29.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL357/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3175/76
of28December 1976
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)
No706/76.of30March1976onthearrangements
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
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
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
manufactureofsuchcompoundfeedingstuffs ,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.
Whereas,inorderthataccountmaybetakenofthe
interestsoftheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates
orinthe'overseascountriesandterritories',thelevy
relatingtotheminrespectofcertainproducts
processedfromcerealsmustbereducedbytheArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.60. (4)OJNoL85,31.3.1976,p.2.

NoL357/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.12.76
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Leviesinu.a./metricton
CCTheadingNo Nomenclature insimplifiedwordingThirdcountries
(otherthan
ACPand
OCT)ACPand
OCT
Preparations ofakindusedinanimalfeeding,covcredby
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—Containingnomilkproductsorcontaininglessthan10*/oby
weightofsuchproducts18-46 9-46
23.07BLa)2—Containing10%ormorebutlessthan50*/obyweightof
milkproducts
Containingmorethan10*/obutnotmorethan30·/#byweightof
starch:457-68 448-68
23.07BIb)1—Containingnomilkproductsorcontaininglessthan10e/oby
weightofsuchproducts38-58 29-58
23.07BIb)2—Containing10%ormorebutlessthan50e/obyweightofmilk
products
Containingmorethan30®/obyweightofstarch:477-80 468-80
23.07BIc)1—Containingnomilkproductsorcontaininglessthan10ü/oby
weightofsuchproducts68-15 59-15
23.07BIc)2—Containing10*/oormorebutlessthan50e/·byweightofmilk
products507-37 498-37