CELEX: 31979R2623
Language: en
Date: 1979-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2623/79 of 28 November 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

29 . 11 . 79                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 303/5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2623/79
                                                        of 28 November 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 ('), as last amended by                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                      27 November 1979 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular
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
                                                                      the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
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 29
      relation to each other at any given moment within               November 1979 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 November 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 .
(>)  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 28 November 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                             75.45
                        10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                         98.97 (») (5)
                        10.02                   Rye                                                  58.45 (6)
                        10.03                    Barley                                              64-72
                        10.04                   Oats                                                 72-51
                        10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                               82.46 (2) (3)
                        10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                              0
                        10.07 B                 Millet                                               43.93 (4)
                        10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                        76-51 (4)
                       10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                            0 f)
                       11.01 A                  Wheat or meslin flour                              119-20
                        11.01 B                 Rye flour                                            95.38
                        1 1 .02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                        166.57
                        11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                        128-08
                       (') 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 .