CELEX: 31974R0027
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 27/74 of the Commission of 4 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 27/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 4 January 1974
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                      in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                           Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­               offer prices and today's quotations known to the
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article               Commission that the levies at present in force should
 1 3 (5) thereof ;                                                    be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                              Article /
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (J) and subsequent amending                     The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Regulations ;                                                         in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                  annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies -which are maintained in
                                                                                            . Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based              This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 January
      on their effective parity ;                                     1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 January 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
(2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . .5 . 1973, p . 8 .
(3 ) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 1974 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                         on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                              cor
                            heading                    Description of goods                       it . a. / ton
                               No
                    10.01 Λ                  Common wheal and mesiin                            0
                    10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        o         (')(«)
                    10.02                    Rye                                                6-99 (5)
                    10.01                    Ba rlcy                                            0
                    ; o.o4                   Oats                                               0
                    10.05 u                  Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                for sowing                                      0         (*)(»*
                    10.07 A "                Buckwheat                                          0
                    i 0.07 B                 Millet                                             0
                    1 0.07 c                 Grain sorghum                                      0
                     10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                        0         («)
                     1 1 .0 1 A               Wheat or mesiin flour                             0
                     11.01 B                  Rye flour                                        28-52
                     1 1 . 02 A I .i          Durum wheat groats and meal                       0
                     I 1 .02 A 1 b           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 (MO 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 .