CELEX: 31981R0777
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/81 of 26 March 1981 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 81 / 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 3. 81
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 777/81
                                                        of 26 March 1981
                      fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     factured from cereals (6), as last amended by Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       tion (EEC) No 1740/78 (7), provides that the levy thus
                                                                   determined, increased by the fixed component, is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              valid in general for one month but is altered where
Economic Community,                                                the levy applicable to the basic product concerned
                                                                   differs by not less than 3-02 ECU per tonne from the
                                                                   average of the levies calculated as described above ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
zation of the market in cereals (l), as last amended by            (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular               No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                            must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
                                                                   tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       processing ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (8),
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                    as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (9), laid
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the             down certain transitional measures in respect of
Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article              starches ;
12 (4) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
                                                                    in Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accor­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                    dance with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (10), as last
                                                                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1877/80 (n), the
                                                                   variable component of the levy on certain processed
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­            products must be reduced by the incidence of the
able component of the import levy on products                       production refund granted in respect of basic products
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                    intended for processing ;
Article 14 (1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
Article 12 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ;                Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and                        and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
export system for products processed from cereals and               relating to them in respect of certain products
rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    processed from cereals must be reduced by the
2245/78 (5), provides that the incidence on the prime               amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
costs of these products of the levies applicable to their           some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
basic products should be calculated on the basis of the             nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
average of the levies applicable to these basic products            dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
for the first 25 days of the month preceding that of                No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on the                 applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                    resulting from the processing of agricultural products
products in question during the month of importa­                   originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
 tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of              States or in the overseas countries and territories (12),
 basic products considered to have been used in the                 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 279/80 (13) ;
 manufacture of the processed product or the
 competing product which serves as a reference for                  Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75
 processed products not containing cereals ;                        provides that the levy to be charged on the products
                                                                     listed in the Annex to that Regulation under
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74                       subheading 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the
 of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the                date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
 import levy on products processed from cereals and                  annexed to the General Agreement on tariffs and
 from rice and for the advance fixing of this levy for
                                                                     (*) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
 these products and for compound feedingstuffs manu­                 (7) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
                                                                     (« OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
(')  OJ  No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           (9) OJ No L 247, 23. 9. 1975, p. 22.
 (2) OJ  No L  291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.                           (i°) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
 P)  OJ  No L  166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             (H) OJ No L 184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 13.
 («) OJ  No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           (1 2) OJ No L 85, 31 . 3. 1976, p. 2.
 (5) OJ  No L  273,  29. 9. 1978, p. 1 .                             (13) OJ No L 31 , 8 . 2. 1980, p. 1 .
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trade, to the amount resulting from application of the       for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
rate of duty bound within GAIT ;                             Customs Tariff,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                      Article 1
    relation to each other at any given moment within
    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on           The import levies to be charged on the products listed
    their effective parity ;                                 in Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be
    of these currencies recorded for a given period in       as set out in the Annex hereto.
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous indent ;                                                          Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided             1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 26 March 1981 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1981 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                                                 6-85 (')                5-04 (') 0
             11.01 C (2)                                          74-55                    68-51
             11.01 D (2)                                          21-61                    15-57
             11.01 E I (2)                                       120-14                  114-10
             11.01 EII (2)                                         67-68                   64-66
             11.01 F (2)                                             3-02                    0-00
             11.01 G (2)                                           57-94                   54-92
             1 1.02 A II 0                                         52-57                  46-53
             1 1.02 A III 0                                        74-55                   68-51
             1 1.02 A IV (2)                                       21-61                   15-57
             1 1.02 A V a) 1 (2)                                   89-13                   83-09
             1 1 .02 A V a) 2 (2)                                120-14                  114-10
              1 1.02 A V b) (2)                                    67-68                   64-66
              1 1.02 A VI (2)                                        3-02                    0-00
              1 1.02 A VII (2)                                     57-94                   54-92
              11.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                   63-92                   60-90
              1 1.02 B I a) 2 aa)                                  11-84                     8-82
              1 1 .02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                             18-59                   15-57
              11.02 B I b) 1 (2)                                   63-92                   60-90
              11.02 B I b) 2 (2)                                   18-59                   15-57
              1 1.02 B II a) (2)                                   92-87                   89-85
              1 1.02 B II b) (2)                                   37-40                   34-38
              1 1.02 B II c)(2)                                  104-44                  101-42
              1 1.02 B II d) (2)                                   89-16                   86-14
              1 1.02 C I (2)                                     111-12                  108-10
              1 1.02 C II (2)                                      44-38                   41-36
              1 1.02 C III (2)                                   101-19                    95-15
              1 1.02 C IV (2)                                      16-86                   13-84
              1 1.02 C V (2)                                     104-44                   101-42
              1 1.02 C VI (2)                                      89-16                   86-14
              11.02 D 1 0                                          71-93                   68-91
              1 1.02 D II (2)                                      29-39                   26-37
              1 1.02 D III (2)                                     41-84                   38-82
              1 1.02 D IV (2)                                      11-84                     8-82
              1 1.02 D V (2)                                       67-68                   64-66
              1 1.02 D VI (2)                                      57-94                   54-92
               11.02 E I a) 1 (2)                                  41-84                   38-82
               1 1.02 E I a) 2 (2)                                  11-84                    8-82
               11.02 E I b) 1 (2)                                  82-16                   76-12
               1 1.02 E I b) 2 (2)                                 23-34                    17-30
               1 1.02 E II a) (2)                                 127-65                  121-61
               1 1.02 E II b) (2)                                  52-57                   46-53
               1 1.02 E II c) (2)                                 120-14                  114-10
               11.02 E II d) 1 (2)                                   6-04                    0-00
               1 1.02 E II d) 2 (2)                               102-95                    96-91
               1 1.02 F I (2)                                     127-65                  121-61
               1 1.02 F II (2)                                      52-57                   46-53
               1 1.02 F III (2)                                     74-55                   68-51
               1 1.02 F IV (2)                                      21-61                   15-57
               1 1.02 F V (2)                                     120-14                  114-10
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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 0                                          302                             0-00
          1 1.02 F VII (2)                                      57-94                          54-92
          1 1.02 G I                                            56-71                          50-67
          1 1.02 G II                                           53-58                          47-54
          1 1.04 C I                                             9-87                            3-22 0
          1 1.04 C II a)                                        94-87                          70,69 Ì5)
          1 1.04 C II b)                                       122-61                          98-43 0
          1 1.07 A I a)                                        131-14                         120-26
          1 1 .07 A I b)                                       100-73                          89-85
          1 1.07 A II a)                                        78-63 0                        67-75
          1 1 .07 A II b)                                       61-50                          50-62
          1 1.07 B                                              69-87 (4)                      58-99
          1 1.08 A I                                            94-87                          74-32
          11.08 All                                             30-83                            0-00
          1 1.08 A III                                         114-91                          94-36
          11.08 AIV                                             94-87                          74-32
          11.08 AV                                              94-87                          37-16 i5)
          11.09                                                352-90                         171-56
          1 7.02 B II a) 0                                     193-66                          96-94
          1 7.02 B II b) (3)                                   140-81                          74-32
          21.07 F II                                           140-81                          74-32
          23.02 A I a)                                          16-90                           16-90
          23.02 A I b)                                          54-08                          54-08
          23.02 A II a)                                         13-52                           13-52
          23.02 A II b)                                         54-08                          54-08
          23.03 A I                                            273-66                          92-32
          (') 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 11.02.
          (3) 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.
          0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5-44 ECU/tonne for
               products originating in Turkey.
          Is) 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.