CELEX: 31980R1334
Language: en
Date: 1980-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1334/80 of 28 May 1980 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

31 . 5. 80                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 135/33
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1334/80
                                                          of 28 May 1980
                      fixing die import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       factured from cereals        as last amended by Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tion (EEC) No 1740/78 (*), provides that the levy thus
                                                                     determined, increased by the fixed component, is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                valid in general for one month but is altered where
Economic Community,                                                  the levy applicable to the basic product concerned
                                                                     differs by not less than 3-02 ECU per tonne from the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         average of the levies calculated as described above ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by              Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                  (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                              No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
                                                                     must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
                                                                     tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         processing ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9),
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                    s as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (10), laid
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­             down certain transitional measures in respect of
lation (EEC) No 11 3/80 (4), and in particular Article               starches ;
12 (4) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         in Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accor­
Committee,                                                           dance with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (n), as last
                                                                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1555/79 (12), the
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­             variable component of the levy on certain processed
able component of the import levy on products                        products must be reduced by the incidence of the
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                     production refund granted in respect of basic products
Article 14 (1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and               intended for processing ;
Article 12 ( 1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ;
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and                         interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
export system for products processed from cereals and                and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
rice (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     relating to them in respect of certain products
2245/78 (6), provides that the incidence on the prime                processed from cereals must be reduced by the
costs of these products of the levies applicable to their            amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
basic products should be calculated on the basis of the              some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
average of the levies applicable to these basic products             nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
for the first 25 days of the month preceding that of                 dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on the                  No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                     applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
products in question during the month of importa­                    resulting from the processing of agricultural products
tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
basic products considered to have been used in the                   States or in the overseas countries and territories (13),
manufacture of the processed product or the                          as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1198/78 (M) ;
competing product which serves as a reference for
processed products not containing cereals ;                          Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75
                                                                     provides that the levy to be charged on the products
                                                                     listed in the Annex to that Regulation under
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74                       subheading 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the
of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the                 date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
import levy on products processed from cereals and                   annexed to the General Agreement on tariffs and
from rice and for the advance fixing of this levy for
these products and for compound feedingstuffs manu                   (7) OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
                                                                     («) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            (>) OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
(*) OJ   No L  188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .                              (> °) OJ No L 247, 23. 9. 1975, p. 22.
(J) OJ   No L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              (») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
(«) OJ   No L  16, 22. 1 . 1980, p. 1 .                              (») OJ No L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 12.
(5) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            («>) OJ No L 85, 31 . 3. 1976, p. 2.
(*) OJ   No L 273, 29. 9. 1978, p. 1 .                               (>♦) OJ No L 147, 3. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
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trade, to the amount resulting from application of the       for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
rate of duty bound within GATT ;                             Customs Tariff,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
    relation to each other at any given moment within                                Article 1
    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 (EEC) No 2727/75 and
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
    of these currencies recorded for a given period in       and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be
                                                             as set out in the Annex hereto.
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous indent ;
                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1 980.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 28 May 1980.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President
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                                                             ANNEX
           to die Commission Regulation of 28 May 1980 fixing the import levies on products
                                                processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                Imports
                           CCT heading No
                                                              Third countries
                                                                                        ACP or OCT
                                                        (other than ACP or OCT)
           07.06 A                                                 15-97 (')                1416(i)(s)
           11.01 C (2)                                           165-77                   159-73
           11.01 D (2)                                           141-04                   13500
           11.01 E I (2)                                          182-22                  176-18
           11.01 E II (2)                                         102-86                   99-84
           11.01 F (2)                                             37-79                   34-77
           11.01 G (2)                                             96-64                    93-62
           11.02 A II (2)                                         154-36                  148-32
           11.02 A III (2)                                        165-77                  159-73
