CELEX: 31978R2663
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2663/78 of 14 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

15. 11 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 321 / 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2663/78
                                                     of 14 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
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular               be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 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           15
     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, 14 November 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(») 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 14 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                                 79.20
                        10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                           1 20-96 (•) (5)
                       10.02                     Rye                                                     80.58 (')
                       10.03                     Barley                                                  85-52
                        10.04                    Oats                                                    79.56
                        10.05 B                  Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                                 sowing                                                  79.09 (2) (3)
                        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                                 121.43
                        11.01 B                  Rye flour                                             124.00
                        1 1 .02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                           198.39
                        11.02 A lb)              Common wheat groats and meal                          130.59
                       (') 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^./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 .