CELEX: 31993R0756
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 756/93 of 30 March 1993 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

31 . 3 . 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 77/39
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 756/93
                                                          of 30 March 1993
                          fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           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
                                                                      basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
 Having regard (o the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                      per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
 Economic Community,                                                  described above ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727US                  Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           relating to them in respect of certain products processed
 No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,            from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
                                                                      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 674/92 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,             the ACP States (9), extended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      444/92 (,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 14 (1 ) (A) of         3763/91 (u), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of               (12), 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
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                    the French department of Reunion of wheat bran falling
 1975 on the import and export system for products                    within CN code 2302 30 from the African, Caribbean and
processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by               Pacific (ACP) States ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on            Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these            91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
basic products for the first 25 days of the month                     overseas countries and territories with the European
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                 Economic Community (13) no levies shall apply on
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the            imports of products originating in the overseas countries
basic products in question during the month of importa­               and territories ;
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic
products considered to have been used in the manufac­
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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 of                    agricultural products originating in developing countries
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import              (14), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (I5),
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice                 reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products            Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from                      the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
cereals f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
(■) OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            (>) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
O   OJ   No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                               H OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
(3) OJ   No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               (") OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                                 (12) OJ No L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23 .
0   OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            H OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(6) OJ   No  L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                H OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
0   OJ   No  L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                                H OJ No L 396, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
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 Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 0, (EEC)                 thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
 No 519/92 (2) and (EEC) No 520/92 (3) of 27 February                 levies :
  1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
 Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
 the European Economic Community and the European                     Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the                   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (10) are used to
 Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the                  convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the               and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import               conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­             whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 tion (EEC) No 585/92 (4), as amended by Regulation                  tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 (EEC) No 955/92 (*), lays down detailed rules for applying           lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (") ;
 the arrangements provided for in these agreements as
 regards cereals ;
                                                                     Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1) of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                      Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                      ture,
 February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­
 cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and
 0714 90 originating in certain third countries (6), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/92 Q, lay down                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad
 valorem :
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (8), as amended by              The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (9), stipulates that the treat­          Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
 ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                 Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90               subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to              out in the Annex hereto.
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                                        Article 2
 products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
 1 702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1993 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 30 March 1993.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Rene STEICHEN
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3 .
(2) OJ  No  L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(3) OJ  No  L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No  L  62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
0   OJ  No  L  102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
(6) OJ  No  L  43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
0   OJ  No  L  394, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 23.
(8) OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                           (10) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                               (") OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 13.
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                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1993 fixing the import levies on products
                                          processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                   Import levies (8)
                       CN code
                                                                                      Third countries
                                                        ACP
                                                                                     (other than ACP)
                  0714 10 10 (')                       127,40                              134,05
                  0714 10 91                           131,03 (3)O                         131,03
                  0714 10 99                           129,22                              134,05
                  0714 90 11                           131,03 (3)O                         131,03
                  0714 90 19                           129,22 0                            134,05
                  1102 20 10                           245,84                             251,88
                  1102 20 90                           139,31                              142,33
                  1102 30 00                           151,53                              154,55
                  110290  10                           235,85                             241,89
                  1102 90 30                           209,16                             215,20
                  1102 90 90                           142,31                              145,33
                  1103 12 00                           209,16                             215,20
                  1103 13 10                           245,84                             251,88
                  1103 13 90                           139,31                              142,33
                  1103 14 00                           151,53                              154,55
                  1103 19 10                           272,52                             278,56
                  1103 19 30                           235,85                             241,89
                  1103 19 90                           142,31                              145,33
                  1103 21 00                           255,26                             261,30
                  1103 29 10                           272,52                             278,56
                  1103 29 20                           235,85                             241,89
                  1103 29 30                           209,16                             215,20
                  1103 2940                            245,84                             251,88
                  1103 29 50                           151,53                              154,55
                  1103 29 90                           142,31                              145,33
                  110411 10                            133,65                              136,67
                  1104 11 90                           262,06                             268,10
                  1104 12 10                           118,52                              121,54
                  1104 12 90                           232,40                              238,44
                  110419 10                            255,26                              261,30
                  11041930                             272,52                              278,56
                  1104 19 50                           245,84                              251,88
                  110419 91                            257,31                             263,35
                  110419 99                            251,14                             257,18
                  1104 21 10                           209,65                             212,67
                  1104 21 30                           209,65                             212,67
                  1104 21 50                           327,58                             333,62
                  110421 90                            133,65                              136,67
                  1104 22 10 10 0                      118.52                              121 »54
                  1104 22 10 90 0                      209,16                             212,18
                  1104 22 30                           209,16                             212,18
                  1104 22 50                           185,92                              188,94
                  1104 22 90                           118,52                              121,54
                  1104 23 10                           218,53                             221,55
                  1104 23 30                           218,53                              221,55
                  1104 23 90                           139,31                              142,33
                  1104 29 11                           188,61                              191,63
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                                                                                                              (ECU/tonne)
                                                                            Import levies (8)
                           CN code
                                                                                               Third countries
                                                                 ACP
                                                                                              (other than ACP)
                     1104 29 15                                 201,36                             204,38
                     110429 19                                  223,23                             226,25
                     11042931                                   226,90                             229,92
                     1104 29 35                        '        242,24                             245,26
                     1104 29 39                                 223,23                             226,25
                     1104 29 91                                 144,65                              147,67
                     1104 29 95                                 154,43                              157,45
                     1104 29 99                                 142,31                              145,33
                     1104 30 10                                 106,36                              112,40
                     1104 30 90                                 102,44                              108,48
                     110620 10                                  127,40 (3)                          134,05
                     1106 20 90                                 216,26 (3)                         240,44
                     110710 11                                  252,42                             263,30
                     1107 10 19                                 188,61                             199,49
                     110710 91                                  233,23                             244,11 0
                     11071099                                   174,27                             185,15 (,0)
                     1107 20 00                                 203,10                             213,98 (2)
                     1108 11 00                                 311,98                             332,53
                     1108 12 00                                 219,89                             240,44
                     1108 1300                                  219,89                             240,44 (6)
                     1108 1400                                  109,94                             240,44
                     1108 19 10                                 217,28                             248,11
                     1108 1990                                  109,94 (3)                         240,44
                     1109 00 00                                 567,24                             748,58
                     1702 30 51                                 286,82                             383,54
                     1702 30 59                                 219,89                             286,38
                     1702 30 91                                 286,82                             383,54
                     1702 30 99                                 219,89                             286,38
                     1702 40 90                                 219,89                             286,38
                     1702 90 50                                 219,89                             286,38
                     1702 90 75                                 300,48                             397,20
                     1702 90 79                                 208,97                             275,46
                     2106 90 55                                 219,89                             286,38
                     2302 10 10                                  57,32                               63,32
                     230210 90                                  122,83                             128,83
                     2302 20 10                                  57,32                               63,32
                     2302 20 90                                 122,83                             128,83
                     2302 30 10                                  57,32 (9)                           63,32
                     2302 30 90                                 122,83 0                           128>8 3
                     2302 40 10                                  57,32                               63,32
                     2302 40 90                                 122,83                             128,83
                     2303 10 11                                 273,16                             454,50
           (') 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.
           (3) 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.
           (*) Taric code : CN code 1104 22 10, other than 'clipped oats'.
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             (') 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.
             I7) 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.
             (8) 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 .
            (10) 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.1 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 .