CELEX: 31994R0718
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/94 of 29 March 1994 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 85/56                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30 . 3 . 94
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 718/94
                                                          of 29 March 1994
                           fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            1740/78 Q, provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                       increased by the fixed component, 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  levies calculated as described above ;
Community,
                                                                       Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                   rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                      relating to them in respect of certain products processed
market in cereals ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No               from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,                 component and, in respect of some of these products, by
                                                                       part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
                                                                       must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                       cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 from the processing of agricultural products originating in
No 1 544/93 (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof,             the ACP States (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                        235/94 0 ;
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable
component of the import levy on products processed                      Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 11 ( 1 ) (A) of          3763/91 (10), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of                 (u), allows that within the limit of an annual quantity of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                      8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to imports into
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 of 25 June                       the French department of Reunion of wheat bran falling
 1993 on the import and export system for products                      within CN code 2302 30 from the African, Caribbean and
processed from cereals and rice (*), provides that the inci­            Pacific (ACP) States ;
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, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
 preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                  91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the             overseas countries and territories with the European
 basic products in question during the month of importa­                 Economic Community (12) no levies shall apply on
 tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic             imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 products considered to have been used in the manufac­                  and territories ;
 ture of the processed product or the competing product
 which serves as a reference for processed products not
 containing cereals ;
                                                                         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
                                                                         December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
                                                                         agricultural products originating in developing countries
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                       (13), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3668/93 (14),
 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import                reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
 levy on products processed from cereals and from rice                   Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
  and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products             the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
  and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
  cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         O OJ     No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
                                                                         (8) OJ   No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
  (') OJ No    L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                              0 OJ     No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.
  O   OJ No    L 196,  5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                                H OJ     No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
  (3) OJ No    L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               (") OJ   No L 378 , 23. 12. 1992, p. 23.
  (4) OJ No    L 154,  25. 6. 1993, p. 5.                                H OJ     No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
  0   OJ No    L 155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 29.                               H OJ     No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
  (*) OJ No    L 168,  25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                                O OJ     No L 338, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 22.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/ 87 of 9                    amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (*), are used to
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and               and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
0714 90 originating in certain third countries ('), as last         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/92 (2), lay down                whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad             tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
valorem ;                                                           lation (EEC) No 1068/93 f), as amended by Regulation
                                                                    (EC) No 547/94 (8),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (4), stipulates that the treat­
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 it is to be extended to                                       Article 1
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                      The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to               Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and                      Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
 1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­         subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 shall be as set
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy                out in the Annex hereto.
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
levies ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 29 March 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (') OJ  No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
 (2) OJ  No L 394, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 23.
 (3) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                            (6) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
 (4) OJ  No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                O OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 O   OJ  No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 29 March 1994 fixing the import levies on products
                                                     processed from cereals and rice
                                                         (ECU/tonne)                                               (ECU/tonne)
                                   Import levies 0                                             Import levies f)
       CN code                                                                CN code
                                                 Third countries                                           Third countries
                             ACP                                                         ACP
                                                (other than ACP)                                          (other than ACP)
  071410 10 (')             120,03                    126,68              1104 22 90    100,08                  103,10
  0714 10 91                123,66 (2)(6)             123,66              1104 23 10    147,31                  150,33
  0714 10 99                121,85                    126,68              1104 23 30    147,31                  150,33
  0714 90 11                123,66 (2) (6)            123,66              1104 23 90     93,91                   96,93
  0714 90 19                121,85 (2)                126,68              1104 29 11    132,18                  135,20
  1102 20 10                165,73                    171,77              110429 15     159,64                  162,66
  1102 20 90                 93,91                     96,93              110429 19     163,34                  166,36
  1102 30 00                118,18                    121,20              1104 29 31    159,01                  162,03
  110290 10                 222,59                    228,63              1104 29 35    192,05                  195,07
  1102 90 30                176,62                    182,66              1104 29 39    163,34                  166,36
  1102 90 90                104,13                    107,15              1104 29 91    101,37                  104,39
  1103 1200                 176,62                    182,66              1104 29 95    122,43                  125,45
  1103 13 10                165,73                    171,77               1104 29 99   104,13                  107,15
  1103 13 90                 93,91                     96,93               110430 10     74,54                   80,58
  1103 14 00                118,18                    121,20               1104 30 90    69,05                   75,09
  1103 19 10                216,05                    222,09               110620 10    120,03 (2)              126,68
  1103 1930                 222,59                    228,63               1106 20 90   144,60 (2)              168,78
  1103 19 90                104,13                    107,15               1108 11 00   218,64                  239,19
  1103 21 00                178,88                    184,92               1108 1200    148,23                  168,78
  110329 10                 216,05                    222,09               1108 1300    148,23                  168,780
  1103 29 20                222,59                    228,63               1108 14 00    74,11                  168,78
  1103 29 30                176,62                    182,66               1108 19 10   169,46                  200,29
  1103 29 40                165,73                    171,77               1108 1990     74,11 (2)              168,78
  1103 29 50                118,18                    121,20               1109 00 00   397,52                  578,86
  1103 29 90                104,13                    107,15               1702 30 51   193,35                  290,07
  1104 11 10                126,13                    129,15               1702 30 59   148,23                  214,72
  1104 11 90                247,32                    253,36               1702 30 91   193,35                  290,07
  1104 12 10                100,08                    103,10               1702 30 99   148,23                  214,72
  1104 1290                 196,24                    202,28               1702 40 90   148,23                  214,72
  1104 19 10                178,88                    184,92               1702 90 50   148,23                  214,72
  1104 1930                 216,05                    222,09               1702 90 75   202,55                  299,27
  1104 19 50                165,73                    171,77               1702 90 79   140,87                  207,36
  1104 19 91                200,68                    206,72              2106 90 55    148,23                  214,72
  1104 1999                 183,76                    189,80               2302 10 10    44,12                   50,12
  110421 10                 197,86                    200,88               2302 10 90    94,53                  100,53
  1104 21 30                197,86                    200,88               2302 20 10    44,12                   50,12
  1104 21 50                309,15                    315,19               2302 20 90    94,53                  100,53
  1104 21 90                126,13                    129,15               2302 30 10    44,12 (8)               50,12
  1104 22 10 10 (3)         100,08                    103,10               2302 30 90    94,53 (8)              100,53
  1 1 04 22 1 0 90 (4)      176,62                    179,64               2302 40 10    44,12                   50,12
  1104 22 30                176,62                    179,64               2302 40 90    94,53                  100,53
  1104 22 50                156,99                    160,01               2303 10 11   184,14                  365,48
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(') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
(2) 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 071410 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.
 (3) Taric code : clipped oats.
 (4) Taric code : CN code 11042210, other than 'clipped oats'.
 (5) 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.
 0 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.
 0 No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
 (8) 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.