CELEX: 31987R4013
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4013/87 of 29 December 1987 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 378/ 13
31 . 12. 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4013/87
                                                        of 29 December 1987
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            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
                                                                       and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
 Economic Community,                                                   cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                       increased by the fixed component is valid in general for
                                                                       one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    basic product concerned differs by not less than 3,02 ECU
 Portugal,                                                              per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                        described above :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3808/87 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,              Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1579/74, the levy on certain processed products must be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   reduced by an amount equal to the production refund
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                      granted in respect of basic products for processing ;
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9), as
 No 3877/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (10), laid down
                                                                        certain transitional measures in respect of starches ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                        Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable             Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accordance
  component of the import levy on products processed                     with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 ("), as last
  from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of          amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3794/85 (12), the vari­
  Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of                 able component of the levy on certain processed products
  Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                     must be reduced by the incidence of the production
  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                      refund granted in respect of basic products intended for
  1975 on the import and export system for products                      processing ;
  processed from cereals and rice (*), 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
  the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these
  basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­               Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
  ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted              rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
  on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
   products in question during the month of importation is               them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
   calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products           must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
   considered to have been used in the manufacture of the                and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
   processed product or the competing product which serves               variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
   as a reference for processed products not containing                   made in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regula­
   cereals ;                                                              tion (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the
   (') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                               O OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
   (2) OJ No  L 357,  19. 12. 1987, p. 12.                                (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
   (3) OJ No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                                 M OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
   («) OJ No  L 365,  24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .                                (10) OJ No L 247, 23. 9. 1975, p. 22.
   ft OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                                 (» OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
   («) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                    H OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.
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gements arrangements applicable to agricultural products                rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
and certain goods resulting from the processing of agri­                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
cultural products originating in the African, Caribbean                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territo­            tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (*),
ries ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (2) ;          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas, in respect of products falling within subhea­                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
dings 0714 10 and 0714 90 10 of the combined nomen­                     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
clature, Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
cable to products falling within subheadings 0714 10 and            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
0714 90 10 of the combined nomenclature coming from                 (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
third countries and amending Regulation (EEC) No                    Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
950/68 on the combined nomenclature (3) lays down the               ture,
terms on which the import levy may be charged at 6 %
 ad valorem and provides for the Common Customs Tariff
to be amended accordingly ;                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (4) intro­
                                                                                              Article 1
duces from 1 January 1988 a new combined nomencla­
ture meeting the requirements of both the Common                    The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics of foreign            Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
trade and replacing the present nomenclature ;                      Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally levies           subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75, shall be as set
                                                                    out in the Annex hereto.
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                                              Article 2
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 29 December 1987.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ   No   L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(2) OJ   No  L  172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
(3) OJ   No  L  43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.                              O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No  L  256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 .                            O OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 29 December 1987 fixing the import levies on products
                                              processed from cereals and rice
                                                              s
                                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                                         Imports
                       CN code                                        Third countries        ACP or OCT
                                               Portugal         (other than ACP or OCT)
           0714 10 10                            37,85                    188,76 (')            183,93 0 0
           071410 90                             34,83                    185,74 0              183,93 0 0
           0714 90 10                            34,83                    185,74 0              183.93 00
                                                 16,93                    315,57                309,53
            1102 20 10 (2)
                                                   9,19                    178,42               175,40
            1102 20 90 (2)
                                                 11,12                     197,14               194,12
            1102 30 00 (2)
                                                 68,73                    340,37                334,33
            1102 90 10 0
                                                172,49                     260,51               254,47
            1102 90 30 0
                                                 33,43                     184,42               181,40
            1102 90 90 0
                                                172,49                     260,51               254,47
            1103 12 00 0
                                                  16,93                    297,57               291,53
            1103 13 11 0
                                                  16,93                    315,57               309,53
            1103 13 19 0
                                                    9,19                   178,42                175,40
