CELEX: 31979R1540
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1540/79 of 24 July 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

25 . 7 . 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 187/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1540/79
                                                           of 24 July 1979
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             relation to each other at any given moment within
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    a band of 2*25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 Economic Community,                                                      their effective parity ;
                                                                      — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                       of these currencies in relation to the Community
 tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                    currencies referred to in the previous subpara­
 Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular                       graph ;
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                    23 July 1979 ;
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                    Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2724/78 to today's
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                 offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
                                                                      that the levies at present in force should be altered to
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Committee,
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 2724/78 (5) and subsequent amending                                             Article 1
Regulations ;
                                                                      The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29                      Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
March 1979 (6) laid down the coefficient for                          2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
ECU ;                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 July
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                  1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 24 July 1979 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
0)  OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 156, 14. 6 . 1978 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(«) OJ   No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p . 1 .
(5) 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 24 July 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                            wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                              CCT
                                                                Description                             Levies
                             heading
                                No
                      10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                             79.89
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                         119.88 (1) (5)
                      10.02                    Rye                                                  63.73 (6)
                      10.03                    Barley                                               72-93
                      10.04                   Oats                                                  86-87
                      10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                                80-80 (2) (3)
                      10.07    A               Buckwheat                                              2.41
                      10.07    B              Millet                                                41-23 (")
                      10.07    C              Grain sorghum                                         76-20 (4)
                      10.07    D              Canary, seed ; other cereals                            0 (5)
                      11.01    A              Wheat or meslin flour                                126.62
                      11.01    B              Rye flour                                            103.00
                      1 1 .02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                         199-36
                      11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                         134.61
                       ') 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 maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is
                          reduced by 1.81 ECU/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 0.60 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 .