CELEX: 31978R2581
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2581/78 of 3 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

4. 11 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 310/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2581 /78
                                                    of 3 November 1978
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        currencies referred to in the previous subpara­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          graph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded
Economic Community,                                               from 1 to 3 November 1978 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the
tion of the market in cereals (!), as last amended by             offer prices and today's quotations known to the
Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular               Commission that the levies at present in force should
Article 13(5) thereof,                                            be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion (EEC) No 2510/78 (3) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;                                                                             Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :              The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                  Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in               2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
     relation to each other at any given moment within            annexed to this Regulation.
     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their effective parity ;                                                             Article 2
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each             This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November
     of these currencies in relation to the Community              1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 3 November 1978 .
                                                                            For the Commtsston
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
 (}) OJ No L 301 , 28 . 10. 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 3 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                         on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                         (u.a./tonne)
                              CCT
                             heading                             Description                             Levies
                               No
                      10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                               8014
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                           123.33 (1)(s)
                      10.02                    Rye                                                    82.04 (')
                      10.03                    Barley                                                 86.22
                      10.04                    Oats                                                   76.52
                      10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                                 79.09 (2) (J)
                      10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                               2.70
                      10.07 B                  Millet                                                 47-67 (<)
                      10.07 C                  Grain sorghum                                          77-95 (<)
                      10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                             0 (*)
                      11.01 A                  Wheat or meslin flour                                 123.39
                      11.01 B                  Rye flour                                             126.04
                       11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                           202-06
                       11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                          132.71
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                          Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u.a./tonne.
                      (2) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­
                          ments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./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 1.50 u.a./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 0.50 u.a./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 .