CELEX: 31995R0163
Language: en
Date: 1995-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/95 of 31 January 1995 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 2. 95                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 24/ 17
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/95
                                                         of 31 January 1995
                          fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
                                                                     rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
                                                                     relating to them in respect of certain products processed
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
Community,                                                           component and, in respect of some of these products, by
                                                                     part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
                                                                     must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                    Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
                                                                     cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1866/94 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,            from the processing of agricultural products originating in
                                                                     the ACP States (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                     2484/94 (9) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No            Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 869/94 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,             3763/91 (10), as amended by Commission Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 3714/92 (n), allows that within the limit of an
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable          annual quantity of 8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be
component of the import levy on products processed                   applied to imports into the French department of
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 11 (1 ) (A) of        Reunion of wheat bran falling within CN code 2302 30
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of              from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 of 25 June
 1993 on the import and export system for products                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
processed from cereals and rice (*), provides that the inci­         91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies             overseas countries and territories with the European
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on           Economic Community (12) no levies shall apply on
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these           imports of products originating in the overseas countries
basic products for the first 25 days of the month                    and territories ;
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the
basic products in question during the month of importa­
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic           Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 (13) has
products considered to have been used in the manufac­                opened Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
ture of the processed product or the competing product               products and fixed the levies to be applied on imports of
which serves as a reference for processed products not               those products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
containing cereals ;                                                 1 897/94 (H) has established the detailed rules of the
                                                                     import regime for cereals laid down in Regulation (EC)
                                                                     No 774/94 ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products           February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from                     cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and
cereals (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  0714 90 originating in certain third countries (15), as last
 1740/78 Q, provides that the levy thus determined,                  amended by Regulation (EC) No 3191 /94 (16), lay down
increased by the fixed component, is altered where the               the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad
levy applicable to the basic product concerned differs by            valorem. ;
not less than ECU 3,02 per tonne from the average of the
levies calculated as described above ;
                                                                     (8) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
                                                                     0 OJ No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.
(') OJ  No   L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                            (10) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 1 .                             (n) OJ No L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23,
(3) OJ  No   L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             H OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No   L 197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 7.                              H OJ No L 91 , 8. 4. 1994, p. 1 .
0*OJ    No   L 155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 29.                             (,4) OJ No L 194, 29. 7. 1994, p. 4.
(6) OJ  No   L 168,  25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                              H OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
O OJ    No   L 202,  26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .                             H OJ No L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 8 .
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 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                    lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (*), as last amended by Regula­
 October 1975 on glucose and lactose ('), as amended by               tion (EC) No 1 57/95 (6),
 Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), stipulates that the treat­
 ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
 within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 it is to be extended to
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
  1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the
 levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
  1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to                                        Article 1
 products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
 1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
 tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
 thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of                The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 levies ;                                                             Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
                                                                      Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article           subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 shall be as set
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (3), as last                out in the Annex hereto.
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (4), are used to
 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;                                            Article 2
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1995.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 31 January 1995.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
(2) OJ  No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O   OJ  No  L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .                             (6) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1995 fixing the import levies on products
                                                    processed from cereals and rice
                                                         (ECU/tonne)                                                (ECU/tonne)
        CN code        I
                                   Import levies (J)                 \       CN code \
                                                                                                Import levies 0
                                               Third countries                                              Third countries
                             ACP                                                          ACP
                                              (other than ACP)                                             (other than ACP)
    071410 10 (')            98,36                   105,01              1104 23 90     106,17                   109,19
    0714 10 91              101,99 0 0               101,99              1104 29 11     122,54                   125,56
    0714 10 99              100,18                   105,01
                                                                         1104 29 15     177,30                   180,32
    0714 90 11              101,99 f) Q              101,99
                                                                         1104 29 19     172,86                   175,88
    0714 90 19              100,18 (2)               105,01
    1102 20 10              187,36                   193,40
                                                                         1104 29 31     147,41                   150,43
    1 102 20 90             106,17                   109,19              1104 29 35     213,29                   216,31
    1 102 30 00             137,05                   140,07              1104 29 39     172,86                   175,88
    1102 90 10              183,58                   189,62              1104 29 91       93,98                   97,00
    1102 90 30 .            203,48                   209,52              1 104 29 95    135,98                   139,00
    1102 90 90              110,20                   113,22                          \
                                                                         1104 29 99     110,20                   113,22
    1103 12 00              203,48                   209,52
                                                                         1104 30 10       69,10                   75,14
    1103 13 10              187,36                   193,40
    1103 13 90              106,17                   109,19              1104 30 90       78,07                   84,11
    1103 14 00              137,05                   140,07              1106 20 10       98,36 (2)              105,01
    1103 19 10              239,96                   246,00              1106 20 90     163,95 (2)               188,13
    1103 19 30              183,58                   189,62              1108 11 00     202,69                   223,24
    1103 19 90              110,20                   113,22
                                                                         1108 12 00     167,58                   188,13
    1103 21 00              165,84                   171,88
                                                                         1108 13 00     167,58                   188,13
    1103 29 10              239,96                   246,00
    1103 29 20              183,58                   189,62              1108 14 00       83,79                  188,13
    1103 29 30              203,48                   209,52              1108 19 10     196,52                   227,35
    1103 29 40              187,36                   193,40              1108 19 90       83,79 0                188,13
    1103 29 50              137,05                   140,07              1109 00 00     368,53                   549,87
    1103 29 90              110,20                   1 13,22
                                                                         1702 30 51     218,58                   315,30
    1104 11 10              104,03                   107,05
                                                                         1702 30 59     167,58                   234,07
    1104 11 90              203,97                   210,01
    1104 12 10              115,31                   118,33
                                                                         1702 30 91     218,58                   315,30
    1104 12 90              226,09                   232,13              1702 30 99     167,58                   234,07
    1104 19 10              165,84                   171,88              1702 40 90     167,58                   234,07
    1104 19 30              239,96                   246,00              1702 90 50     167,58                   234,07
    1104 19 50              187,36                   193,40              1702 90 75     228,99                   325,71
    1104 19 91              232,72                   238,76                          \
                                                                         1702 90 79      159,25                  225,74
    1104 19 99              194,46                   200,50
                                                                         2106 90 55      167,58                  234,07
    1104 21 10              163,18                   166,20
    1104 21 30              163,18                   166,20              2302 10 10       41,75                   47,75
    1104 21 50              254,97                   261,01              2302 10 90       89,46                   95,46
    1104 21 90              104,03                   107,05              2302 20 10       41,75                   47,75
    1104 22 10 10 (3)       115,31                   118,33              2302 20 90       89,46                   95,46
    1104 22 10 90 (4)       203,48                   206,50
                                                                         2302 30 10       41,75 0                 47,75 0
    1104 22 30              203,48                   206,50
                                                                         2302 30 90       89,46 f)                95,46 (")
    1104 22 50              180,88                   183,90
    1104 22 90              115,31                   118,33
                                                                         2302 40 10       41,75                   47,75 (8)
    1104 23 10              166,54                   169,56              2302 40 90       89,46                   95,46 0
    1104 23 30              166,54                   169,56              2303 10 11     208,17                   389,51
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(') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
(2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating 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.
(3) Taric code : clipped oats.
(4) Taric code : CN code 1104 22 10, other than 'clipped oats'.
Q 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.
(6) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
0 Under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 the levy does not apply to wheat bran originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) and
    directly imported into the French department of Reunion.
(8) For imported products falling within these codes, the levy applicable is restricted within the conditions provided for in Council Regulation (EC)
    No 774/94.