CELEX: 31978R0617
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 617/78 of 30 March 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 84/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           31 . 3 . 78
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 617/78
                                                       of 30 March 1978
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     offer prices and today s quotations known to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                       Commission that the levies at present in force should
                                                                   be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
                                                                                           Article 1
tion of the market in cereals ( !), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in particular                 The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                           Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­             annexed to this Regulation .
tion (EEC) No 1 729/77 (3) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;                                                                              Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying the provisions                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March
contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1729/77 to the                    1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 March 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
 (!) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L 191 , 30. 7. 1977, p. 5.
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 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                                87.89
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                            11642 (>) (5)
                       10.02                    Rye                                                     77.45 ( 6)
                       10.03                    Barley                                                  81.34
                       10.04                    Oats                                                    76.27
                       10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                sowing                                                  72-02 (2) (3)
                       10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                                0
                       10.07 B                  Millet                                                  78-82 (4)
                       10.07 C                  Grain sorghum                                           81.10 («)
                       10.07 D                  Canary seed ; other cereals                              0     P)
                       11.01 A                  Wheat or meslin flour                                  134.83
                       11.01 B                  Rye flour                                              120.20
                       1 1 .02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                            191.50
                       11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                           144-39
                        ') 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 .
                       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 0.50 u.a./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 .