CELEX: 31977R1939
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1939/77 of 29 August 1977 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

30 . 8 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 221 / 11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1939/77
                                                      of 29 August 1977
                                 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    some of these products, by part of the vanable compo­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
                                                                  dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
 Economic Community,                                              resulting from the processing of agricultural products
                                                                  originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                  States or in the 'overseas countries and territories'^),
                                                                  as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 328/77 (5) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
 zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by          Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 Regulation (EEC) No 1386/76 (2), and in particular               levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       relation to each pther at any given moment within
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
 Committee,                                                            their effective parity ;
                                                                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the van­                of these currencies recorded for a given period in
able component of the import levy on compound                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
feedingstuffs are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of                 in the previous subparagraph ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas the incidence
of the levies applicable to the basic products of
compound feedingstuffs on their prime costs should                Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
be determined, in pursuance of Article 4 of Council               tion (EEC) No 2727/75 the nomenclature provided for
Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on                 in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
the system to be applied to cereal-based compound                 Customs Tariff,
feedingstuffs (3), on the basis of the average of the
levies applicable during the first 25 days of the month
preceding the month of importation to the quantities
of basic products considered to have been used in the
manufacture of such compound feedingstuffs, this                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
average being adjusted on the basis of the threshold
price for the basic products in question ruling during
the month of importation ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the levy thus determined, increased by the
fixed component, is valid for one month ; whereas the             The import levies to be charged on the compound
amount of the fixed component of the levy is speci­               feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No
fied in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 ;                2727/75 and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75
                                                                  are fixed hereby as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
                                                                  tion.
Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
interests of the African , Caribbean and Pacific States
or in the 'overseas countries and territories', the levy                                   Article 2
relating to them in respect of certain products
processed from cereals must be reduced by the
amount of the fixed component and, in respect of                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
                                                                   1977.
(<) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 158, 29. 6. 1977, p. 1 .                              (") OJ No L 85, 31 . 3. 1976, p. 2.
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60.                           (5) OJ No L 46, 18. 2. 1977, p. 1 .
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 August 1977.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 29 August 1977 fixing the import levies on compound
                                                         feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                           (u.a./tonne)
                                                                                                                 Levies
                                                                                                   Third countries
    CCT heading No                           Nomenclature in simplified wording                      (other than        ACP and
                                                                                                      ACP and             OCT
                                                                                                        OCT)
                        Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                        (EEC) No 968/68, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling
                        within subheadings 17.02 B and 17.05 B, or milk products (falling
                        within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04, and subheadings
                        17.02 A and 17.05 A) containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup :
                        Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch :
23.07 B I a) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                     21.84             12.84
23.07 B I a) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                            products                                                                   464.49           455.49
                        Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of
                        starch :
23.07 B I b) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                     49.14             40.14
23.07 B I b) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by wight of milk
                            products                                                                   491.79            482.79
                        Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch :
23.07 B I c) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                      89.28            80.28
23.07 B I c) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                            products                                                                   531.93            522.93