CELEX: 31983R2158
Language: en
Date: 1983-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2158/83 of 29 July 1983 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt

No L 206/50                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               30. 7. 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2158/83
                                                       of 29 July 1983
                fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on cereals, flour and malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   imports to be effected during the last two months for
COMMUNITIES,                                                     which the import licence is valid, this price must be
                                                                 the cif price for shipment during the month preceding
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            the month in which importation is expected to take
Economic Community,                                              place ;
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29               Whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment
October 1975 on the common organization of the                   during the month preceding the month in which
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation             importation is expected to take place in the case of
(EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular Article 15(6)           imports to be effected during the last two months for
thereof,                                                         which the import licence is valid ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif price
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to           determined on the day on which the premiums are
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­               fixed is equal to the cif forward delivery price or
tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            exceeds that price by not more than 0,151 ECU per
No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,             tonne ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a
Committee,                                                       higher level in exceptional circumstances and within
                                                                 certain specific limits ;
Whereas the scale of premiums to be added to the
import levies fixed in advance for cereals must include          Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
a premium for the current month and a premium for                 No 1579/74 of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for
each of the three following months ; whereas the                 calculating the import levy on products processed
amount of each premium must be the same                           from cereals and rice and for the advance fixing of this
throughout the Community ;                                        levy for these products and for compound feeding­
                                                                  stuffs manufactured from cereals (6), as last amended by
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2745/75 of 29                 Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 Q, provides for the
October 1975 (^ laid down rules for the advance fixing            addition of a premium to the levy fixed in advance for
of levies on cereals ;                                            products falling within tariff heading No 11.07 ;
                                                                  whereas this premium is, per 100 kilograms of
Whereas, under the terms of that Regulation, where                processed product, equal to the premium applicable
the cif price for a cereal determined on the day on               on the day of application for an import licence to the
which the scale of premiums is fixed is higher than               quantity of basic product taken as a basis for the calcu­
the cif forward delivery price for that cereal, the scale         lation of the variable component of the levy ;
of the premium should as a general rule be equal to
the difference between these two prices ; whereas the             Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
cif price is that determined in accordance with Article           No 971 /73 of 9 April 1973 on the advance fixing of
 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the day on                  the levy on wheat and meslin flour (8), a premium is
which the scale of premiums is fixed ; whereas the cif            added to the levy fixed in advance for the products
forward delivery price is also determined in accordance           falling under subheading 11.01 A referred to in Article
with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 but                 1 (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas this
 on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this         premium is, per tonne of processed product, equal to
 price must be the cif price for shipment during the              the premium applicable on the date of application for
 month in which the import licence is issued in the               an import licence for the basic product, account being
 case of imports to be effected during that month ;                taken of the quantity of the basic cereal required for
 whereas, in the case of imports to be effected during             the production of one tonne of flour ;
 the month following the month in which the import                 Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
 licence is issued, this price must be the cif price for           tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
 shipment during that month ; whereas, in the case of              in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                                   Customs Tariff ;
 (') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No  L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                       (6) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
 (*) OJ No  L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
 o   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 76.                           8 OJ No L 95, 11 . 4. 1973 , p . 10 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,          hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should
levies should be calculated on the following basis :         be altered only if application of the abovementioned
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in          provisions entails a change of more than 0,151 ECU,
    relation to each other at any given moment within
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    their central rate,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                Article 1
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies recorded for a given period in          The premiums referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
    relation to the Community currencies referred to         (EEC) No 2727/75 to be added to the import levies
    in the previous indent ;                                 fixed in advance in respect of cereals and malt shall be
                                                             as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
28 July 1983 ;                                                                       Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex          1983 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 July 1983 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1983 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                          import levies on cereals, flour and malt
                                                       A. Cereals and flour
                                                                                                                            (ECU/tonne)
      CCT                                                                     Current        1st period      2nd period    3rd period
    heading                           Description
       No                                                                       8                 9               10            11
10.01 B I         Common wheat, and meslin                                      0                 0               0             0
10.01 B II        Durum wheat                                                   0               2,32            2,32            0
10.02             Rye                                                           0                 0               0             0
10.03             Barley                                                        0                 0               0             0
10.04             Oats                                                          0                 0               0             0
10.05 B           Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                     0               4,32            4,32          8,03
10.07 A           Buckwheat                                                     0                 0               0             0
10.07 B           Millet                                                        0                 0               0             0
10.07 C           Grain sorghum                                                 0                 0               0             0
10.07 D           Other cereals                                                 0                0                0             0
11.01 A           Wheat or meslin flour                                         0                0                0             0
                                                               B. Malt
                                                                                                                            (ECU/tonne)
     CCT                                                               Current     1st period     2nd period    3rd period  4th period
    heading                        Description
      No                                                                 8             9              10             11          12
11.07 A I (a)     Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the
                  form of flour                                          0             0              0              0           0
11.07 A 1(b)      Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other
                  than in the form of flour                              0             0              0              0           0
11.07 A II (a)    Unroasted malt, other than       that obtained
                  from wheat, in the form of     flour                   0             0              0              0           0
11.07 A 11(b)     Unroasted malt, other than      that obtained
                  from wheat, other than in the  form of flour           0             0              0              0           0
11.07 B           Roasted malt                                           0             0              0              0           0