CELEX: 31979R2157
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2157/79 of 3 October 1979 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

4 . 10 . 79                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 250/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2157/79
                                                      of 3 October 1979
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
COMMUNITIES,                                                           their effective parity ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Economic Community,                                                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                       of these currencies in relation to the Community
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          currencies referred to in the previous subpara­
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    graph ;
 tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
                                                                   Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular
                                                                   for the period 26 September to 2 October 1979 ;
Article 1 3 (5) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1658 /79 to today's
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
                                                                   offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              that the levies at present in force should be altered to
                                                                   the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Committee,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                                         Article 1
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­            The import levies to be charged on products listed in
 tion (EEC) No 1 658/79 (5) and subsequent amending                Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 Regulations ;                                                     2727/ 75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                       Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 October
     relation to each other at any given moment within             1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 3 October 1979 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
b) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
(5) OJ No L 193, 1 . 8 . 1979, p. 5 .
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 3 October 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                              71.64
                      10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                           81.00 (»)(S)
                      10.02                   Rye                                                   52-02 (6)
                      10.03                   Barley                                                62.59
                      10.04                   Oats                                                  73.00
                      10.05 B                 Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                              sowing                                                80.05 (2) (3)
                      10.07    A              Buckwheat                                               0
                      10.07    B              Millet                                                43-82 (4)
                      10.07    C              Grain sorghum                                         79.54 (4)
                      10.07    D              Canary seed ; other cereals                             0     (»)
                      11.01    A              Wheat or meslin flour                                113-68
                      11.01    B              Rye flour                                             86.20
                      11.02 A I a)            Durum wheat groats and meal                          138.66
                      1 1 .02 A I b)          Common wheat groats and meal                         122-34
                       ') 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 .