CELEX: 31978R0657
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-04
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 657/78 of 3 April 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 657 /78
                                                          of 3 April 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 4 April
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, 3 April 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
( 1 ) 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 3 April 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                                85.92
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                           132.16 (!) (5 )
                      10.02                    Rye                                                     78.91 (*)
                      10.03                    Barley                                                  80-52
                      10.04                    Oats                                                    77.08
                      10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                                  71-85 (2) (3)
                      10.07    A               Buckwheat                                                0
                      10.07    B               Millet                                                  78-82 (4)
                      10.07    C               Grain sorghum                                           82-56 («)
                      10.07    D               Canary seed ; other cereals                              o     e)
                      11.01    A               Wheat or meslin flour                                  132-22
                      11.01    B               Rye flour                                              122.39
                      11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                           215.94
                      11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                           141-40
                      ') 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 .
                      ') 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 .