CELEX: 31979R1278
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1278/79 of 28 June 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 161 / 26                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            29 . 6 . 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1278/79
                                                          of 28 June 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 (*), 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 29 June
ECU ;                                                               1979 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 June 1979 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
( i) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2   OJ No  L  156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No  L 329, 24. 11 . 1978, p. 1 .
(<)  OJ No  L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                             wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                        (F.CU/ton m)
                                 CCT
                              heading                           Description                              Levies
                                  No
                       10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                            70-14
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        123-34 0(5)
                       10.02                    Rye                                                 75-1 1 (6)
                       10.03                    Barley                                              76-29
                       10.04                    Oats                                                86-82
                       10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                              76-07 0(3)
                       10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                             4-06
                       10.07 B                  Millet                                              62-84 («)
                       10.07 C                  Grain sorghum                                       78-80 (4)
                       10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                           0      (5)
                       11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                               112-97
                       11.01 B                  Rye flour                                          119-93
                       11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                       204-73
                       11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                       119-87
                      (') 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 maiie originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is
                           reduced by 1-81 ECU /tonne .
                      (*) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community
                           the levy is reduced by SO % .
                      (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 .