CELEX: 31973R2640
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2640/73 of the Commission of 26 September 1973 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

29 . 9 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 273/ 13
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2640/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 26 September 1973
                               fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        culating the levy on products processed from cereals
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          and rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for
                                                                       some of these products, as last amended by Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     tion (EEC) No 1047/73 (9), provides that the levy
pean Economic Community ;                                              thus determined, increased by the fixed component,
                                                                       is valid in general for one month but is altered
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                         where the levy applicable to the basic product con­
 EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                       cerned differs by not less than 0-25 unit of account
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                      per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the levies
Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular                      calculated as described above ;
Article 14 (4) thereof ;
                                                                       Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                         (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation
EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                        (EEC) No 1080/68 , the levy on certain processed
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                     products must be reduced by an amount equal to
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (') on the Accession of                  the production refund granted in respect of basic
new Member States to the European Economic Com­                        products for processing ;
munity and the European Atomic Energy Community,
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in                          Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                    in Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
                                                                       interests of the Associated African States and Mada­
Committee ;
                                                                       gascar and of the Overseas Countries and Territo­
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the                     ries, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
variable component of the import levy on products                      Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                       levy relating to them in respect of certain products
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and                   processed from cereals must be reduced by the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;                     amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       some of these products, by part of the variable com­
1052/68 (fl) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export                  ponent ; whereas this reduction must be made in ac­
system for products processed from cereals and rice,                   cordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (7),                    (EEC) No 522/70 ( 10) of 17 March 1970 on the treat­
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                      ment to be accorded to products processed from
these products of the levies applicable to their basic                 cereals and rice originating in the Associated African
products should be calculated on the basis of the                      States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries
average of the levies applicable to these basic prod­                  and Territories, and Article 1 of Council Regulation
ucts for the first twenty-five days of the month pre­                  ( EEC) No 653/71 (») of 30 March 1971 on the treat­
ceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                     ment to be accorded to products processed from
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for                 cereals and rice originating in the United Republic of
the basic products in question during the month of                     Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda or the Republic
importation , ip calculated on the basis of the quanti­                of Kenya, as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1036/
ties of basic products considered to have been used                    72 n ;
in the manufacture of the processed product or the                     Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) 14o
competing product which serves as a reference for                      1052/68 provides that the levy to be charged on the
processed products not containing cereals ;                            products listed in the Annex to that Regulation
Whereas Commission Regulation , ( EEC) No                              under heading No 07.06 A is limited, with effect from
1080/68 (8) of 26 July 1968 on the procedure for cal­                  the date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol
                                                                       ( 1967) annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs
 (') OJ   No 117, 19.6. 1967, p . 2269/67.                             and Trade, to the amount resulting from application
 (*) OJ   No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                           of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;
( s) OJ   No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
(«)  OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(#)  OJ   No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.                                  (») OJ No L 104, 19. 4. 1973 , p . 30 .
(•)  OJ   No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 8 .                               ( I0) OJ No L 65, 21 . 3 . 1970, p. 10.
( 7) OJ   No L 86, 31 . 3. 1973, p. 30.                                (») OJ No L 76, 31 . 3. 1971, p . 2.
 (») OJ   No L 181 , 27.7. 1968 , p . 6 .                              (") OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 18
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                  Customs Tariff ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange                                            Article 1
     based on their effective parity ;
                                                                      The import levies to be charged on the products
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on                      listed in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
     the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates                     and in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/
     of each of these currencies recorded for a given                 EEC and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
     period, in relation to the Community currencies                 -are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­
     referred to in the previous subparagraph ;                       lation .
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for                     1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 September 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                                                                                                            Levies in u.a ./100 kg
                                                                                                     Third countries
                                                                                                       (other than       AASM , OCT,
    OCT 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      (*)         0       i1 )
                        with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C                 Barley flour (l)                                                                  0-500              o
11.01 D                 Oat flour (2)                                                                     1-810               1-310
11.01 E I               Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (®)                 2-466               1-966
 11.01 E II             Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1*5 °/o by weight (')                     1-364               1-114
11.01 F                 Rice flour (*)                                                                    0-250              0
 11.01 G                Buckwheat flour (')                                                               0-500              0
 11.01 H                Millet flour (f)                                                                  0-891              0-641
 11.01 1 J              Canary seed flour (*)                                                             0-250              0
 11.01 K                Grain sorghum flour (*)                                                           1-398               1-148
 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 (*)
 11.02 A II             Rye groats and meal (*)                                                           1-740              1-240
 11.02 AIII             Barley groats and meal (*)                                                        0-500              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 IV          Oat groats and meal (2)                                                 1-810              1-310
 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         2-466               1-966
                     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             1-364               1-114
                     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        Millet groats and meal (2)                                             0-891               0-641
 11.02 A IX          Grain sorghum groats and meal (2)                                      1-398               1-148
 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 (2)                                  0-250              0
 11.02 B I a) 2 aa)  Clipped oats                                                           0-993              0-743
1 1.02 B I a) 2 bb)  Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (2)            1-560               1-310
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 (2)                                  1-255              1-005
11.02 B I b) 1       Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)        0-250              0
11.02 B I b) 2      Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats ('Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)           1-560              1-310
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)       1-255              1-005
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 - 166            0-916
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II c)       Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or             1-997               1-747
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II d )      Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or     2-050               1-800
                    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)
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                                                                                                Levies in i. a. /100 kg
                                                                                         Third countries
                                                                                           (other than       AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                     Nomenclature m simplified wording                  AASM and               Tanzania ,
                                                                                         OCT , Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                          Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                              Kenya )
11.02 C I          Pearled wheat (2)                                                          0-250               0
11.02 C 11         Pearled rye (2 )                                                           1-352                1-102
11.02 C III        Pearled barley (2 )                                                        0-500                0
11.02 C IV         Pearled oats (2)                                                           1-415                1-165
1 1.02 C V         Pearled maize (2)                                                          1-997                1-747
1 1.02 C VI        Pearled buckwheat (2)                                                      0-250                0
1 1.02 C VII       Pearled millet (2)                                                         1-255                1-005
11.02 C VIII       Pearled grain sorghum (2)                                                  2-050                1-800
1 1.02 C IX        Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,      0-250                0
                   buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 D I          Wheat not otherwise worked than" kibbled (2)                               0-250                0
 11.02 D II        Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                  0-953                0-703
 11.02 D III       Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                               0-250                0
 11.02 D IV        Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                 0-993                0-743
 11.02 D V         Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                                1-364                1-114
 11.02 D VI        Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                             0-250               0
 1 1.02 D VII      Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                               0-891                0-641
 11.02 D VIII       Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                        1-398                1-148
 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)
 1 1.02 F. I a ) 1 Rolled barley (*)                                                           0-250                0
 11.02 E I a ) 2    Rolled oats (a )                                                           0-993                0-743
 1 1.02 E I a ) Ì   Rolled buckwheat (2)                                                       0-250                0
 11.02 E I a ) 4    Rolled millet (2)                                                          0-891                0-641
 11.02 E I h ) 1    Flaked barley (2 )                                                         0-500                0
 11.02 E I b ) 2    Flaked oats (2 )                                                           1-956                1-456
 11.02 E I b) Ü     Flaked buckwheat (*)                                                       0-500                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 E I b ) 4      Flaked millet ( 2)                                                       1-630                 1-130
11.02 E II a)        Rolled or flaked wheat (2)                                               0-500                 0
11.02 E II b)        Rolled or flaked rye (2)                                                 1-740                 1-240
11.02 E II c)        Rolled or flaked maize (2)                                               2-466                 1-966
11.02 E II d)        Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (2)                                       2-525                 2-025
11.02 E II e) 1      Flake rice (2)                                                           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 (2)
11.02 F I            Wheat pellets (2)                                                        0-500                 0
11.02 F II           Rye pellets (2)                                                          1-740                 1-240
11.02 F III          Barley pellets (2)                                                       0-500                 0
11.02 F IV           Oat. pellets (2)                                                         1-810                 1-310
11.02 F V            Maize pellets i2)                                                        2-466                 1-966
11.02 F VI           Rice pellets (2)                                                         0-250                0
1 1.02 F VII         Buckwheat pellets (2)                                                    0-500                0
11.02 F VIII         Millet pellets (2)                                                       0-891                0-641
11.02 F IX          Grain sorghum pellets (2)                                                 1-398                 1-148
11.02 F X           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                              0-500                 0
1 1.02 G II         Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground         1-319                0-819
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,             3-458                 1-578
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    other than for the manufacture of starches
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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)
11.07 A I a )     Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour               0-900               0
11.07 Alb )       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of          0-900               0
                  flour
11.07 All a)      Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form        0-900               0
                  of flour
11.07 All b )     Unroasted malt, other thain that obtained from wheat, in the form       0-900               0
                  in 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
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 (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 qf 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 forni 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 oí          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       0-109              0-109
                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                   35 °/o by weight
 23.02 A 1 b) 1    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling       0-175               0-175
                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                   35 °/o but not exceeding 45 %t by weight, and having undergone a
                   denaturing process
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                                                                                                                        Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                                                Third countries
                                                                                                                   (other than      AASM , OCT,
     OCT heading No                                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                        AASM and             Tanzania,
                                                                                                               OCT, Tanzania ,       Uganda and
                                                                                                                  Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                                                      Kenya )
23.02 A I b) 2                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    0-349             0-349
                                or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                35 °/o but not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, not having undergone
                                a denaturing process, or with a starch content exceeding 45 %>
                                by weight
23.02 A II a )                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    0-087             0-087
                                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°/o by weight or of which the sieved product
                                has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 %
                                or more by weight
23.02 A II b )                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    0-349             0-349
                                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 °/o 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 polanmetric method), referred to dry matter, exceeding 45 #/o 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 °/o for wheat,
       3 */o for barley, 4 */o 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 .