CELEX: 31979R1440
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1440/79 of 12 July 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

13 . 7. 79                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 176/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1440/79
                                                        of 12 July 1979
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
COMMUNITIES,                                                        contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2724/78 to today's
                                                                    offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               that the levies at present in force should be altered to
Economic Community,                                                 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion of the market in cereals (!), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,                                                                    Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                 The import levies to be charged on products listed in
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­              Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
tion (EEC) No 2724/78 (3) and subsequent amending                   2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Regulations ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29                                            Article 2
March 1979 (4) laid down the coefficient for
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July
ECU :                                                                1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 12 July 1979 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(A OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 329, 24. 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .
(<) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 12 July 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                            wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                               CCT
                             heading                           Description                              Levies
                                No
                      10.01 A                  Common wheat, and meslin                            75.42
                      10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                        118.61 (>) (5)
                      10.02                    Rye                                                 75-20 (')
                      10.03                    Barley                                              70-08
                      10.04                    Oats                                                85.60
                      10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                               sowing                                              77.80 (2) (3)
                      10.07    A               Buckwheat                                             0
                      10.07     B              Millet                                              60.71 (<)
                      10.07    C               Grain sorghum                                       74-75 (4)
                      10.07    D               Canary seed ; other cereals                           0      (»)
                      11.01    A              Wheat or meslin flour                               120.36
                      11.01    B               Rye flour                                          120.05
                      11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal                        197-40
                      11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                       127-85
                      ') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
                          Community, the levy is reduced by 0.60 ECU/ tonne .
                      2 ) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the French overseas depart­
                          ments the levy is reduced by 7.25 ECU / 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 1.81 ECU / 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 0.60 ECU/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 .