CELEX: 31982R0708
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 708/82 of 26 March 1982 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 708/82
                                                        of 26 March 1982
                     fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      from rice and for the advance fixing of this levy for
COMMUNITIES,                                                        these products and for compound feedingstuffs manu­
                                                                    factured from cereals f), as last amended by Regulation
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              (EEC) No 1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus
 Economic Community,                                                determined, increased by the fixed component is valid
                                                                    in general for one month but is altered where the levy
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       applicable to the basic product concerned differs by
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    not less than 3 02 ECU per tonne from the average of
                                                                    the levies calculated as described above ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (2), and in particular
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                             Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                 must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of            tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4)          processing ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (®),
thereof,                                                            as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (10), laid
                                                                    down certain transitional measures in respect of
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        starches ;
Committee,
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­            Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
able component of the import levy on products                       in Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accord­
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                    ance with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 ("), as last
Article 14 (1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1956/81 (12), the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ;               variable component of the levy on certain processed
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    products must be reduced by the incidence of the
2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export                 production refund granted in respect of basic products
system for products processed from cereals and rice (*),            intended for processing ;
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1783/81 (*),
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of these             Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
products of the levies applicable to their basic                    interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
products should be calculated on the basis of the                   and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
average of the levies applicable to these basic products
for the first 25 days of the month preceding that of                relating to them in respect of certain products
                                                                    processed from cereals must be reduced by the amount
importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on the
basis of the threshold price valid for the basic products           of the fixed component and, in respect of some of
in question during the month of importation is calcu­               these products, by part of the variable component ;
                                                                    whereas this reduction must be made in accordance
lated on the basis of the quantities of basic products
considered to have been used in the manufacture of                  with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the processed product or the competing product                      706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
which serves as a reference for processed products not              applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
containing cereals ;                                                resulting from the processing of agricultural products
                                                                    originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
                                                                    or in the overseas countries and territories (13), as last
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 279/80 (I4) ;
of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the
 import levy on products processed from cereals and
                                                                    0 OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
                                                                    («) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
fo OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37.                              H OJ No L 247, 23 . 9 . 1975, p. 22.
o   OJ  No  L  166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                            (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
H   OJ  No  L  291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.                          H OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p. 13 .
(*) OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                          H OJ No L 85, 31 . 3. 1976, p. 2.
(«) OJ  No  L  176,  1 . 7. 1981 , p. 10.                           H OJ No L 31 , 8 . 2. 1980, p. 1 .
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Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75          Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1784/81 incorporated
provides that the levy to be charged on the products          products within subheading 17.02 F II within the
listed in the Annex to that Regulation under subhead­         cereals sector ; whereas the coefficients for calculating
ing 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the date of          the levies on these products were defined in Regula­
entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967) annexed       tion (EEC) No 1783/81 ,
to the General Agreement on tariffs and trade to the
amount resulting from application of the rate of duty
bound within GATT ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within                                Article 1
     a band of 2*25 % , a rate of exchange based on the
     central rate,                                            The import levies to be charged on the products listed
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the         in Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of      in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
     these currencies recorded for a given period in          and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be
     relation to the Community currencies referred to         as set out in the Annex hereto.
