CELEX: 31992R1358
Language: en
Date: 1992-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1358/92 of 26 May 1992 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 145/64                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27. 5. 92
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1358/92
                                                           of 26 May 1992
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
                                                                     one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
                                                                     basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
Economic Community,                                                  described above :
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                            Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; on importation into
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,              tion (EEC) No 3808/90 (8) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
No 674/92, and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                  relating to them in respect of certain products processed
                                                                      from cereals must be reduced by the ,amount of the fixed
                                                                      component and, in respect of some of these products, by
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable           part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
component of the import levy on products processed                    must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of         Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of                cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                    from the processing of agricultural products originating in
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                     the ACP States (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
1975 on the import and export system for products                     No 444/92 (10);
processed from cereals and rice (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (*), provides that the inci­
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on            Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these            3763/91 (") allows that within the limit of an annual
basic products for the first 25 days of the month                     quantity of 8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                 imports into the French department of Reunion of wheat
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the            bran falling within CN code 2302 30 from the African,
basic products in question during the month of importa­               Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic
products considered to have been used in the manufac­
ture of the processed product or the competing product                Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
which serves as a reference for processed products not                91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
containing cereals ;                                                  overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                      Economic Community (,2) no levies shall apply on
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                     imports of products originating in the overseas countries
24 June 1 974 on the procedure for calculating the import             and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice                 abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products            charged on imports of certain products originating in the
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from                      overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    products originating from these countries and territories
 1 740/78 P), provides that the levy thus determined,                  from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
                                                                       products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
                                                                       Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
(') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.
(3) OJ  No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               (8) OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            O OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ  No   L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                H OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
(«) OJ  No   L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                                (") OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
f)  OJ  No   L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .                              (I2) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20                products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain            1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
agricultural products originating in developing countries        tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
(') prolonged by Regulation (EEC) No 3588/91 (2) reduces         thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
by 50 % the levy or importation into the Community of            levies ;
products of CN code 1108 13 00, within the limit of a            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
                                                                 should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 (3), (EEC)          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
No 519/92 (4) and (EEC) No 520/92 0 of 27 February
1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between                 of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
the European Economic Community and the European
Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the                    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                      tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (l2), as last amended by Regu­
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the                lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (13),
other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import           — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
tion (EEC) No 585/92 (6), as amended by Regulation                    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
(EEC) No 955/92 Q, lays down detailed rules for applying              a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the arrangements provided for in these agreements as                  cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
regards cereals ;
                                                                 Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                  (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­          Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and            ture,
0714 90 originating in certain third countries ("), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3842/90 ('), lay down
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 valorem ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (10), as amended by          The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 ("), stipulates that the treat­       Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling              Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90           subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to           out in the Annex hereto.
glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the                                       Article 2
levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1992.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 May 1992.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
0 OJ No L 341 , 12. 12. 1991 , p. 6.
(3) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
(4) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
O OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(6) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
0 OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
(") OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
O OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8.
