CELEX: 31993R0659
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-23
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 659/93 of 22 March 1993 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 70/ 10                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                23. 3 . 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 659/93
                                                       of 22 March 1993
                       altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, in order to make it possible for the levy arrange­
                                                                   ments to function normally, the representative market
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              rate established during the reference period from
Economic Community,                                                19 March 1993, as regards floating currencies, should be
                                                                   used to calculate the levies ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                          Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                   calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               coefficients ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,          from the average levy by more than ECU 3,02 per tonne
                                                                   of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (10), as last
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 ("), the levies
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            at present in force must therefore be altered to the
No 674/92 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,           amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (*), and in particular Article 5                                 Article 1
thereof,
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas the import levies on products processed from               from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC)
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation               No 2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regula­
(EEC) No 423/93 (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No             tion (EEC) No 423/93 are hereby altered to the amounts
575/93 0 ;                                                         set out in the Annex.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (8),
                                                                                            Article 2
amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (9), as
regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10,
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 ;                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March 1993.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 22 March 1993.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L  73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.
V) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(6) OJ No L  48, 26.   2. 1993, p. 19.
0   OJ No  L 59, 12.   3. 1993, p. 26.
(8) OJ No  L 182, 3.   7. 1987, p. 49.                             H OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(9) OJ No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           (") OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 22 March 1993 altering the import levies on products
                                                 processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                     (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                Import levies (')
                           CN code                                                                     Third countries
                                                                     ACP                                 (other than
                                                                                                           ACP) (8)
                          0714 10 10 (')                           128,82                                   135,47
                          0714 10 91                               132,45 (3)0                              132,45
                          0714 10 99                               130,64                 4                 135,47
                          071490 11                                132,45 OO                                132,45
                          0714 90 19                               130,64 (3)                               135,47
                          110290 10                                238,41                                  244,45
                          1103 1930                                238,41                                  244,45
                          1103 21 00                               257,33                                  263,37
                          1103 29 20                               238,41                                  244,45
                          1104 11 10                               135,10                                   138,12
                          1104 11 90                               264,90                                  270,94
                          1104 19 10                               257,33                                  263,37
                          1104 21 10                               211,92                                   214,94
                          1104 21 30                               211,92                                   214,94
                          1104 21 50                               331,13                                   337,17
                          1104 21 90                               135,10                                   138,12
                          1104 29 11                               190,14                                   193,16
                          11042931                                 228,74                                   231,76
                          1104 29 91                               145,82                                   148,84
                          110430 10                                107,22                                   113,26
                          110620 10                                1 28,82 (3)                              135,47
                          1107 10 11                               254,47                            ~      265,35
                          1107 10 19                               190,14                                   201,02
                          1107 10 91                               235,76                           '       246,64 (2)
                          1107 10 99                               176,16                                   187,04 (")
                          1107 20 00                               205,30                                   216,18 (2)
                          1108 11 00                               314,51                                   335,06
                          1109 00 00                               571,84                                   753,18
            (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
            (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for
                products originating in Turkey.
            (3) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­
                nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States :
                —   products falling within CN code ex 0714 10 91 ,
                —   products falling within CN code 0714 90 11 and arrow-root falling within CN code 0714 90 19,
                —   flours and meal of arrow-root falling within CN code 1106 20,
                —   arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1108 19 90.
            0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levies are not applied to products imported directly into
                the French overseas departments originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
            (8) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808/90 .
            (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
           (") Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic or Hungary
                under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which
                EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to
                the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.