CELEX: 31973R3520
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3520/73 of the Commission of 27 December 1973 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

29 . 12 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 360/23
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 3520/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 27 December 1973
                          fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for some of
  COMMUNITIES,                                                            these products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                          No 1 047/73 (9), provides that the levy thus deter­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   mined, increased by the fixed component, is valid in
  Economic Community ;                                                   general for one month but is altered where the levy
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                             applicable to the basic product concerned differs by
  67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   not less than 0-25 unit of account per 100 kilo­
  tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                grammes from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                          described above ;
  lation ( EEC) No 1 346/73 (2 ), and in particular Article
   14 (4) thereof ;
                                                                         Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                            ( EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
  67/ EEC (3 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                    No 1080 / 68 , the levy on certain processed products
  tion of the market in rice as last amended by the                       must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
  Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of                   tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
  new Member States to the European Economic                              processing ;
  Community and the European Atomic Energy
  Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
  and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                             Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
                                                                          in Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/68 ;
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
  Committee ;                                                            Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
                                                                          interests   of    the     Associated       African  States and
 Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­
  able component of the import levy on products                           Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­
  processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                        tories, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
 Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC and                  Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
 Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC ;                      levy relating to them in respect of certain products
 whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         processed from cereals must be reduced by the
  1052/ 68 ( 6) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export                 amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
 system for products processed from cereals and rice, as                 some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
                                                                         nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
  last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 881 /73 (7),
  provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                      dance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 these products of the levies applicable to their basic                  522/70 ( 10) of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be
 products should be calculated on the basis of the                       accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
 average of the levies applicable to these basic products                originating in the Associated African States and
 for the first twenty-five days of the month preceding                   Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territo­
 that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on                 ries, and Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                    653/71 ( n ) of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be
 products in question during the month of importa­                       accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
 tion , is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                  originating in the United Republic of Tanzania, the
 basic products considered to have been used in the                      Republic of Uganda or the Republic of Kenya, as
 manufacture of the processed product or the                             amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 036/72 (' 2 ) ;
 competing product which serves as a reference for
 processed products not containing cereals ;                             Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
                                                                         provides that the levy to be charged on the products
 Whereas        Commission            Regulation       ( EEC)   No       listed in the Annex to that Regulation under heading
 1080/68 (s) of 26 July 1968 on the procedure for calcu­                 No 07.06 A is limited , with effect from the date of
 lating the levy on products processed from cereals and                  entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
                                                                        annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
(») O ) No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .                          Trade, to the amount resulting from application of the
(-') O'J No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .                               rate of duty bound within GATT ;
(3) O'j No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(4 ) OJ  No   L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(5)  OJ  No   L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                             o OJ     No  L   104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p. 30 .
(6)  OJ  No   L  179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .                           ( 10) OJ  No L  65 , 21 . 3 . 1970 , p. 10 .
( 7) Of  No   L  86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .                            (") OJ   No  L  76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p. 2.
(8)  OJ  No   L  181 , 27. 7 . 1968 , p. 6 .                            ( u ) OJ No  L   118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 18 .
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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
                                                                                        An itic I
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
    on their effective parity ;                              The import levies to be charged on the products listed
                                                             in Article 1 (d ) of Regulation No 120 /67/ EEC and in
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the         Article 1 ( 1 ) (c ) of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC and
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         subject to Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/ 6X are hereby
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in      fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­                                   Art it 'll- 2
tion No 120 /67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided for
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
Customs Tariff ;                                              1 974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 27 December 1 973 .
