CELEX: 31974R0039
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 39/74 of the Commission of 7 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

8 . 1 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 6/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 39/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 7 January 1974
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                      in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                           Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­               offer prices and today's quotations known to the
lation ( EEC) No 1 346/73 (2 ), and in particular Article             Commission that the levies at present in force should
 13(5) thereof ;                                                      be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                             Article 1
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3 ) and subsequent amending                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
 Regulations ;                                                        in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                             Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based              This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January
      on their effective parity ;                                     1 974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 January 1974.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67.
 (2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .
 (3) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 7 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                        on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                             OCT
                           heading                    Description of goods                       u. a. / ton
                              No
                     10.01 A                Common wheal ami meslin                            0
                     10.01 II                Durum wheat                                       0       OH
                    10.02                    Rye                                                6-99 (5 )
                    10.01                    Barley                                            0
                    10.04                    Oats                                              0
                    10.05 B                  Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                      0        ( · )(»)
                    10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                         0
                    ¡0.07 B                  Millet                                            0
                     10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                     0
                     10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                       0        («)
                     I 1.01 A                Wheat or mesiin flour                             0
                     I 1.01 B                Rye flour                                        28-52
                     1 1.02 A I t            Durum wheat groats and meal                       0
                      I 1.02 A I b           Common wheat groats and meal                      0
                    (') Where durum wheat originating 111 Morocco is transported directly from
                         that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 it . a . /metric ton
                     (') Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                         Trench Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                     (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                          the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric toil .
                     (<) Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly
                         from that country lo the Community , the levy is reduced by (MO u . a . /metric
                         ton .
                    (») 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 1 234 /7 1 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .