CELEX: 31975R0229
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 229/75 of the Commission of 29 January 1975 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

31 . 1 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 24/33
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 229/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 29 January 1975
                        fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      feedingstuffs manufactured from cereals, as amended
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        by Regulation (EEC) No 3103/74 (8), provides that the
                                                                      levy thus determined, increased by the fixed compo­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                nent, is valid in general for one month but is altered
 Economic Community ;                                                where the levy applicable to the basic product
                                                                     concerned differs by not less than 0-25 unit of
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         account per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the
 67/EEC ( J) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 levies calculated as described above ;
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 85/75 (2), and in particular Article 14
 (4) thereof ;                                                       Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
 67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
 tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­               tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
 tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (4), and in particular Article 12             processing ;
 (4) thereof ;
                                                                     Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         in Regulation (EEC) No 1052/ 68 ;
 Committee ;
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­             Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
 able component of the import levy on products                        interests   of   the  Associated        African States and
 processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                     Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC and                 tories, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC ;                   Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      levy relating to them in respect of certain products
 1052/68 (5) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export                 processed from cereals must be reduced by the
 system for products processed from cereals and rice, as              amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (6),                     some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
 provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                    nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
these products of the levies applicable to their basic               dance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 products should be calculated on the basis of the                    522/70 (9) of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be
average of the levies applicable to these basic products              accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
for the first twenty-five days of the month preceding                originating in the Associated African States and
that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on              Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territo­
the basis of the threshold price valid for the ­           basic      ries, and Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 products in question during the month of importa­                    653/71 ( l0) of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be
tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                 accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
basic products considered to have been used in the                   originating in the United Republic of Tanzania, the
manufacture of the processed product or the                           Republic of Uganda or the Republic of Kenya, as
competing product which serves as a reference for                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1036/72 ( n );
processed products not containing cereals ;
                                                                     Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                provides that the levy to be charged on the products
 1 579/74 (7) of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for                    listed in the Annex to that Regulation under heading
calculating the import levy on products processed                     No 07.06 A is limited , with effect from the date of
from cereals and from rice and for the advance fixing                entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
of this levy for these products and for compound                     annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
                                                                     Trade, to the amount resulting from application of the
(') OJ   No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67 .                         rate of duty bound within GATT ;
f)  OJ   No  L 11 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                          (8) OJ No L 331 , 11 . 12. 1974, p. 7 .
(5) OJ   No  L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8 .                              (9) OJ No L 65, 21 . 3 . 1970 , p. 10 .
(b) OJ   No  L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .                           ( 10) OJ No L 76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p. 2 .
(7) OJ   No  L 168 , 25 . 6 . 1974, p. 7.                            (") 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
                                                                                     Article 1
    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 1052/68 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                                Article 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 February
Customs Tariff,                                              1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 January 1975 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
                    \                                                                           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)
 07.06 A            Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar roots and tubers,               OH                    0 (*)
                    with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
 11.01 c            Barley flour (')                                                          0-500                  0
 11.01 D            Oat flour (*)                                                             0-500                  0
 11.01 EI           Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5 °/o by weight (*)         1-704                1-204
 11.01 E II         Maize flour,' of a fat content exceeding 1*5 % by weight (*)              0-932               0-682
 11.01 F            Rice flour (*)                                                            0-250                  0
11.01 G             Buckwheat flour (*)                                                       0-500                  0
11.01 H             Millet flour (*)                                                          0-250                  0
11.01 I J           Canary seed flour (*)                                                     0-250                  0
11.01 K             Grain sorghum flour (*)                                                   0-798               0-548
11.01 L             Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, meslin, rye, barley, oats,     0-250                  0
                    maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (•)
11.02 A II          Rye groats and meal (*)                                                   2-701               2-201
11.02 A III         Barley groats and meal (*)                                                0-500                  0
11.02 A IV          Oat groats and meal (*)                                                  0-500                  0
11.02 A V a) 1      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o 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            1-704               1-204
                    weight, other than for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A Vb)         Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 °/o by             0-932                0-682
                    weight (2)
11.02 A VI          Rice groats and meal (f)                                                 0-250                  0
11.02 A VII   .     Buckwheat groats and meal (*)                                            0-500      •           0
11.02 A VIII        Millet groats and meal (•)                                               0-250                  0
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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 A IX         Grain sorghum groats and meal (2)                                         0-798             0-548
 11.02 AX           Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,             0-250                0
                    meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                    sorghum (2)
 11.02 B I a) 1     Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (2)                                     0-250                0
 11.02 B I a) 2 aa) Clipped oats                                                              0-250                0
11.02 B I a) 2 bb)  Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (l)               0-250                0
11.02 B I a) 3      Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (2)                                  0-250                0
11.02 B I a) 4      Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (*)                                     0-250                0
                    Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grutze' or 'Grutten') (l)          0-250                0
11.02 Bib) 1
                    Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)            0-250                0
11.02 Bib) 2
                    Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat ('Grutze' or 'Grutten') (2)        0-250                0
11.02 Bib) 3
11.02 Bib) 4        Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet (' Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)          0-250                0
                    Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                1-535             1-285
11.02 B II a)
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B lib )       Hulled (shelled or husked) rye, whether or not sliced or                  1-877             1-627
                    kibbled (2)
                    Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or                1-320             1-070
11.02 B II c)
                    kibbled (2)
                    Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or        1-109             0-859
11.02 B II d)
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II e)       Hulled (shelled or husked) grains, whether or not sliced or               0-250                0
                    kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, barley, oats,
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 CI            Pearled wheat (2)                                                         1-796             1-546
11.02 C II          Pearled rye (2)                                                           2-207             1-957
11.02 C III         Pearled barley (2)                                                        0-500                0
11.02 CIV           Pearled oats (2)                                                         0-250                0
11.02 CV            Pearled maize (2)                                                         1-320             1-070
11.02 C VI          Pearled buckwheat (*)                                                     0-250               0
11.02 C VII         Pearled millet (*)                                                        0-250               0
11.02 C VIII        Pearled grain sorghum (2)                                                 1-109             0-859
11.02 C IX          Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,    0-250                0
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
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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 (2)                          1-235              0-985
11.02 D II         Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                            1-497              1-247
11.02 Dili         Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                         0-250                0
11.02 D IV         Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                           0-250                0
11.02 DV           Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                          0-932              0-682
11.02 D VI         Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                      0-250                0
11.02 D VII        Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                         0-250                0
11.02 D VIII       Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                   0-798             0-548
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 EI a) 1      Rolled barley (')                                                    0-250                0
11.02 EI a ) 2     Rolled oats (2 )                                                     0-250                0
11.02 EI a) 3      Rolled buckwheat (*)                                                 0-250                0
11.02 EI a) 4      Rolled millet (*)                                                    0-250                0
11.02 E lb ) 1     Flaked barley (l)                                                    0-500                0
11.02 E lb ) 2     Flaked oats (2 )                                                     0-500                0
11.02 E lb ) 3     Flaked buckwheat (*)                                                 0-500                0
11.02 E lb) 4      Flaked millet (l)                                                     0-500                0
11.02 E II a )     Rolled or flaked wheat (*)                                            2-239             1-739
 11.02 E II b)     Rolled or flaked rye (*)                                              2-701             2-201
 11.02 E II c)     Rolled or flaked maize (2 )                                           1-704             1-204
 11.02 E II d )    Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (*)                                    1-467             0-967
 11.02 E II c) 1   Flake rice (2)                                                       0-500                0
 11.02 E II c) 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 (2)
 11.02 F I         Wheat pellets (*)                                                     2-239             1-739
 11.02 F II        Rye pellets (')                                                       2-701             2-201
 11.02 Fill        Barley pellets (*)                                                   0-500                0
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I\                                                                                             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 F IV         Oat pellets (*)                                                           0-500                 0
11.02 FV           Maize pellets (*)                                                         1-704               1-204
11.02 F VI         Rice pellets (*)                                                          0-250                 0
11.02 F VII        Buckwheat pellets (*)                                                     0-500                 0
11.02 F VIII       Millet pellets (l)                                                        0-250                 0
11.02 F IX         Grain sorghum pellets (2)                                                 0-798               0-548
11.02 FX           Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice ,     0-250                 0
                   buckwheat, millet or grain Sorghum (2)
11.02 G I          Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                                1-225              0-725
11.02 G II         Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled flaked or ground           1-002              0-502
11.06 A            Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot ,                0-250                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,               2-777              0-897
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   other than for the manufacture of starches
11.07 Ala)         Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour                  2-619              1-719
 11.07 A lb)       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of             2-185              1-285
                   flour
 11.07 All a)      Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form          0-900 (4)             0
                   of flour
 11.07 A II b)     Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in        0-900                 0
                   the form of flour
 11.07 B           Roasted malt                                                              0-900 («)             0
 11.08 A I         Maize starch                                                               1-700                0
 11.08 All         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
                                                                                                                   Third countries
                                                                                                                     (other than      AASM , OCT,
     CCT heading No                                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                           AASM and            Tanzania ,
                                                                                                                   OCT, Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                                                     Uganda and           Kenya
                                                                                                                        Kenya)
11.09 B                         Wheat gluten, other than dried                                                        15-000                 0
17.02 B II a )                  Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o or                      8-000                0
                                more by weight of the pure product (3), 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 (3), 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 glucose syrup, other than in the form of                          5-500                0
                                white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
23.02 A 1 a;                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-164             0-164
                                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                      0-262              0-262
                                or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                35 %> 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                      0-523              0-523
                                or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                35 %> but not exceeding 45 % by weight, not having undergone
                                a denaturing process, or with a starch content exceeding 45 °/o
                                by weight
23.02 A II a )                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-131              0-131
                                or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                content does not exceed 28 % 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 °/o
                                or more by weight
23.02 A II b )                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-523              0-523
                                or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within
                                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
(') This levy is limited to 6 */o of the value for customs purposes.
 (•) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling 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 Vo 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.
 (*) 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. /100 kg for products originating in Turkey.