CELEX: 31993R0203
Language: en
Date: 1993-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 203/93 of 29 January 1993 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 22/ 116                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 1 . 93
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 203/93
                                                       of 29 January 1993
                        fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
                                                                   and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
                                                                   cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
Economic Community,                                                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
                                                                   per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 described above ;
Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; on importation into
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
No 1 738/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,         Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
                                                                   whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 3808/90 (») ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 674/92 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,           Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
                                                                   rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
                                                                   relating to them in respect of certain products processed
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable        from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
component of the import levy on products processed                 component and, in respect of some of these products, by
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of      part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
                                                                   must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                 Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                  cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
1975 on the import and export system for products                  from the processing of agricultural products originating in
processed from cereals and rice (5), as last amended by            the ACP States (10), extended by Regulation (EEC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­           444/92 (»);
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                  Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,              3763/91 (12) allows that within the limit of an annual
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the         quantity of 8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to
basic products in question during the month of importa­             imports into the French department of Reunion of wheat
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic          bran falling within CN code 2302 30 from the African,
products considered to have been used in the manufac­               Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
ture of the processed product or the competing product
which serves as a reference for processed products not
containing cereals ;
                                                                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                    91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                   overseas countries and territories with the European
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import            Economic Community (13) no levies shall apply on
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
                                                                    0 OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           (a) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
(2) OJ No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              (">) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(4) OJ No  L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                                 (■<) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
O   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            H OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
(4 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                  H OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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imports of products originating in the overseas countries            within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
and territories ;                                                    by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to
                                                                     glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
                                                                     1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the
                                                                     levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
                                                                     1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
                                                                     products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20                    1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies ' on certain              tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
agricultural products originating in developing coun­                thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
tries ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    levies ;                                (
1 509/92 (2), reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into
the Community of products of CN code 1108 1300,
within the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
                                                                     Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                     1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (,2) are used to
                                                                     convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                     and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                     conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 (3), (EEC)              whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
No 519/92 (4) and (EEC) No 520/92 0 of 27 February                   tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim                  lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (13);
Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
the European Economic Community and the European
Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the               Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import               (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­              Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
tion (EEC) No 585/92 (% as amended by Regulation                     ture,
(EEC) No 955/92 Q, lays down detailed rules for applying
the arrangements provided for in these agreements as
regards cereals ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and
0714 90 originating in certain third countries (8), as last                                    Article 1
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/92 (9), lay down
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad
valorem ;
                                                                     The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
                                                                     Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
                                                                     Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
                                                                     subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                    out in the Annex hereto.
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (10), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 .(")» stipulates that the treat­
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
 ') OJ   No  L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .                                                    Article 2
 2) OJ   No  L 159, 12. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
 3) OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
 4) OJ   No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
 0   OJ  No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9 .
 j OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
 Ó OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1993.
 8) OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
 9) OJ No L 394, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 23.
(10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                             (,2) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 28 , 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                   H OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
              Done at Brussels, 29 January 1993.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           Rene STEICHEN
                                                                    Member of the , Commission
                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 January 1993 fixing the import levies on products
                                            processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                    Import levies (")
                          CN code                                                          .
                                                                                        Third countries
                                                          ACF                         (other than ACP)f)
                     0714 10 10 (')                      122,24                              128,89
                     0714 10 91                          125,87 0 0                          125,87
                     0714 10 99                          124,06                              128,89
                     0714 90 11                          125,87 0 0                          125>87
                     07149019                            124,06 0                            128,89
                     1102 20 10                          243,11                              249,15
                     1102 20 90                          137,76                              140,78
                     1102 30 00                          154,12                              157,14
                     110290 10                           226,57                              232,61
                     1102 90 30                          207,23                              213,27
                     1102 90 90                          139,06                              142,08
                     1103 12 00                          207,23                              213,27
                     1103 13 10                          243,11                              249,15
                     1103 1390                           137,76                              140,78
                     1103 14 00                          154,12                              157,14
                     1103 19 10                          285,21                              291,25
                     1103 1930                           226,57                              232,61
                     1103 19 90                          139,06                              142,08
                     110321 00                           256,95                              262,99
                     1103 29 10                          285,21                              291,25
                     1103 29 20                          226,57                              232,61
                     1103 29 30                          207,23                              213,27
                     1103 29 40                          243,11                              249,15
                     1103 29 50                          154,12                              157,14
                     1103 29 90                          139,06                              142,08
                     1104 11 10                          128,39                              131,41
                     1104 11 90                          251,74                              257,78
                     1104 12 10                          117,43                              120,45
                     1104 1290                           230,26                              236,30
                     1104 19 10                          256,95                              262,99
                     1104 19 30                          285,21                              291,25
                     1104 19 50                          243,11                              249,15
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                                                                                            (ECU/tonne)
                                                           Import levies Q
                 CN code
                                                 A _p                        Third countries
                                                                           (other than ACP) (*)
           1104 19 91                           261,72                            267,76
           1104 1 9 99                          245,39                            251,43
           1104 21 10                           201,39                            204,41
           1104 21 30                           201,39                            204,41
           1104 21 50                           314,68                           320,72
           1104 21 90                           128,39                            131,41
           1104 2210 10 (4)                     117'43                            120,45
           1 104 22 10 90 0                     207,23                           210,25
           1104 22 30                           207,23                           210,25
           1104 22 50                           184,21                            187,23
           1104 22 90                           117,43                            120,45
           1104 23 10                           216,10                           219,12
           1104 23 30                           216,10                           219,12
           1104 23 90                           137,76                            140,78
           110429 11                            189,86                            192,88
           1104 29 15                           210,74                           213,76
           1104 29 19                           218,13                           221,15
           1104 29 31                           228,40                           231,42
           1104 29 35                           253,52                           256,54
           1104 29 39                           218,13                           221,15
           1104 29 91                           145,61                            148,63
           1104 29 95                           161,62                            164,64
           1104 29 99                           139,06                            142,08
           1104 30 10                           107,06                            113,10
           1104 30 90                           101,30                            107,34
           1106 20 10                           122,24 (J)                        128,89
           1 106 20 90                          213,82 0                         238,00
           110710 11                            254,10                           264,98
           1107 10 19                           189,86                           200,74
           1107 10 91                           224,05                           234,93 0
           110710 99                            167,41                           178,29 (")
           1107 20 00                           195,10                           205,98 0
           1108 11 00                           314,05                           334,60
           1108 1200                            217,45                           238,00
           1108 13 00                           217,45                           238,00 0
           1108 14 00                           108,72                           238,00
           1108 19 10                           221,01                           251,84
           1108 19 90                           108,72 0                         238,00
           1109 00 00                           571,00                           752,34
           1702 30 51                           283,63                           380,35
           1702 30 59                           217,45                           283,94
           1702 30 91                           283,63                           380,35
           1702 30 99                           217,45                           283,94
           1702 40 90                           217,45                           283,94
           1702 90 50                           217,45                           283,94
           1702 90 75                           297,13                           393,85
           1702 90 79                           206,64                           273,13
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                                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                    Import levies f)
                               CN code
                                                                       Arp                             Third countries
                                                                                                     (other than ACP) (*)
                         2106 90  55                                  217,45                                283,94
                         2302 10  10                                   56,52                                 62,52
                         230210   90                                  121,10                                127,10
                         2302 20  10                                   56,52                                 62,52
                        2302 20   90                                  121,10                                127,10
                        2302 30 10                                     56,52 (l0)                            62,52
                        2302 30 90                                    121,10 H                              127,10
                         2302 40 10                                    56,52                                 62,52
                        2302 40 90                                    121,10                                127,10
                        2303 10 11                                    270,12                                451,46
              (') 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.
              ( !) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products
                   originating 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.
              f) Taric code : CN code 11042210, other than 'clipped oats'.
              (6) 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.
              f) 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.
              (*) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                   No 3808/90.
              f) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
             ('») 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.