            1103 13 90 0
                                                  11,12                    197,14                194,12
            1103 14 00 0
                                                  86,41                    309,18                303,14
            1103 19 10 0
                                                  68,73                    340,37                334,33
             1103 19 30 0
                                                  33,43                     184,42               181,40
             1103 19 90 0
                                                  38,49                    358,98                352.94
             1103 21 00 0
                                                  86,41                     309,18               303,14
             1103 29 10 0
                                                  68,73                     340,37               334,33
             1103 29 20 0
                                                 172,49                     260.51               254.47
             1103 29 30 0
             1 103 29 40 0                         16,93                    315,57               309,53
             1103 29 50 0                          11,12                    197.14                194,12
             1103 29 90 0                         33,43                     184,42                181,40
                                                  38,55                     192,47                189,45
             1104 11 10 0
                                                   75,70                    377.52               371.48
             1104 11 90 0
                                                   97,34                    147,22                144,20
             1104 12 10 0
                                                 190,98                     288,78                282,74
              1104 12 90 0
                                                   38,49                    358,98                352,94
              1104 19 10 0
                                                   86,41                    309,18                303,14
              1104 19 30 0
                                                   16,93                    315,57                309,53
              1104 19 50 0
                                                   19,79                     335,67               329,63
              110419 91 0
                                                   59,70                     326.15               320,11
              1104 19 99 0
                                                   58,75                     300,20               297,18
              1104 21 10 0
              1104 21 30 0                         58,75                     300.20               297.18
                                                   93,12                     470,39               464,35
              1104 21 50 0
              1104 21 90 0                         38,55                     192,47                189,45
                                                  169,47                     257,49               254,47
              1104 22 10 0
                                                  169,47 .                   257,49                254,47
              1104 22 30 0
              1104 22 50 0                        150,97                     229.21                226.19
                                                    97,34                    •147,22               144.20
              1104 22 90 0
                                                    12,70                     278.16               275,14
               1104 23 10 0
                                                    12,70                     278,16           - 275,14
               1104 23 30 0
               1104 23 90 0                           9,19                    178,42               175,40
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                                                                                         (ECU/tonne)
                                                                 Imports
                  CN code
                                                             Third countries
                                       Portugal        (other than ACP or OCT)
                                                                               ACP or OCT
       1104 29 10 10 00                 27,00                     263,81          260,79
       1104 29 10 20 00                 62,40                     227,01          223,99
       1 104 29 10 30 (2) (8)           50,72                     287,56          284,54
       1104 29 10 40 (2)0               50,72                     287,56          284,54
       1104 29 10 90 OH                 50,72                     287,56          284,54
       1104 29 30 10 0 0                31,87                     316,75          313,73
       1 104 29 30 20 0 0               74,46                     272,48          269,46
       11 04 29 30 30 0 0               50,72                     287,56          284,54
       1 104 29 30 40 0 0               50,72                     287,56          284,54
       1 104 29 30 90 0 0°)              50,72                    287,56          284,54
       1104 29 91 0                     21,41                     203,02          200,00
       1104 29 95 0                     48,56                     174,80          171,78
       11 04 29 99 0                    33,43                     184,42          181,40
       1104 30 10                        19,56                    153,10          147,06
       1104 30 90                        10,58                    135,01          128,97
       1106 20 10                       37,85                     188,76          182,11 0
       1106 20 91                       30,29                     281,31          257,13 0
       1106 20 99                       30,29                     297,41          273,23 0
       1107 10 11                       42,97                     359,90        . 349,02
       1107 10 19                       34,86                     271,67          260,79
       1107.10 91                       72,88                     341,50 0        330,62
       1107 10 99                        57,20                    257,91          247,03
       1107 20 00                       64,87                     298,78 0        287,90
       1108 11 00                       60,22                     421,13          400,58
       1108 12 00                       30,29                     281,31          260,76
       1108 13 00                       30,29                     281,31          260,76
       1108 14 00                       30,29                     281,31          130,38 0
       1108 19 10                       42,44                     290,95          260,12
       1108 19 90                       30,29                     281,31          130,38
       1109 00 00                      253,46                     909,66          728,32
       1702 30 91 0                    109,43                     436,84          340,12
       1702 30 99 0                     76,23                     327,25          260,76
       1702 40 90 0                     76,23                     327,25          260,76
       1702 90 50 0                     76,23                     327,25          260,76
       1702 90 75                      110,03                     453,03          356,31
       1702 90 79                       75,75                     314,29          247,80
       2106 90 55                       76,23                     327,25          260,76
       2302 10 10                        15,52                     83,53           77,53
       2302 10 90                       26,40                     172,13          166,13
       2302 20 10                        15,52                     83,53           77,53
       2302 20 90                       26,40                     172,13          166,13
       2302 30 10                        15,52                     83,53           77,53
       2302 30 90                       26,40                     172,13          166,13
       2302 40 10                        15,52                     83,53           77,53
       2302 40 90                       26,40                     172,13          166,13
       2303 10 11                      193,44                     505,26          323,92
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           (') This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes, subject to certain conditions.
           (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104 and those falling
                 whithin subheadings 2302 10, 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40, products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1102, 1103 and 1104
                 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 1,6 % for nee, 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 Nos 1103 and 1104.
            (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the products falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 are subject to the
                 same levy as products falling within subheading 1702 30 91 and 1702 30 99.
            (<) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5,44 ECU/tonne for products originating in Turkey.
            (5) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 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 :
                  — arrow-root falling within subheading 0714 90 10,
                  — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1 1 06 20,
                  — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90 .
             0 Taric code : wheat.
             0 Taric code : rye.
             (8) Taric code : millet.
             (') Taric code : sorghum.
            (I0) Taric code : others.