CELEX: 31979R2072
Language: en
Date: 1979-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2072/79 of 25 September 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2072/79
                                                      of 25 September 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 subpara­
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                       graph ;
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                             24 September 1979 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                    Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658/79 to today's
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                   offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                     the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                                           Article 1
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,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                          Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 26
     relation to each other at any given moment within               September 1979.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                Done at Brussels, 25 September 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 .
(3) 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 25 September 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                             71.60
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        101-52 (!) (5)
                      10.02                    Rye                                                  41.18 (6)
                      10.03                    Barley                                               62-22
                      10.04                    Oats                                                 71.77
                      10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                               80.80 (2) (3)
                      10.07      A             Buckwheat                                              0
                      10.07      B             Millet                                               40.79 (<)
                      10.07      C             Grain sorghum                                        76.83 (4)
                      10.07      D             Canary seed ; other cereals                            0     (5)
                      11.01      A             Wheat or meslin flour                               113.44
                      11.01      B             Rye flour                                            70.84
                      1 1 .02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                        170.41
                      11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                       122.29
                       ') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                           Community , the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU / tonne .
                       -) 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 I HI ECU /tonne.
                       *) 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 .