CELEX: 31985R2550
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2550/85 of 10 September 1985 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

11 . 9 . 85                               Official Journal of the Europeah Communities                        No L 242/25
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2550/85
                                                        of 10 September 1985
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             relation to each other at any given moment within
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
  Economic Community,                                                     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
                                                                          provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             No 974/71 (n) as last amended by Regulation
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                         (EEC) No 855/84 (12),
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 Article 14 (4) thereof,                                                  these currencies recorded over a given period in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                      in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
                                                                          cient ;
 of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 1025/84 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4)               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 thereof,                                                             9 September 1985 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on . the                  Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
 value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to               differs from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                   per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
 tural policy ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (,3) the
 No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                 levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
                                                                      the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to the advice of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the import levies on products processed from                                          Article 1
 cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                   The import levies to be charged on products processed
 2418/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
 2539/85 (8) ;                                                        2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1027/84 of                       1027/84, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
 31 March 1984 (9) as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  (EEC) No 2418/85 are hereby altered to the amounts
                                                                      set out in the Annex hereto .
 2744/75 (l0) as regards products falling within sub­
 heading 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;                                                Article 2
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                  This Regulation shall enter into force on            11
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 September 1985.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 10 September 1985.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
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 ---pagebreak--- No L 242/26                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11 . 9 . 85
                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 10 September 1985 altering the import levies on products
                                             processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
          I                                                                Import levies
                       CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                                                          ACP or OCT
                                                    (other than ACP or OCT)
          11.01 G (2)                                         122,03                         119,01
          11.02 A VII (2)                                     122,03                         119,01
          1 1.02 B II d) (2)                                  189,71                         186,69
          1 1.02 C VI (2)                                     189,71                         186,69
          1 1.02 D VI (2)                                     122,03                         119,01
          1 1 .02 E II d) 2 (2)                               216,06                         210,02
          1 1.02 F VII (2)                                    122,03                         119,01
          (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02
               and those falling within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02
               shall be those meeting the following specifications :
               — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry
                   matter, exceeding 45 % by weight,
               — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not
                   exceeding 1,6 % for rice, 2,5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats
                   and 2 % for other cereals .
               Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.