                                                                         i'or the Comntissinti
                                                                            P. J. L.ARDINOIS
                                                                      /Member <> / the C.oniHiission
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                                                        ANNEX
                                                                                                 Levies ¡n u. a. /100 kg
                                                                                           Third countries
                                                                                            (other than       AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                  AASM and             Tanzania ,
                                                                                           OCT, Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                            Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                               Kenya )
07.06 A              Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar roots and tubers               0-022 (')           o      C)
                     with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C              Barley flour {*)                                                          0-720               0-220
11.01 D              Oat flour (2)                                                             0-500               0
11.01 EI             Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (2)         0-500                0
11.01 Ell            Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 % by weight (2)               0-250                0
11.01 F              Rice flour {*)                                                            0-250                0
11.01 G              Buckwheat flour (*)                                                       0-500                0
11.01 H              Millet flour (')                                                          0-491                0-241
11.01 1 J            Canary seed flour (f)                                                      0-250               0
11.01 K              Grain sorghum flour (*)                                                    0-250               0
11.01 L              Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, mesiin, rye, barley, oats,      0-250               0
                     maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (l)
11.02 AH             Rye groats and meal (*)                                                    2-804               2-304
11.02 A III          Barley groats and meal ( 2 )                                               0-720               0-220
11.02 AIV             Oat groats and meal (2 )                                                  0-500               0
11.02 A V a) 1       Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by             0-500               0
                     weight, for the brewing industry (2)
 11.02 A V a ) 2     Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by             0-500               0
                     weight, other than for the brewing industry (2)
11.02 A V b )        Maize groats and meal , of a fat content exceeding 1 -5 % by               0-250               0
                     weight (2)
 11.02 A VI          Rice groats and meal (2)                                                   0-250               0
 11.02 A VII         Buckwheat groats and meal (2)                                              0-500               0
 11.02 A VIII      j Millet groats and meal (*)                                                 0-491               0-241
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                                                                                                  Levies in j. a. /100 kg
                                                                                            Third countries
                                                                                             (other than       AASM , OCT,
     CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                  AASM and              Tanzania ,
                                                                                            OCT, Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                             Uganda and              Kenya
                                                                                                Kenya)
11.02 A IX          Grain sorghum groats and meal (2)                                           0-250               0
11.02 A X           Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,               0-250                0
                    mesiin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                    sorghum (2)
11.02 B I a ) 1     Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (*)                                       0-445                0-195
11.02 B I a) 2 aa ) Clipped oats                                                                0-250                0
1 1.02 B I a) 2 bb) Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (2)                  0-250               0
1 1.02 B I a) 3     Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (*)                                     0-250               0
11.02 B I a) 4      Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (*)                                        0-628               0-378
11.02 B I b ) 1     Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)            0-445               0-195
11.02 B I b ) 2     Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2 )             0-250               0
 11.02 B I b) 3     Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat ('Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)          0-250               0
 11.02 B I b) 4     Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') (2)           0-628               0-378
 11.02 B II a)      Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                   0-250               0
                    kibbled (2)
 11.02 B II b )     Hulled (shelled or husked)          rye, whether or not sliced or            1-952                1-702
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II c)       Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or                   0-250               Ό
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II d )      Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum , whether or not sliced or          0-250               0
                    kibbled (2 )
                    Hulled (shelled or husked) grains, whether or not sliced or                  0-250               0
11.02 B II e )
                    kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, barley, oats,
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
                    Pearled wheat ( f)                                                           0-250               0
 11.02 C I
                    Pearled rye (2 )                                                             2-298               2-048
 11.02 C II
 11.02 C III        Pearled barley (')                                                           0-805               0-305
 11.02 C IV          Pearled oats ( 2)                                                           0-250               0
 1 1.02 C V          Pearled maize (2)                                                           0-250               0
 11.02 C VI         Pearled buckwheat ( 2 )                                                      0-250               0
 11.02 C VII         Pearled millet (2)                                                          0-628               0-378
 11.02 C VIII        Pearled grain sorghum (2)                                                   0-250               0
 11.02 C IX         Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley , oats, maize ,      0-250               0
                     buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
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                                                                                              Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                       Third countries
                                                                                        (other than       AASM , OCT,
     CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording             AASM and             Tanzania ,
                                                                                       OCT, Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                        Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                           Kenya)
 11.02 D I           Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (l)                            0-250              0
 11.02 D II         Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                               1-556              1-306
1 1.02 D III        Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)
                                                                                      I 0-374                  0-124
11.02 D IV          Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                              0-250              0
11.02 D V           Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                             0-250              0
11.02 D VI          Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (l)                         0-250              0
11.02 D VII         Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                            0-491              0-241
11.02 D VIII         Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                    0-250              0
11.02 D IX           Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled, other than grains of         0-250              0
                    wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet or grain sor­
                    ghum (2)
11.02 E I a ) 1     Rolled barley (a)                                                      0-374               0-124
11.02 E I a) 2      Rolled oats (*)                                                        0-250               0
11.02 F I a) 3      Rolled buckwheat {*)                                                   0-250              0
11.02 E I a ) 4     Rolled millet (*)                                                      0-491              0-241
1 1.02 E I b) 1     Flaked barley (f)                                                      0-744              0-244
11.02 E I b) 2      Flaked oats (*)                                                        0-500              0
11.02 E I b) 3      Flaked buckwheat (')                                                   0-500              0
11.02 E I b) 4      Flaked millet (l)                                                      0-925              0-425
11.02 E II a)       Rolled or flaked wheat (')                                             0-500              0
11.02 E II b)       Rolled or flaked rye (*)                                               2-804              2-304
11.02 E II c)       Rolled or flaked maize (*)                                             0-500              0
11.02 E II d)       Rolled or flaked grain sorghum {')                                     0-500              0
11.02 E II c) 1     Flake rice (*)                                                         0-500              0
11.02 E II e) 2     Rolled or flaked grains other than grains of wheat, rye, barley ,      0-500              0
                    oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum, excluding
                    flaked rice (*)
11.02 F I           Wheat pellets (*)                                                      0-500              0
11.02 F II          Rye pellets (*)                                                        2-804              2-304
                                                                                                       j
11.02 F III         Barley pellets (*)                                                    0-720 ' i           0-220
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                                                                                                 Levies in u.a./lOO kg
                                                                                           Third countries
                                                                                            (other than       AASM , OCT,
     CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                AASM and            Tanzania ,
                                                                                           OCT, Tanzania ,    Uganda and
                                                                                            Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                               Kenya)
 11.02 F IV          Oat pellets (*)                                                            0-500              0
 11.02 F V            Maize pellets (*)                                                         0-500              0
 11.02 F VI           Rice pellets (*)                                                          0-250              0
 11.02 F VII         Buckwheat pellets (f)                                                      0-500              0
 11.02 F VIII        Millet pellets (*)                                                         0-491              0-241
 11.02 F IX          Grain sorghum pellets (*)                                                 0-250               0
 11.02 F X            Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice,     0-250               0
                     buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
11.02 G I            Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                               0-500               0
 11.02 G II          Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground         0-500              0
11.06 A              Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                0-272              0
                     salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                     for the manufacture of starches
11.06 B I           Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,               1-700              0
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    for the manufacture of starches
11.06 B II          Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,               1-700              0
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    other than for the manufacture of starches
11.07 A I a)        Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour                 0-900              0
11.07 A I b)        Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of            0-900              0
                    flour
11.07 A II a)       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form          1-117 (4)          0-217
                    of flour
11.07 A II b)       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in        1-062              0-162
                    the form of flour
11.07 B             Roasted malt                                                              1-089 (*)         0-189
11.08 A I           Maize starch                                                              1-700             0
11.08 A II          Rice starch                                                              2-550              0
11.08 A III         Wheat starch                                                             1-700              0
11.08 A IV          Potato starch                                                            1-700              0
11.08 A V           Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch                  1-700              0
11.09 A             Dried wheat gluten                                                      15-000              0
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                                                                                                                             Levies in  u.a./100 kg
                                                                                                                                       I
                                                                                                                      Third countries  I
                                                                                                                        (other than       AASM , OCT,
       CCT heading No                                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                            AASM and             Tanzania,
                                                                                                                     OCT, Tanzania ,       Uganda and
                                                                                                                       Uganda and              Kenya
                                                                                                                           Kenya)
   11.09 B                          Wheat gluten, other than dried                                                        15-000               0
   17.02 B II a )                   Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99% or                        8-000               0
                                   more by weight of the pure product (s), in the form of white
                                    crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
   17.02 B II b)                   Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in the dry state, 99 %>                       5-500               0
                                   or more by weight of the pure product (s), other than glucose in
                                   the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
   17.05 B I                       Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline                         8-000               0
                                   powder, whether or not agglomerated
  17.05 B II                        Flavoured or coloured glucóse syrup, other than in the form of                         5-500              0
                                   white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
  23.02 A I Λ)                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-012              0-012
                                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                                   35 % by weight
 23.02 A I b)                      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-020              0-020
                                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                   35 °/o but not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, and having undergone a
                                   denaturing process
  23.02 A I b) 2                   Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-039               0-039
                                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                   35 %> but not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, not having undergone
                                   a denaturing process, or with a starch content exceeding 45 °/o
                                   by weight
 23.02 A II a)                  I Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-010               0-010
                               I
                                   or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                  content does not exceed 28 °/o by weight, and of which the percen­
                                  tage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0-2 mm
                                  does not exceed 10 % by weight or of which the sieved product
                                   has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5%
                                  or more by weight
2TÒ2 A II b)                      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-039               0-039
                                  or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within
                             j    subheading No 23.02 A II a)
                                                                                                                   !
23.03 A I                   :     Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding                         15-000                0
                                  concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on
                                  the dry product, exceeding 40 % by weight
                            i
 (*) This levy is limited to 6 '/• of the value for customs purposes .
 (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products failing within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A,
     products falling within headings 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 4/o for rice, 2-5 •/• for wheat,
        3 •/. for barley, 4 '/« for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 °/o for other cereals.
     Germ of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.
 (•) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
     within subheading No 17.02 B II.
(4) In accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No 3375/73 this levy is reduced by 0-45 u.a./ lOO kg for products originating in Turkey .