CELEX: 31977R1729
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/77 of 29 July 1977 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

30 . 7. 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 191 /5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1729/77
                                                         of 29 July 1977
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
COMMUNITIES,                                                        the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               other ports being adjusted, account being taken of the
Economic Community,                                                 corrections necessitated by the differences in transport
                                                                    charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
Regulation (EEC) No 1 386/77 (2), and in particular                 tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided
Article 13 (5) thereof,                                             for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                                    Customs Tariff ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that a levy must be                     levies should be calculated on the following basis :
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
(a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is
equal for each product to the threshold price less the                  relation to each other at any given moment within
cif price ;                                                             a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                        their effective parity ;
Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
for the 1977/78 marketing year by Regulations (EEC)                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
No 2734/75 (3), (EEC) No 11 52/77 (4), (EEC) No                         of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 1154/77 (5) and (EEC) No 1360/77(6);                                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices                   in the previous subparagraph ;
used to determine the levies, the Commission must
take into account the factors indicated in Regulation               Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions of
No 156/67/ EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation                   the abovementioned Regulations that the levies
(EEC) No 31 /76 (8), and in particular the most favou­              should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
rable purchasing opportunities on the world market                  tion ; whereas these levies should be altered only
among those which are most representative of the real               where variations in the components used to calculate
trend of the market, account being taken in particular              them would have the effect of increasing or reducing
of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to                  them by 0-60 unit of account or more,
cause abnormal disturbances on the Community
market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must
also be taken into account, whether this quality corres­
ponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations
(EEC) No 2731 /75 (9), as amended by Regulation                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 1156/77(1°), and (EEq No 2734/75, or
whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation
 No 158/67/EEC ( n ) as last amended by Regulation                                           Article 1
(EEC) No 1637/71 ( 12), and in Regulation No 159/
 67/ EEC ( 13) ;
                                                                    The import levies to be charged on the products listed
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
(2) OJ No L 158 , 29 . 6 . 1977, p. 1 .                             2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.
(4) OJ No L 136, 2. 6 . 1977, p . 3 .                               annexed to this Regulation .
(5 ) OJ No L 136, 2. 6 . 1977 , p . 8 .
(6) OJ No L 156, 25 . 6. 1977, p . 8 .
( 7) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2533 /67.
(8) OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p . 18 .                                                       Article 2
H OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 22.
(> °) OJ No 136, 2 . 6 . 1977, p . 11 .
(») OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2536/67.
 ( 12) OJ No L 170 , 29 . 7 . 1971 , p. 20 .                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
 (> 3) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2542/67 .                      1977 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 29 July 1977.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                               Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1977 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                                wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                              (u.aJtonne)
                                  CCT
                                                               Description of goods                          Import
                                heading                                                                        levy
                                   No
                         10.01 A                   Common wheat, and mesiin                               91-94
                         10.01 B                   Durum wheat                                          133-69 ( i ) (5)
                         10.02                     Rye                                                    751 1 (6)
                         10.03                     Barley                                                 73-79
                         10.04                     Oats                                                   65-32
                         10.05 B                   Maize other than hybrid maize for
                                                   sowing                                                 77-78 0(3)
                         10.07    A                Buckwheat                                               0
                         10.07     B               Millet                                                 75-72 (*)
                         10.07     C               Grain sorghum                                          77-88 («)
                         10.07     D               Canary seed ; other cereals                             0      (5)
                         11.01    A                Wheat or mesiin flour                                 139-48
                         11.01 B                   Rye Hour                                              115-90
                         1 1 .02 A I a             Durum wheat groats and meal                          217-97
                         1 1.02 Alb                Common wheat groats and meal                          150-64
                          ') 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 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 .
                          4 ) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Commu­
                              nity, 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 2754/75 and
                              Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2622/71 .