CELEX: 31991R2108
Language: en
Date: 1991-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2108/91 of 17 July 1991 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

18 . 7. 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 195/37
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2108/91
                                                          of 17 July 1991
                       altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Economic Community,                                                     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of. Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1676/85,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                      for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Portugal,                                                               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                        Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                    16 July 1991 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,           calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                    coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and             from the average levy by more than ECU 3,02 per tonne
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the            of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
common agricultural policy (^ as last amended by Regu­              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (u), as last
lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (6), and in particular Article 3            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (12), the levies
thereof,
                                                                    at present in force must therefore be altered to the
                                                                    amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on products processed from
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1886/91 (7), as last amended by Regulation                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 2074/91 8) ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9)
amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as
regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10,                   The import levies to be charged on products processed
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 :                                      from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1886/91 are hereby altered to the amounts set
                                                                    out in the Annex.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
 ') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 2) OJ  No L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23 .                                                      Article 2
 3) OJ  No L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 4) OJ  No L 177,  24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
 5) OJ  No L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 6) OJ  No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 July 1991 .
 j OJ No L 168, 29. 6. 1991 , p. 88.
 8) OJ No L 191 , 16. 7. 1991 , p. 30 .
 9) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 49.                                (") OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
 10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65 .                           H OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 17 July 1991 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 17 July 1991 altering the import levies on products
                                                  processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                    (ECU/ tonne)
                                                                                  Import levies
                             CN code                                                                 Third countries
                                                               ACP or OCT                               (other than
                                                                                                     ACP or OCT) (8)
                           0714 10 10 (>)                          133,37                                  140,02
                           0714 10 91                              1 37,00 (3)0                            137,00
                           0714 10 99                              135,19                                  140,02
                           0714 90 11                              1 37,00 (3)0                            137,00
                           0714 90 19                              135,19 (3)                              140,02
                           1102 90 10                              246,60                                 252,64
                           1103 19 30                              246,60                                 252,64
                           1103 29 20                              246,60                                 252,64
                           1104 11 10                              139,74                                 142,76
                           1104 11 90                              274,00                                 280,04
                           110421 10                               219,20                                 222,22
                           1104 21 30                              219,20                                 222,22
                           1104 21 50                              342,50                                 348,54
                           1104 21 90                              139,74                                 142,76
                           1106 20 10                              1 33,37 (3)                            140,02
                           1107 1091                               243,86                                 254,74 (2)
                           1107 10 99                              182,21                                 193,09
                           1107 20 00                             212,35                                  223,23 (2)
            (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
            (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) this levy is reduced
                by ECU 5,44 per tonne for products originating in Turkey.
            (3) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origina­
                ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                —   products falling within CN code ex 0714 10 91 ,
                —   products falling within CN code 0714 90 11 and arrow-root falling within CN code 0714 90 19,
                —   flours and meal of arrow-root falling within CN code 1106 20,
                —   arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1108 19 90.
            O In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levies are not applied to products imported directly into the
                French overseas departments originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries
                and territories.
            (8) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808/90 .