           1 1.02 A IV (2)                                        141-04                  13500
           1 1.02 A V a) 1 (2)                                    145-23                  139-19
           1 1 .02 A V a) 2 (2)                                   182-22                  176-18
           11.02 A Vb)(2)                                         102-86                    99-84
           11.02 A VI (2)                                          37-79                   34-77
           11.02 A VII (2)                                         96-64                    93-62
           1 1.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                    145-00                  141-98
            1 1.02 B I a) 2aa)                                     79-52                    76-50
           11.02 B I a) 2bb)(2)                                   138-02                  13500
           1 1.02 B I b) 1 (2)                                    145-00                  141-98
            1 1 .02 B I b) 2 (2)                                  138-02                  13500
            1 1 .02 B II a) (2)                                   122-08                  11906
            1 1 .02 B II b) (2)                                   112-61                  109-59
            1 1.02 B II c)(2)                                     159-63                  156-61
            11.02 B II d)(2)                                      149-87                  146-85
            1 1.02 C I (2)                                        146-25                  143-23
            1 1 .02 C II (2)                                      134-86                  131-84
            1 1.02 C III (2)                                      227-89                  221-85
            11.02CIV (2)                                          12302                   12000
            1 1.02 C V (2)                                        159-63                  156-61
            1 1 .02 C VI (2)                                      149-87                  146-85
            1 1 .02 D I (2)                                        94-33                    91-31
            1 1.02 D II (2)                                        8707                     8405
            1 1 .02 D III (2)                                      93-53                    90-51
            1 1.02 D IV (2)                                        79-52                    76-50
            1 1.02 D V (2)                                        102-86                    99-84
            1 1.02 D VI (2)                                        96-64                    93-62
            1 1.02 E I a) 1 (2)                                    93-53                    90-51
            11.02 EI a) 2 (2)                                      79-52                    76-50
            1 1 .02 E I b) 1 (2)                                  183-52                  177-48
            1 1 .02 E I b) 2 (2)                                  15604                   15000
            1 1.02 E II a) (2)                                    167-18                  161-14
            1 1 .02 E II b) (2)                                   154-36                  148-32
            1 1.02 E II c)(2)                                     182-22                  176-18
            1 1.02 E II d) 1 (2)                                   6508                     5904
            11.02 E II d) 2 (2)                                   171-24                  165-20
            1 1 .02 F I (2)                                       167-18                   161-14
             1 1 .02 F II (2)                                     154-36                   148-32
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                                                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                                  Imports
                            CCT heading No
                                                                          Third countries
                                                                                                                     ACP or OCT
                                                                    (other than ACP or OCT)
           1 1.02 F III (2)                                                  165-77                                     159-73
           11.02 F IV (2)                                                    141-04                                     135-00
           11.02 FV (2)                                                      182-22                                     176-18
           1 1.02 F VI 0                                                       37-79                                     34-77
           1 1.02 F VII (2)                                                    96-64                                     93-62
           1 1.02 G I                                                          73-18                                     67-14
           1 1.02 G II                                                         79-45                                     73-41
           11.04 CI                                                            18-99                                      12-34(5)
           1 1.04 C II a)                                                    145-05                                     120-87(5)
           1 1.04 C lib)                                                     178-14                                     153-96(5)
           1 1 .07 A I a)                                                    170-23                                     159-35
           11.07 A lb)                                                       129-94                                     119-06
           11.07 A II a)                                                     168-84 (<)                                 157-96
           11.07 A lib)                                                      128-90                                     118-02
           1 1 .07 B                                                         148-43 (4)                                 137-55
           11.08 A I                                                         145-05                                     124-50
           11.08 A II                                                         42-29                                       11-46
           11.08 A III                                                       152-88                                     132-33
           11.08 A IV                                                        145-05                                     124-50
           11.08 A V                                                         145-05                                      62-25 (5)
           11.09                                                             421-94                                     240-60
           17.02 B II a) (J)                                                 259-1 1                                    162-39
           17.02 B II b)(3)                                                  190-99                                     124-50
          21.07 F II                                                         190-99                                     124-50
          23.02 A I a)                                                        27-61                                      27-61
          23.02 A I b)                                                         88-36                                     88-36
          23.02 A II a)                                                        22-09                                     22-09
          23.02 A II b)                                                       88-36                                      88-36
          23.03 A I                                                          336-00                                     154-66
          (') This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes.
          (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products tilling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within
               subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading 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 */• by weight,
              — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding I ■€ % 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.
          (J) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products
               falling within subheading 17.02 B II.
          (4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5-44 ECU/tonne for products originating in Turkey.
          (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating in the African,
               Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
               — arrowroot falling within subheading 07.06 A,
              — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheading 11-04 C,
              — arrowroot starch falling within subheading 1 1 .08 A V.