CELEX: 31974R2016
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2016/74 of the Commission of 31 July 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

1 . 8 . 74                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 210/ 1
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                                                     (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    REGULATION ( EEC) No 2016/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                   of 31 July 1974
                        fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                               taken into account, whether this quality corresponds
  COMMUNITIES,                                                                to the standard quality fixed in Regulations ( EEC) No
                                                                              768/ 69 (9) and ( EEC) No 1397/ 69, or whether adjust­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       ments need to be made by applying the coefficients of
  Economic Community ;                                                        equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158 /
                                                                              67/ EEC ( 10), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                                  1637/71 ("), and in Regulation No 1 59 / 67/ EEC ('-) ;
  67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
  lation ( EEC) No 1 996/74 (-'), and in particular Article                   Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
                                                                              the basis of the abovementioned elements , offers for
   1 3 ( 5) thereof ;
                                                                              other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
  Committee ;                                                                 charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article                     13(1 ) of      Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
 Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC stipulates that a               levy must         tion No 120 /67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided for
 be charged on imports of the products                        listed in       in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
 Article I (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation              ; whereas         Customs Tariff ;
 the levy is equal for each product to the                   threshold
 price less the cif price ;
                                                                              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat                       levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal , were fixed
 for the 1 974/75 marketing year by Regulations ( EEC)                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 No 1397/ 69 (3 ), ( EEC) No 11 27/74 (4 ), (EEC) No                                relation to each other, at any given moment,
  1427/74 (3 ) and ( EEC) No 1 670 /74 (6);                                         within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                                    on their effective parity ;
 Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
 used to determine the levies, the Commission must                            — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 take into account the factors indicated in Regulation                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 No 1 56/67/ EEC ( 7), as amended by Regulation ( EEC)                              of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
 No 1607/71 (s ), and in particular the most favourable                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
 purchasing opportunities on the world market among                                 in the previous subparagraph ;
 those which are most representative of the real trend
 of the market, account being taken in particular of the                     Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of
 need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause                            the abovementioned Regulations that the levies
 abnormal disturbances on the Community market ;                              should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
 whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be                        tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only
                                                                             where variations in the components used to calculate
(') 0 | No 117 , 19 . 6 . W67, p . 2269/ 67 .                                 them would have the effect of increasing or reducing
   -) OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. I.                                     them by 0-60 unit of account or more ,
       O'l No L   179,    21 . 7. 1969, p. 6.
  4 ) O'l No L    1 2X ,  10 . v 1974 , p. | 5 .
  ■s ) O'l No 1.  151 ,   8 . 6. 1974, p. 1 .                                (") Ol No I. 100 , 28 . 4 . 1969 , p. 8 .
  ") O'l No I.    1 7\    29 . 6. 1974, p. 71 .                              ( I0 ) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2536/ 67 .
   7) O'l No 1 28 , 27 . 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                                (") O'l No I. 170, 29 . 7 . 1971 , p. 20 .
( s ) Ol No 1. 168 , r .          1971 , p. 16 .                             ('•') O'l No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2 542/ 67 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
                                                            annexed to this Regulation .
                       Article 1
                                                                                  Article 2
The import levies to be charged on the products listed      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/         1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member .
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 31 July 1974.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                          on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                              CCT
                            heading                   Description of goods                        u. a. /ton
                                No
                      10.01 A              Common wheat and mesiin                             0
                      10.01 B              Durum wheat                                         o        on
                      10.02                Rye                                                 o        (5)
                      10.03                Barley                                              0
                      10.04                Oats                                                0
                      10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                           , for sowing                                        o       m
                      10.07 A              Buckwheat                                           0
                      10.07 B              Millet                                              0
                      10.07 C              Grain sorghum                                       0
                      10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                         0        («)
                      11.01 A              Wheat or mesiin flour                               0
                      11.01 B              Rye flour                                          14-83
                      11.02 Ala            Durum wheat groats and meal                         0
                      11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal                        0
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                          that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric ton .
                      (') Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                          French Overseas Departments, the levy in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                      (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                          the Community, the levy is reduced by 1 u . a ./metric ton .
                      (') Where 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 . /metric
                          ton .
                      (•) 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 1234/71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .