CELEX: 31978R2683
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2683/78 of 16 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

17. 11 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 323/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2683/78
                                                    of 16 November 1978
                  fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period in
COMMUNITIES,                                                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                      in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2510/78 to the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                offer prices and today's quotations known to the
tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by             Commission that the levies at present in force should
                                                                  be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
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 2510/78 (3) and subsequent amending                                         Article 1
Regulations ;
                                                                  The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                  Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
levies should be calculated on the following basis :              2727/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the table
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in               annexed to this Regulation.
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                       Article 2
     their effective parity ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the             This Regulation shall enter into force on           17
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each             November 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 16 November 1978 .
                                                                            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 L 301 , 28 . 10. 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 16 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                              80.43
                      10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                         120.96 (»)(*)
                      10.02                   Rye                                                   80.58 (')
                      10.03                   Barley                                                87.36
                      10.04                   Oats                                                  79.56
                      10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                                79.09 (2) (J)
                      10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                              1.61
                      10.07 B                 Millet                                                46-90 (<)
                      10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                         77.95 («)
                      10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                            0     (*)
                      11.01 A                 Wheat or meslin flour                                123.80
                      11.01 B                 Rye flour                                            124.00
                      11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                          198-39
                      11.02 A lb)             Common wheat groats and meal                         133.15
                      •) 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^./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.
                      ') 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 .