CELEX: 31977R0637
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 637/77 of 28 March 1977 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

No L 80 / 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 3 . 77
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 637 / 77
                                                         of 28 March 1977
                                    fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       amount of the fixed component and , in respect of
COMMUNITIES,                                                         some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
                                                                     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' (4 ) ;
 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,
                                                                     levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 Regulation ( EEC) No 31 38 /76 (-'), and in particular
Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other, at aiiy given moment,
                                                                         within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                             on their effective parity ;
Committee ,
                                                                    — 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 vari­                 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                   Whereas, in accordance with Article IS ( 1 ) of Regula­
compound feedingstuffs on their prime costs should                  tion ( EEC) No 2727/ 75 the nomenclature provided for
be determined , in pursuance of Article 4 of Council
                                                                     in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Regulation ( EEC) No 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on                  Customs Tariff,
the system to be applied to cereal-based compound
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 6f the threshold
price for the basic products in question ruling during
the month of importation ;
                                                                                             Art iclc 1
Whereas the levy thus determined , increased by the                 The import levies to be charged on the compound
fixed component, is valid for one month ; whereas the               feedingstuffs covered by Regulation ( EEC) No
amount of the fixed component of the levy is speci­                 2727/75 and subject to Regulation ( EEC) No 2743/75
fied in Article 6 of 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                                   . Artiiic 2
relating to them in respect of certain products
processed from cereals must be reduced by the
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on I April
                                                                     1977 .
(■) OJ No L 281 , I. II . 1975 , p. I.
(') OJ No L 354, 24 . 12 . 1976, p. I.
(J ) OJ No L 2 « I , I. I I. 1975 , p. 60 .                         0 OJ No L 85 , 31 . 3 . 1976 , p. 2 .
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                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 March 1977 .
                                                                                   For the Cam mission
                                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                               ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 28 March 1977 fixing the import levies on compound
                                                            feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                              (tt.i i./tonnij
                                                                                                                     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                                                        18-24             9-24
23.07 B 1 a) 2           — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                             products                                                                     462-84            453-84
                         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                                                        37-88            28-88
23.07 B I b) 2           — Containing 10% or more but less than 50 % by wight of milk
                             products                                                                     482-48            473-48
                         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                                                        66-75            57-75
23.07 B 1 c) 2           — Containing 10% or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                             products                                                                     5 1 1 -35         502-35