O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                            H OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(") OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                              (,3) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 May 1992 fixing the import levies on products
                                           processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                    (ECV/tonne)
                                                                   Import levies f)
                        CN code
                                                                                      Third countries
                                                         ACP
                                                                                    (other than ACP)(8)
                  0714 10 10 (')                        144,20                             150,85
                  0714 10 91                            147,83 00                          147,83
                  0714 10 99                            146,02                             150,85
                  0714 90 11                            147,83 00                          147,83
                  0714 90 19                            146,02 0                           150,85
                  1102 20 10                            256,50                             262,54
                  1102 20 90                            145,35                             148,37
                  1102 30 00                            146,80                             149,82
                  1102 90 10                            266,09                             272,13
                  1102 90 30                            222,70                             228,74
                  1102 90 90                            151,79                             154,81
                  1103 12 00                            222,70                             228,74
                  1103 13 10                            256,50                             262,54
                  1103 13 90                            145,35                             148,37
                  1103 14 00                            146,80                             149,82
                  1103 19 10                            301,10                             307,14
                  1103 19 30                            266,09                             272,13
                  1103 19 90                            151,79                             154,81
                  1103 21 00                            288,74                             294,78
                  1103 29 10                            301,10                             307,14
                  1103 29 20                            266,09                             272,13
                  1103 29 30                            222,70                             228,74
                  1103 29 40                            256,50                             262,54
                  1103 29 50                            146,80                             149,82
                   1103 29 90                           151,79                             154,81
                  1104 11 10                            150,79                             153,81
                  1104 11 90                            295,66                             301,70
                   1104 12 10                           126,19                             129,21
                  1104 12 90                            247,44                             253,48
                  1104 19 10                            288,74                             294,78
                   1104 19 30                           301,10                             307,14
                   1104 19 50                           256,50                             262,54
                   1104 19 91                           249,28                             255,32
                   1104 19 99                           267,86                             273,90
                   1104 21 10                           236,53                             239,55
                   1104 21 30                           236,53                             239,55
                   1104 21 50                           369,58                             375,62
                  1104 21 90                            150,79                             153,81
                   1104 22 10 10 (4)                    126,19                             129,21
                   1104 22 10 90 0                      222,70                             225,72
                   1104 22 30                           222,70                             225,72
                   1104 22 50                           197,95                             200,97
                   1104 22 90                           126,19                             129,21
                   1104 23 10                           228,00                             231,02
                   1104 23 30                           228,00                             231,02
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                                                                                            (ECU/tonne)
                                                          Import levies Q
                CN code
                                                                            Third countries
                                               ACP
                                                                          (other than ACP)(8)
          1104 23 90                          145,35                             148,37
          1104 29 11                          213,35                             216,37
          1104 29 15                          222,48                             225,50
          1104 29 19                          238,10                             241,12
          1104 29 31                          256,66                             259,68
          1104 29 35                          267,65                             270,67
          1104 29 39                          238,10                             241,12
          1104 29 91                          163,62                             166,64
          1104 29 95                          170,63                             173,65
          1 104 29 99                         151,79                             154,81
          1104 30 10                          120,31                             126,35
          1104 30 90                          106,88                             112,92
          1106 20 10                          144,20 (3)                         150,85
          1106 20 90                          225,80 (3)                         249,98
          1107 10 11                          285,53                             296,41
          1107 10 19                          213,35                             224,23
          1107 1091                           263,14                             274,02 (2)
          1107 10 99                          196,61                             207,49 (>')
          1107 20 00                          229,14                             240,02 (2)
          1108 11 00                          352,90                             373,45
          1108 12 00                          229,43                             249,98
          1108 13 00                          229,43                             249,98 («)
          1108 14 00                          114,71                             249,98
          1108 19 10                          210,50                             241,33
          1108 19 90                          114,71 (3)                         249,98
          1109 00 00                          641,64                             822,98
          1702 30 51                          299,25                             395,97
          1702 30 59                          229,43                             295,92
          1702 30 91                          299,25                             395,97
          1702 30 99                          229,43                             295,92
          1702 40 90                          229,43                             295,92
          1702 90 50                          229,43                             295,92
          1702 90 75                          313,50                             410,22
          1702 90 79                          218,03                             284,52
          2106 90 55                          229,43                             295,92
          2302 10 10                           63,10                              69,10
          2302 10 90                          135,22                             141,22
          2302 20 10                           63,10                              69,10
          2302 20 90                          135,22                             141,22
          2302 30 10                           63,10 O                            69,10
          2302 30 90                          135,22 (,0)                        141,22
          2302 40 10                           63,10                              69,10
          2302 40 90                          135,22                             141,22
          2303 10 11                          285,00                             466,34
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            (') 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.
             (4) Taric code : clipped oats.
             0 Taric code : CN code 1104 22 10, other than 'clipped oats'.
             (') Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90, the levy on importation into the Community of products of CN code
                 1108 13 00 is reduced by 50% within the limit of a fixed quantity of 5 000 tonnes.
             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 9 1 /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.
            (") 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 .