     in the previous indent ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regula­
                                                                                      Article 2
tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Customs Tariff ;                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1982.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 March 1982.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1982 fixing the import levies on products
                                             processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                                                            Imports
                        CCT heading No                    Third countries
                                                                                    ACP or OCT
                                                    (other than ACP or OCT)
           07.06 A                                             12-54 (')               1 0-73 (■) 0
           11.01 C (2)                                        131-39                  125-35
           11.01 D (2)                                        107-27                  101-23
           11.01 E I o                                        178-77                  172-73
           11.01 E II (2)                                     100-90                   97-88
           11.01 F 0                                           35-46                   32-44
           11.01 G (2)                                         88-02                   85-00
           1 1.02 A II (2)                                     91-22                   85-18
           1 1.02 A III (2)                                   131-39                  125-35
           1 1.02 A IV (2)                                    107-27                  101-23
           1 1.02 A V a) 1 (2)                                147-75                  141-71
           1 1.02 A V a) 2 (2)                                178-77                  172-73
           1 1.02 A V b) (2)                                  100-90                   97-88
           1 1.02 A VI (2)                                     35-46                   32-44
           1 1.02 A VII (2)                                    88-02                   85-00
           1 1.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                114-44                  111-42
           1 1.02 B I a) 2 aa)                                 60-38                   57-36
           1 1 .02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                           104-25                  101-23
           11.02 B I b) 1 (2)                                 114-44                  111-42
           1 1.02 B I b) 2 (2)                                104-25                  101-23
           1 1.02 B II a) (2)                                 123Ό4                   120-02
           1 1.02 B II b) (2)                                  65-96                   62-94
           1 1.02 B II c) (2)                                 156-56                  153-54
           1 1.02 B II d) (2)                                 136-35                  133-33
           1 1.02 C I (2)                                     147-40                  144-38
           1 1.02 C II (2)                                     78-73                   75-71
           1 1.02 C III (2)                                   180-14                  174-10
           11.02 C IV (2)                                      93-00                   89-98
           1 1.02 C V (2)                                     156-56                  153-54
           1 1.02 C VI (2)                                    136-35                  133-33
           1 1.02 D I (2)                                      95-06                   92-04
           1 1.02 D II (2)                                     51-29                   48-27
           1 1.02 D III (2)                                    74-05                   71-03
           1 1.02 D IV (2)                                     60-38                   57-36
           11.02 D V (2)                                      100-90                   97-88
           1 1.02 D VI (2)                                     88-02                   85-00
           1 1.02 E I a) 1 (2)                                 74-05                   71-03
           1 1.02 E I a) 2 (2)                                 60-38                   57-36
           11.02 E lb) 1 (2)                                  145-32                  139-28
           1 1.02 E I b) 2 (2)                                118-52                  112-48
           1 1.02 E II a) (2)                                 168-47                  162-43
           1 1.02 E II b)(2)                                   91-22                   85-18
           1 1.02 E II c) (2)                                 178-77                  172-73
           11.02 E II d) 1 (2)                                 61-12                   55-08
           11.02 E II d) 2 (2)                                156-03                  149-99
           11.02 F I (2)                                      168-47                  162-43
           1 1.02  F II (2)                                    91-22                   85-18
           1 1.02  F III (2)                                  131-39                  125-35
           1 1.02  F IV (2)                                   107-27                  101-23
           1 1.02  F V (2)                                    178-77                  172-73
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                                                                                                         (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                Imports
                                                                                                               !
                         CCT heading No                      Third countries
                                                                                              ACP or OCT
                                                       (other than ACP or OCT)
            1 1.02 F VI Q                                          35-46                         32-44
             11.02 F VII (2)                                       88-02                         85-00
            1 1.02 G I                                             73-72                         67-68
            1 1.02 G II                                            78-01                         71-97
             1 1.04 C I                                            15-56                           8-91 Q
            1 1.04 C II a)                                       147-31                         123-13 0
            11.04 C II b)                                        175-05                         150-87 (Ó
            1 1.07 A I a)                                        171-51                         160-63
            1 1 .07 A I b)                                       130-90                         120-02
            1 1.07 A II a)                                       134-84 (4)                     123-96
            1 1.07 A II b)                                       103-50                          92-62
            11.07 B                                              1 18-82 0                      107-94
            11.08 AI                                             147-31                         126-76
            11.08 All                                              45-09                          14-26
            11.08 AHI                                            164-80                         144-25
             1 1.08 A IV                                         147-31                         126-76
             1 1.08 A V                                          147-31                          63-38 0
             11.09                                               443-62                         262-28
            17.02 B II a) f)                                     262-05                         165-33
             17.02 B II b) (3)                                   193-25                         126-76
             17.02 F II a)                                       269-93                         173-21
             1 7.02 F II b)                                      186-95                         120-46
            21.07 F II                                           193-25                         126-76
            23.02 A I a)                                           25-58                          25-58
            23.02 A I b)                                           81-87                          81-87
            23.02 A II a)                                          20-47                          20-47
            23.02 A II b)                                          81-87                          81-87
            23.03 A I                                            338-80                         157-46
            (') This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes.
            (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 1 1 .02.
            (s) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is
                 subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II.
            (4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5-44 ECU/tonne for
                 products originating in Turkey.
            (*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 the levy shall not be charged on the following
                 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and
                 territories :
                 — arrowroot falling within subheading 07.06 A,
                 — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheading 11.04 C,
                 — arrowroot starch falling within subheading 11.08 A V.