CELEX: 31982R0480
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 480/82 of 26 February 1982 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

27. 2. 82                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 56/67
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 480/82
                                                    of 26 February 1982
                   altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                      these currencies in relation to the Community
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 25 February 1982 ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (2), and in particular               Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                          differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU
                                                                 per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (8), the
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization               levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of         the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4)
thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
tural policy (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                      Article 1
Having regard to the advice of the Monetary                      The import levies to be charged on products processed
Committee,                                                       from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the import levies on products processed from             2744/75 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No               1783/81 (10), as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
471 /82 0 ;                                                      No 471 /82, are hereby altered to the amounts set out
                                                                 in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                                       Article 2
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
     their central rate,                                         1982.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 February 1982.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37.
C)  OJ  No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
O   OJ  No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                       (•) OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(«) OJ   No L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .                          O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
Ç)  See  page 48 of this Official Journal.                       (10) OJ No L 176, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 10.
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 February 1982 altering the import levies on products
                                            processed from cereals and nee
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                           Import levies
                       CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                                                          ACP or OCT
                                                    (other than ACP or OCT)
           1 1.02 A II 0                                       85-87                         79-83
           1 1.02 B II b) 0                                    62-01                         58-99
           1 1.02 C II (J)                                    73-98                          70-96
           1 1.02 D II (2)                                    48-26                          45-24
           1 1.02 E II b) (2)                                  85-87                         79-83
           1 1.02 F II (2)                                     85-87                         79-83
           (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.