CELEX: 31977R1398
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1398/77 of 28 June 1977 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

No L 158 /30                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              29 . 6. 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1398/77
                                                        of 28 June 1977
                                 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
                                                                   nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
                                                                   dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
 Economic Community,
                                                                   resulting from the processing of agricultural products
                                                                   originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                   States or in the 'overseas countries and territories' (4) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 Regulation (EEC) No 3138/76 (2), and in particular                levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                       within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          on their effective parity ;
 Committee,
                                                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­              of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 able component of the import levy on compound                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
 feedingstuffs are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of                in the previous subparagraph ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas the incidence
 of the levies applicable to the basic products of
 compound feedingstuffs on their prime costs should                Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 be determined, in pursuance of Article 4 of Council               tion (EEC) No 2727/75 the nomenclature provided for
 Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on                 in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
 the system to be applied to cereal-based compound                 Customs Tariff,
 feedingstuffs (3), on the basis of the average of the
 levies applicable during the first 25 days of the month
 preceding the month of importation to the quantities
 of basic products considered to have been used in the
 manufacture of such compound feedingstuffs, this                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
 average being adjusted on the basis of the threshold
 price for the basic products in question ruling during
 the month of importation ;
                                                                                          Article 1
 Whereas the levy thus determined, increased by the
 fixed component, is valid for one month ; whereas the            The import levies to be charged on the compound
 amount of the fixed component of the levy is speci­               feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No
 fied in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 ;               2727/75 and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75
                                                                  are fixed hereby as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
                                                                  tion .
 Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
 interests of the African , Caribbean and Pacific States
or in the 'overseas countries and territories', the levy
 relating to them in respect of certain products                                          Article 2
 processed from cereals must be reduced by the
(•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977.
(2) OJ No L 354, 24 . 12. 1976, p. 1 .
(> OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60.                            (4) OJ No L 85, M. 3 . 1976, p. 2.
 ---pagebreak--- 29 . 6 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 158/31
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 28 June 1977.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                               ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1977 fixing the import levies on compound
                                                            feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                             (u.aJtonne)
                                                                                                                    Levies
                                                                                                      Third countries
     CCT heading No                             Nomenclature in simplified wording                      (other than        ACP and
                                                                                                         ACP and            OCT
                                                                                                           OCT)
                         Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                        (EEC) No 968/68 , containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling
                        within subheadings 17.02 B and 17.05 B, or milk products (falling
                        within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04, and subheadings
                         17.02 A and 17.05 A) containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup :
                         Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch :
23.07 B I a) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                        20-45      '     11-45
23.07 B I a) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                             products                                                                    468-40            459-40
                        Containing more than 10 % but not more than- 30 % by weight of
                        starch :
23.07 B I b) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                        44-79            35-79
23.07 B I b) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by wight of milk
                             products                                                                    492-74            483-74
                        Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch :
23.07 B I c) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products^                                                       80-58            71-58
23.07 B 1 c) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                             products                                                                    528-53            519-53