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REGULATION No156/66/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of25October1966
ontheleviesonmixturesofcereals,riceandbrokenrice
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament1;
Whereas,toensuretheproperworkingofthelevy
systemapplicabletotradeincereals,riceandbroken
ricebetweentheMemberStatesandwiththird
countriesintroducedbyCouncilRegulationNo192
ontheprogressiveestablishment ofa.common
organisationofthemarketincerealsandCouncil
RegulationNo16/64/EEC3ontheprogressive
establishment ofacommonorganisation ofthe
marketinrice,suitablerulesshouldbeappliedto
tradeinmixturesofcereals,riceandbrokenrice;
Whereasthelevyonsuchmixturesresultsfromtheir
tariffclassification ,whichisnormallydeterminedin
accordancewiththegeneralrulesfortheinterpre­
tationoftheCommonCustomsTariff;1.Thelevyonmixturescomposedoftwoofthe
cerealslistedinArticle1(a)and(b)ofRegulation­
No19shallbethatapplicableto:
—themaincomponentbyweight,ifsuchcomponent
represents90%ormorebyweightofthemixture;
—thecomponentsubjecttothehigherlevy,where
neitherofthetwocomponentsrepresents90%
ormorebyweightofthemixture.-
2.Whereamixtureiscomposedofmorethan
twoofthecerealslistedinArticle1(a)and(b)of
RegulationNo19,andifseveralcerealseachrepre­
sentmorethan10%byweightofthemixture,the
levyonthismixtureshallbethehighestofthelevies
applicabletothesecereals,evenwherethelevyis
thesameformorethanoneofthem.
Whereonlyonecerealrepresentsmorethan10%
byweightofthemixture,thelevyshallbethat
applicabletothiscereal.
3.Inrespectofmixturescomposedofcerealslisted
inArticle1(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo19which
arenotcoveredbytheaboveprovisions,thelevy
appliedshallbethehighestoftheleviesapplicable
tothecerealsincludedinthemixture,evenwhere
thelevyisthesameformorethanoneofthem.Whereas,inthecaseofmixturesofcereals,riceand
brokenrice,thetariffclassificationmaygiveriseto
difficultiesifdeterminedinaccordancewiththese
rules;whereasinfactsuchclassification sometimes
resultsinalowlevybeingchargedonmixtures
which,however,containasubstantialproportionof
productssubjecttoahighlevy;
Whereas,inordertoavoidsuchdifficulties,special
provisionsshouldbeadoptedfordeterminingthe
levyonmixturesofcereals,riceandbrokenrice;Article2
1.Thelevyonmixturescomposedofoneormore
ofthecerealslistedinArticle1(a)and(b)ofRegu­
lationNo19andofoneormoreoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo16/
64/EECshallbethatapplicabletothecomponent
subjecttothehighestlevy.1OJNo130,19.7.1966,p.2464/66.
2OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.933/627
3OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.574/64.

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Article3
Wherethemethodofdeterminingthelevylaiddown
inArticles1and2cannotbeapplied,thelevyonthe
mixturescoveredbythisRegulationshallbethat
derivedfromthetariffclassification ofsuchmixtures.2.Thelevyonmixturescomposedeitherofriceof
severaldifferentgroupsorprocessingstagesorof
riceofoneormoredifferentgroupsorprocessing
stagesandofbrokenriceshallbethatapplicableto:
—themaincomponentbyweight,ifsuchcomponent
represents90%ormorebyweightofthemixture;
—thecomponentsubjecttothehighestlevy,where
noneofthecomponentrepresents90%ormore
byweightofthemixture.Article4
CouncilRegulationNo1391onleviesoncereal
mixturesisherebyrepealed.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,25October1966.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.W.BIESHEUVEL
1OJNo122,21.11.1962,p.2729/62.