CELEX: 31966R0156
Language: en
Date: 1966-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 156/66/EEC of the Council of 25 October 1966 on the levies on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice

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   3278/66                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                      27.10.66
                                    REGULATION No 156/66/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 25 October 1966
                                  on the levies on mixtures of cereals , rice and broken rice
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  COMMUNITY,
                                                                                           Article 1
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
  pean Economic Community, and in particular
  Article 43 thereof;                                              1 . The levy on mixtures composed of two of the
                                                                   cereals listed in Article 1 ( a) and (b) of Regulation­
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              No 19 shall be that applicable to :
                                                                  — the main component by weight, if such component
  Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­                    represents 90% or more by weight of the mixture ;
  liament1 ;
                                                                  — the component subject to the higher levy, where
  Whereas, to ensure the proper working of the levy                    neither of the two components represents 90%
  system applicable to trade in cereals, rice and broken               or more by weight of the mixture. -
  rice between the Member States and with third
  countries introduced by Council Regulation No 192
  on the progressive establishment of a. common                   2.     Where a mixture is composed of more than
  organisation of the market in cereals and Council               two of the cereals listed in Article 1 (a) and (b) of
 Regulation No 16/64/EEC3 on the progressive                      Regulation No 19, and if several cereals each repre­
 establishment of a common organisation of the                    sent more than 10% by weight of the mixture, the
 market in rice, suitable rules should be applied to              levy on this mixture shall be the highest of the levies
 trade in mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice;              applicable to these cereals, even where the levy is
                                                                  the same for more than one of them .
 Whereas the levy on such mixtures results from their
 tariff classification, which is normally determined in           Where only one cereal represents more than 10%
 accordance with the general rules for the interpre­              by weight of the mixture, the levy shall be that
 tation of the Common Customs Tariff;                             applicable to this cereal.
 Whereas, in the case of mixtures of cereals, rice and            3.     In respect of mixtures composed of cereals listed
 broken rice, the tariff classification may give rise to          in Article 1 ( a) and (b) of Regulation No 19 which
 difficulties if determined in accordance with these              are not covered by the above provisions, the levy
 rules ; whereas in fact such classification sometimes            applied shall be the highest of the levies applicable
 results in a low levy being charged on mixtures                 to the cereals included in the mixture, even where
which, however, contain a substantial proportion of              the levy is the same for more than one of them.
products subject to a high levy;
Whereas, in order to avoid such difficulties, special                                     Article 2
provisions should be adopted for determining the
levy on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice ;              1 . The levy on mixtures composed of one or more
                                                                 of the cereals listed in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regu­
                                                                 lation No 19 and of one or more of the products
1 OJ No 130, 19.7.1966, p. 2464/66.                              listed in Article 1 ( a) and (b) of Regulation No 16/
2 OJ No 30 , 20.4.1962 , p. 933/627                              64/EEC shall be that applicable to the component
3 OJ No 34 , 27.2.1964, p . 574/64.                              subject to the highest levy.
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2. The levy on mixtures composed either of rice of                                    Article 3
several different groups or processing stages or of
rice of one or more different groups or processing              Where the method of determining the levy laid down
stages and of broken rice shall be that applicable to :         in Articles 1 and 2 cannot be applied, the levy on the
                                                                mixtures covered by this Regulation shall be that
                                                                derived from the tariff classification of such mixtures .
— the main component by weight, if such component
    represents 90% or more by weight of the mixture;
                                                                                         Article 4
— the component subject to the highest levy, where
    none of the component represents 90% or more                Council Regulation No 139 1 on levies on cereal
    by weight of the mixture.                                   mixtures is hereby repealed.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at Brussels, 25 October 1966.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                   B. W. BIESHEUVEL
                                                               1 OJ No 122, 21.11.1962, p. 2729/62.