28.1.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL24/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No174/77
of27January1977
fixingtheimportleviesoncompoundfeedingstuffs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3138/76(2),andinparticular
Article14(4)thereof,amountofthefixedcomponentand,inrespectof
someoftheseproducts,bypartofthevariablecompo­
nent;whereasthisreductionmustbemadeinaccor­
dancewithArticle12ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No706/76of30March1976onthearrangements
applicabletoagriculturalproductsandcertaingoods
resultingfromtheprocessingofagriculturalproducts
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
Statesorinthe'overseascountriesandterritories'(4);
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle18(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2727/75thenomenclatureprovidedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff,HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
Whereastherulestobeappliedincalculatingthevari­
ablecomponentoftheimportlevyoncompound
feedingstuffsarelaiddowninArticle14(1)(A)of
Regulation (EEC)No2727/75;whereastheincidence
oftheleviesapplicabletothebasicproductsof
compoundfeedingstuffsontheirprimecostsshould
bedetermined ,inpursuanceofArticle4ofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No2743/75of29October1975on
thesystemtobeappliedtocereal-basedcompound
feedingstuffs (3),onthebasisoftheaverageofthe
leviesapplicableduringthefirst25daysofthemonth
precedingthemonthofimportationtothequantities
ofbasicproductsconsideredtohavebeenusedinthe
manufacture ofsuchcompoundfeedingstuffs ,this
averagebeingadjustedonthebasisofthethreshold
priceforthebasicproductsinquestionrulingduring
themonthofimportation ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereasthelevythusdetermined ,increasedbythe
fixedcomponent,isvalidforonemonth;whereasthe
amountofthefixedcomponentofthelevyisspeci­
fiedinArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No2743/75;Theimportleviestobechargedonthecompound
feedingstuffs coveredbyRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75andsubjecttoRegulation (EEC)No2743/75
arefixedherebyasshownintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion.
Article2Whereas,inorderthataccountmaybetakenofthe
interestsoftheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates
orinthe'overseascountriesandterritories',thelevy
relatingtotheminrespectofcertainproducts
processedfromcerealsmustbereducedbytheThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1977.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.60. OOJNoL85,31.3.1976,p.2.

NoL24/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.1.77
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27January1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27January1977fixingtheimportleviesoncompound
feedingstuffs
Leviesinu.a./tonne
CCTheadingNo Nomenclature insimplifiedwordingThirdcountries
(othrrthan
ACPor
OCT)ACPor
OCT
Preparations ofakindusedinanimalfeeding,coveredby
Regulation (EEC)No968/68,containingstarch,glucoseorglucose
syrupfallingwithinsubheadings17.02Band17.05B,ormilk
products(fallingwithinheadingNos04.01,04.02,04.03and04.04,
andsubheadings17.02Aand17.05A)containingstarch,glucose
orglucosesyrup:
Containingnostarchorcontaining10*/oorlessbyweightof
starch:
23.07BIa)1 i—Containingnomilkproductsorcontaininglessthan10*/oby
weightofsuchproducts17-66 8-66
23.07BIa)2—Containing10°/oormorebutlessthan50*/obyweightof
milkproducts
Containingmorethan10*/obutnotmorethan30*/obyweightof
starch:456-50 447-50
23.07BIb)1—Containingnomilkproductsorcontaininglessthan10%by
weightofsuchproducts36-07 27-07
23.07BIb)2—Containing10%ormorebutlessthan50*/obyweightofmilk
products
Containinginorethan30*/obyweightofstarch:474-91 465-91
23.07BIc)1—Containingnomilkproductsorcontaininglessthan10°/oby
weightofsuchproducts63-13 54-13
23.07BIc)2—Containing10*/oormorebutlessthan50e/obyweightofmilk
products501-97 492-97