CELEX: 31978R2701
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2701/78 of 20 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

21 . 11 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 326/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2701 /78
                                                     of 20 November 1978
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                       in the previous subparagraph ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                               Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
                                                                   offer prices and today's quotations known to the
 tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by             Commission that the levies at present in force should
 Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular                be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
 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 2510/78 (3) and subsequent amending                                         Article 1
 Regulations ;
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :              2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                annexed to this Regulation.
      relation to each other at any given moment within
      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                       Article 2
     their effective parity ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 21
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each              November 1978 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 20 November 1978 .
                                                                             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 L 301 , 28 . 10. 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 20 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals
                                     and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                        (u.a/tonne)
                             CCT
                            heading                             Description                             Levies
                              No
                      10.01 A                 Common wheat, and meslin                               80.43
                      10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                          120.96 (1 ) (5)
                      10.02                   Rye                                                    80-58 («)
                      10.03                   Barley                                                 87.36
                      10.04                   Oats                                                   79-56
                      10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                                 79-0? (2) (*)
                      10.07   A               Buckwheat                                               1-61
                      10.07   B               Millet                                                 46.90 («)
                      10.07   C               Grain sorghum                                          77.95 («)
                      10.07   D               Canary seed ; other cereals                             0     (»)
                      11.01   A               Wheat or meslin flour                                 123.80
                      11.01   B               Rye flour                                             124-00
                      11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                           198.39
                      11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                          133.15
                      ') 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.
                      3) 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 .
                      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 .