CELEX: 31983R3743
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3743/83 of 30 December 1983 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

31 . 12. 83                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 370/ 55
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3743/83
                                                       of 30 December 1983
                    altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  COMMUNITIES,                                                         levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    relation to each other at any given moment within
 Economic Community,                                                       a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                           their central rate,
 Having . regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                   these currencies in relation to the Community
 Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular                       currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
 Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         29 December 1983 ;
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                   Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
 of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation             differs from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU
 (EEC) No 1566/83 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4)               per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
 thereof,
                                                                     Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (10) the
                                                                      levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                    the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
 tural policy (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                                               Article 1
 Having regard to the advice of the Monetary
 Committee,
                                                                     The import levies to be charged on products processed
                                                                     from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas the import levies on products processed from                414/83, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                   3691 /83 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in
3691 /83 0 ;                                                         the Annex hereto .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 414/83 of 21                                               Article 2
February 1983 (8) amended Regulation (EEC) No
2744/75 (9) as regards products falling within sub­                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
heading 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;                        1984.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 30 December 1983 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 1.
(2) OJ  No  L  164,  14. 6 .  1982,  p. 1.
(3) OJ  No  L  166,  25. 6.   1976,  p. 1.
(«) OJ  No  L  163,  22. 6.   1983 , p. 5.
0 OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(') OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 368 , 29 . 12. 1983, p. 23 .
(8) OJ  No  L 51 , 24. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            (10) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1983 altering the import levies on products
                                              processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
            I                                                                Import levies
                         CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                                                            ACP or OCT
                                                      (other than ACP or OCT)
            11.01 D (2)                                         126,51                         120,47
            11.02 A IV (2)                                      126,51                         120,47
            1 1 .02 B I a) 2 aa)                                 71,29                          68,27
            1 1 .02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                            123,49                         120,47
            11.02 Bib) 2 (2)                                    123,49                         120,47
            1 1 .02 C IV (2)                                    110,11                         107,09
            1 1 .02 D IV (2)                                     71,29                          68,27
            1 1.02 EI a) 2 (2)                                   71,29                          68,27
            1 1 .02 E I b) 2 (2)                                139,90                         133,86
            1 1 .02 F IV (2)                                    126,51                         120,47
            (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling 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 1,6 % 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.