CELEX: 31979R0823
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 823/79 of 26 April 1979 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 105/ 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            27. 4. 79
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 823/79
                                                      of 26 April 1979
                      fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   factured from cereals (7), as last amended by Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                     tion (EEC) No 1740/78 (8), 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 2-5 units of account per tonne
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     from the average of the levies calculated as described
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 above ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by          Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                  processing ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9),
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­         as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (10), laid
lation (EEC) No 1 260/78 (4), and in particular Article          down certain transitional measures in respect of
12 (4) thereof,                                                  starches ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
Committee,                                                       in Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accor­
                                                                 dance with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (H), as last
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­         amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1127/78 (12), the
able component of the import levy on products                    variable component of the levy on certain processed
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                 products must be reduced by the incidence of the
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and          production refund granted in respect of basic products
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ;            intended for processing ;
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and                     Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
export system for products processed from cereals and            interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
rice (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
2245/78 (6), provides that the incidence on the prime            relating to them in respect of certain products
costs of these products of the levies applicable to their        processed from cereals must be reduced by the
basic products should be calculated on the basis of the          amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
average of the levies applicable to these basic products         some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
for the first 25 days of the month preceding that of             nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on the              dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                  No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
products in question during the month of importa­                 applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of             resulting from the processing of agricultural products
basic products considered to have been used in the               originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
manufacture of the processed product or the                      States or in the overseas countries and territories (u),
competing product which serves as a reference for                as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1198 /78 (H) ;
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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74                    listed in the Annex to that Regulation under
of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the              subheading 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the
import levy on products processed from cereals and                date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
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.
                                                                 (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
(«) OJ No L 281 , 1.11 . 1975, p . 1 .                           (9) OJ No L 195, 26 . 7. 1975, p . 25.
(*) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .                             (> o) OJ No L 247, 23. 9. 1975, p. 22.
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
(«) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 11 .                           ( ,2) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5 . 1978 , p. 24.
(5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                          ( I3) OJ No L 85, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 2 .
(6) OJ No L 273, 29 . 9. 1978 , p. 1 .                           ('«) OJ No L 147, 3 . 6. 1978 , p. 1 .
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annexed to the General Agreement on tariffs and               Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
trade, to the amount resulting from application of the        tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided
rate of duty bound within GATT ;                              for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                              Customs Tariff,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2*25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                                        Article 1
     their effective parity ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the         The import levies to be charged on the products listed
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each          in Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
     of these currencies recorded for a given period in        in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
     relation to the Community currencies referred to          and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be
     in the previous indent ;                                  as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
March 1979 (') laid down the coefficient for                                            Article 2
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
ECU ;                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 April 1979.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                             Vice-President
 (>) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 April 1979 fixing the import levies on products
                                              processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                (ECU/tonne)
                                                                             Imports
                        CCT heading No                    Third countries
                                                     (other than ACP or OCT)         ACP or OCT
           07.06 A                                              19-63 (!)                17-82(1)(«)
           11.01 C (2)                                         202-29'                 196-25
           11.01 D (2)                                         199-34                  193-30
           11.01 E I («)                                       179-87                  173-83
           11.01 E II (2)                                      101-52                   98-50
           11.01 F (2)                                          76-87                   73-85
           11.0,1 G (2)                                        111.50                  108-48
           11.02 A II (2)                                      201-81                  195-77
           11,02 A III (2)                                     202-29                  196-25
           11.02 A IV (2)                                      199-34                  193-30
           11.02 A V a) 1 (2)                                  142-88                  136-84
           11.02 A V a) 2 (2)                                  179-87                  173-83
           11.02 A Vb) (*)                                     101-52                   98-50
           11.02 A VI (2)                                       76-87                   73-85
           11.02 A VII (2)                                    111.50                   108-48
           11.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                 177-47                   174-45
           11.02 B I a) 2 aa)                                 112-56                   109-54
           11.02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                             196.32                   193-30
           11.02 B I b) 1 (2)                                 177-47                   174-45
           11.02 B I b) 2 (2)                                 196.32                   193-30
           11.02 B II a) (2)                                  146-53                   143-51
           11.02 B II b) (2)                                  147-67                   144-65
           11.02 B II c) (l)                                  157-53                   154.51
           11.02 B II d) (l)                                  173-18                   170-16
           11.02 C I (*)                                      175-66                   172-64
           11.02 C II (*)                                     177-04                   174-02
           11.02 C III (*)                                    278-62                  272-58
           11.02 C IV (*)                                     174-84                  171.82
           11.02 C V (2)                                      157-53                  154-51
           11.02 C VI (')                                    /173-18                  170-16
           11.02 D I (')                                      113-08                  110-06
           11.02 D II (*)                                     113-96                  110.94
           11.02 D III (*)                                   114-23                   111-21
           11.02 D IV (*)                                     112-56                  109.54
           11.02 D V (')                                      101-52                    98-50
           11.02 D VI (*)                                     111-50                  108.48
          11.02 E l a) 1 (l)                                  114-23                  111-21
          11.02 E I a) 2 (')                                  112-56                  109-54
          11.02 E I b) 1 (*)                                  224-10                  218-06
          11.02 E I b) 2 (*)                                  220-82                  214-78
          11.02 E II a) («)                                   200-26                  194-22
          11.02 E II b) («)                                   201-81                  195*77
          11.02 E II c) (*)                                   179-87                  173-83
          11.02 E II d) 1 (*)                                 131-45                  125-41
          11.02 E II d) 2 (*)                                 197-47                  191-43
          11.02 F I (*}                                       200-26                  194-22
          11.02 F II (*)\                                     201-81                  195-77
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                                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                         Imports
                        CCT heading No                               Third countries
                                                               (other than ACP or OCT)                     ACP or OCT
          11.02 F III (*)                                                202-29                              196-25
          11.02 F IV (2)                                                 199-34                              193-30
          11.02 F V (2)                                                  179-87                              173-83
          11.02 F VI («)                                                  76-87                                73-85
          11.02 F VII (2)                                                111.50                              108-48
          11.02 G I                                                       86-97                                80-93
          11.02 G II                                                      78-47                                72-43
          11.04 C I                                                       22-65                                16-00 (5)
          11.04 C II a)                                                  142-94                              118.76 (5)
          11.04 C II b)                                                  176-03                              151-85 (5)
          11.07 A I a)                                                   202-94                              192-06
          11.07 A lb)                                                    154-39                              143-51
          11.07 A II a)                                                  204-95                              194-07
          11.07 A II b)                                                 155-89 (4)                           145-01
          11.07 B                                                        179-88                              169-00
          11.08 A I                                                     142-94 (4)                           122-39
           11.08 All                                                      98-33                                67-50
          11.08 A III                                                    193.32                              172-77
          11.08 A IV                                                     142-94                              122-39
          11.08 A V                                                      142-94                                61-19 (5)
          11.09                                                          495-46                              314-12
          17.02 B II a) (3)                                              256-36                              159-64
          17.02 B II b) (3)                                              188.88                              122-39
          21.07 F II                                                     188-88                              122-39
          23.02 Ala)                                                      31-35                                31-35
          23.02 A I b)                                                   1,00.32                             100-32
          23.02 A II a)                                                   25-08                                25-08
          23.02 A II b)                                                  100-32                              100-32
          23.03 A I                                                     333-38                               152-04
          (i) This levy is limited to 6 °/o of the value for customs purposes.
          («) 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 °/o 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 "Io for wheat, 3 °/o for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 °/o for oats and 2 % for other cereals.
              Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.
          (') 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 0-45 u.a./100 kg for products originating
              in Turkey.
          (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 706/76 the levy shall not be charged on the following products
              originating in the countries and territories :
              — arrowroot falling within subheading ex 07.06 A,
              — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheadings ex 11.04 C I, ex 11.04 C II a) e b),
              — arrowroot starch falling within subheading ex 11.08 A V.