CELEX: 31979R1558
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1558/79 of 25 July 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26. 7. 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 188 / 15
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1558/79
                                                        of 25 July 1979
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
COMMUNITIES,                                                          relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 their effective parity ;
Economic Community,
                                                                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    of these currencies in relation to the Community
tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by                 currencies referred to in the previous subpara­
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular                    graph ;
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                 for the period 18 to 24 July 1979 ;
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to            Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2724/78 to today's
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,              that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2724/78 (5) and subsequent amending                                          Article 1
Regulations ;
                                                                  The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29                  Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
March 1979 (6) laid down the coefficient for                      2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
ECU ;                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,               This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 July
levies should be calculated on the following basis :               1979 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 25 July 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 ;
(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62.
(4) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. t
(s) OJ No L 329, 24. 11 . 1978, p. 1 .
(b) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p . 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 25 July 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                             82.60
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                         119.88 (')(5)
                       10.02                   Rye                                                   63.73 (6)
                       10.03                    Barley                                               72.93
                       10.04                   Oats                                                  87.96
                       10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                                80-80 (2) (3)
                       10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                              2.41
                       10.07 B                 Millet                                                41-23 (4)
                       10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                         78-81 (4)
                       10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                             0      (5)
                       11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                                130-42
                       11.01 B                 Rye flour                                            103.00
                       1 1 .02 A I a)          Durum wheat groats and meal                         200.15
                       11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                         138.71
                        ') 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 (or 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 .
                       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 .