CELEX: 31978R2670
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/78 of 15 November 1978 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16. 11 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 322/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2670/78
                                                     of 15 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 ( J ), as last amended by            Commission that the levies at present in force should
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (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           16
     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, 15 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 15 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                                           120.96 (>)(5)
                       10.02                   Rye                                                     80.58 (6)
                       10.03                   Barley                                                  86-75
                       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 (4)
                       10.07   C               Grain sorghum                                           77-95 (4)
                       10.07   D               Canary seed ; other cereals                               o     e)
                       11.01   A               Wheat or meslin flour                                  122-72
                       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                           131-99
                       *) 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.
                       k) 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 .