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( 1 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 156 , 14 . 6 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 156 , 14 . 6 . 1978 , P . 2 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 34 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/78

OF 26 JUNE 1978

FIXING , FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR , THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR CEREALS AND FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF FLOUR , GROATS AND MEAL

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1254/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 ( 5 ) AND ( 6 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 PROVIDES THAT THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR THE PRINCIPAL CEREALS MUST BE FIXED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SELLING PRICE FOR THE IMPORTED PRODUCT ON THE DUISBURG MARKET IS THE SAME AS THE TARGET PRICE ; WHEREAS THIS IS ACHIEVED BY DEDUCTING FROM THE TARGET PRICE THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSPORT COSTS BETWEEN ROTTERDAM AND DUISBURG , TRANSHIPMENT CHARGES AT ROTTERDAM AND A TRADING MARGIN ; WHEREAS THE TARGET PRICES HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1255/78 ( 3 );

WHEREAS THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR OTHER CEREALS FOR WHICH NO TARGET PRICE IS FIXED MUST , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 , BE SO DETERMINED THAT THE TARGET PRICE FOR THE PRINCIPAL CEREALS IN COMPETITION WITH THESE PRODUCTS MAY BE REACHED ON THE DUISBURG MARKET ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 5 ( 5 ) OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR WHEAT FLOUR , MESLIN FLOUR AND RYE FLOUR , AND FOR WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL , MUST BE FIXED ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND FOR THE STANDARD QUALITIES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 6 , 7 , 8 AND 9 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2734/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ( 4 ); WHEREAS THE CALCULATIONS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE RULES GIVE THE PRICES SHOWN BELOW ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR CEREALS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR , THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ARTICLE 1 ( A ), ( B ) AND ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

// // U.A./TONNE //

COMMON WHEAT AND MESLIN // 159.40 //

RYE // 152.15 //

BARLEY // 144.25 //

MAIZE // 144.25 //

DURUM WHEAT // 221.30 //

OATS // 138.75 //

BUCKWHEAT // 142.00 //

SORGHUM // 142.00 //

MILLET // 142.00 //

CANARY SEED // 142.00 //

WHEAT AND MESLIN FLOUR // 245.30 //

RYE FLOUR // 237.00 //

COMMON WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL // 264.90 //

DURUM WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL // 350.90 //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 AUGUST 1978 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 JUNE 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT