CELEX: 31979R0966
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 966/79 of 17 May 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

18 . 5. 79                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 122/ 1
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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 966/79
                                                          of 17 May 1979
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
COMMUNITIES,                                                         contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2724/78 to today's
                                                                     offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Economic Community,                                                  the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ( 1), as last amended by               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                                                     Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                  The import levies to be charged on products listed in
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­               Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
tion (EEC) No 2724/78 (3) and subsequent amending                    2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Regulations ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29                                             Article 2
March 1979 (4) laid down the coefficient for
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May
ECU :                                                                1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 May 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 .
(>) OJ  No  L 329, 24. 11 . 1978, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                           wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                              CCT
                                                              Description                              Levies
                             heading
                               No
                      10.01 A                 Common wheat, and meslin                             94.95
                      10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                        150-11 C )(5)
                      10.02                   Rye                                                101.51 (6)
                      10.03                   Barley                                             100-28
                      10.04                   Oats                                               100.81
                      10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                               89.69 (2) (3)
                      10.07    A              Buckwheat                                              0-76
                      10.07    B              Millet                                               95.67 («)
                      10.07    C              Grain sorghum                                        99-83 (4)
                      10.07    D              Canary seed ; other cereals                            0     (5)
                      11.01    A              Wheat or meslin flour                               147-53
                      11.01    B              Rye flour                                           156-70
                      11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                        246.18
                      11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                        157-40
                      ') 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 .