3 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 553/77
                                                       of 17 March 1977
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    offer prices and today s quotations known to the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     Commission that the levies at present in force should
                                                                  be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                                    Article 1
 Regulation (EEC) No 3138/76 (2), and in particular               The import levies to be charged on products listed in
 Article 13(5) thereof,                                           Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye              2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­           annexed to this Regulation .
 tion (EEC) No 1 882/76 (3) and subsequent amending
 Regulations ;                                                                            Article 2
 Whereas it follows from applying the provisions                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 March
 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1882/76 to the                   1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 March 1977 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 354, 24 . 12. 1976, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 206, 31 . 7. 1976, p. 62.
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 17 March 1977 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                             wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                             (u.a./tonne)
                                CCT
                                                             Description of goods                           Levies
                              heading
                                 No
                       10.01 A                   Common wheat, and meslin                                8400
                       10.01 B                   Durum wheat                                           133.48 (')(5)
                       10.02                     Rye                                                     68.39 (')
                       10.03                     Barley                                                  46.51
                       10.04                     Oats                                                    43-29
                       10.05 B                   Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                 sowing                                                  55-79 (2) (3)
                       10.07     A               Buckwheat                                                0
                       10.07     B               Millet                                                  62-84 («)
                       10.07     C               Grain sorghum                                           65.47 (4)
                       10.07     D               Other cereals                                            0       (5)
                       11.01     A               Wheat or meslin flour                                  129.34
                        11.01    B               Rye flour                                              107.47
                        11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                           217.47
                        11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                           138.50
                       (') 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.
                       (') 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 2754/75 and
                            Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2622/71 .