CELEX: 31991R1101
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1101/91 of 30 April 1991 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 5. 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 110/37
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1101/91
                                                         of 30 April 1991
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
                                                                    24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
                                                                    levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
                                                                    and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
Economic Community,                                                 cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                    increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
Portugal,                                                           basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
                                                                    per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                    described above :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,          Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; on importation into
                                                                    Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             tion (EEC) No 3808/90 (9) ;
No 1806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
                                                                    rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
                                                                    the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
                                                                    them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable
component of the import levy on products processed                  must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of      and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
                                                                    variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                  made in accordance with Article 14 of Council Regula­
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                   tion (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrange­
                                                                    ments applicable to agricultural products and certain
 1975 on the import and export system for products
processed from cereals and rice (5), as last amended by             goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                    products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies            countries and territories (OCT)(10), as last amended by
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (») ;
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 prece­
ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted
on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic
products in question during the month of importation is             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products         December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the              agricultural products originating in developing countries
processed product or the competing product which serves             (l2) reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
as a reference for processed products not containing                Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
cereals ;                                                           the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
(')  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           O OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(2)  OJ  No L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                            O OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
0    OJ  No L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No L 177,  24. 6. 1989 , p. 1 .                            H OJ No L 84, 30 . 3. 1990, p. 85.
0    OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           (") OJ No L 58, 5. 3 . 1991 , p. 1 .
(6)  OJ  No L 182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 49 .                             H OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                          the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (% as last amended by Regula­
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and                    tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (6),
0714 90 originating in certain third countries ('), as last
                                                                     — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3842/90 (2), lay down
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad                  average of the ecu rates published in the Official
valorem ;
                                                                         Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                         a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                        cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
October 1975 on glucose and lactose ('), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (4), stipulates that the treat­           Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                  (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90               Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to               ture,
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                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
                                                                                               Article 1
1 702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of                The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
levies ;                                                             Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
                                                                     Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 and
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
should be calculated on the following basis :                        out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                       Article 2
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1991 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 30 April 1991 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(>) OJ   No L  43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(2) OJ   No L  367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8 .
(J) OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                           0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4  OJ   No L  28 , 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                              («) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1991 fixing the import levies on products
                                           processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                                                    Import levies
                      CN code
                                                                                     Third countries
                                                     ACP or OCT
                                                                              (other than ACP or OCT) (*)
                 0714 10 10 (')                         148,32                           154,97
                 0714 10 91                             151,95(')0                       151,95
                 0714 10 99                             150,14                           154,97
                 0714 90 11                             151 ,9500                        151,95
                 0714 90 19                             150,14 0                         154,97
                 1102 20 10                             245,05                           251,09
                 1102 20 90                             138,86                           141,88
                 1102 30 00                             161,79                           164,81
                 1102 90 10                             273,51                           279,55
                 1102 90 30                             255,51                           261,55
                 1102 90 90                             145,13                           148,15
                 1103 12 00                             255,51                           261,55
                 1103 13 11                             245,05                           251,09
                 1103 13 19                             245,05                           251,09
                 1103 13 90                             138,86                           141,88
                 1103 14 00                             161,79                           164,81
                 1103 19 10                             280,53                           286,57
                 1103 19 30                             273,51                           279,55
                 1103 19 90                             145,13                           148,15
                 1103 21 00                             313,92                           319,96
                 1103 29 10                             280,53                           286,57
                 1103 29 20                             273,51                           279,55
                 1103 29 30                             255,51                           261,55
                 1103 29 40                             245,05                           251,09
                 1103 29 50                             161,79                           164,81
                 1103 29 90                             145,13                           148,15
                 1104 11 10                             154,99                           158,01
                 1104 11 90                             303,90                           309,94
                 1104 12 10                             144,79                           147,81
                 1104 1290                              283,90                           289,94
                 1104 19 10                             313,92                           319,96
                 1104 19 30                             280,53                           286,57
                 1104 19 50                             245,05                           251,09
                 1104 1991                              274,73                           280,77
                 1104 19 99                             256,10                           262,14
                 1104 21 10                             243,12                           246,14
                 1104 21 30                             243,12                           246,14
                 1104 21 50                             379,88                           385,92
                 1104 21 90                             154,99                           158,01
                 1104 22 10 10 (4)                      144,79                           147,81
                 1104 22 1 0 90 0                       255,51                           258,53
                 1104 22 30                             255,51                           258,53
                 1104 22 50                             227,12                           230,14
                 1104 22 90                             144,79                           147,81
                 1104 23 10                             217,82                           220,84
                 1104 23 30                             217,82                           220,84
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                                                                                          (ECU/tonne)
                                                           Import levies
                  CN code
                                                                            Third countries
                                             ACP or OCT
                                                                     (other than ACP or OCT) (")
             1104 23 90                         138,86                          141,88
             1104 29 11                        231,95                           234,97
             1104 29 15                        207,28                           210,30
             1104 29 19                        227,65                           230,67
             1104 29 31                        279,04                           282,06
             1104 29 35                        249,36                           252,38
             1104 29 39                         227,65                          230,67
             1104 29 91                         177,89                          180,91
             1104 29 95                         158,97                          161,99
             1104 29 99                         145,13                          148,15
             1104 30 10                         130,80                          136,84
             1104 30 90                         102,11                          108,15
             1106 20 10                         148,32 (3)                      154,97
             1106 20 91                        215,56 (')                       239,74
             1106 20 99                        215,56 (J)                       239,74
             11071011                          310,43                           321,31
             1107 10 19                        231,95                           242,83
             1107 10 91                        270,47                           281,35 0
             1107 10 99                        202,09                           212,97
             1107 20 00                        235,52                           246,40 0
             1108 11 00                        383,68                           404,23
             1108 1200                         219,19                           239,74
             1108 13 00                        219,19                           239,74 0
             1108 14 00                         109,59                          239,74
             1108 19 10                        232,00                           262,83
             1108 19 90                         109,59 0                        239,74
             1109 00 00                         697,60                          878,94
             1702 30 51                        285,89                           382,61
             1702 30 59                        219,19                           285,68
             1702 30 91                        285,89                           382,61
             1702 30 99                        219,19                           285,68
             1702 40 90                        219,19                           285,68
             1702 90 50                        219,19                           285,68
             1702 90 75                        299,51                           396,23
             1702 90 79                        208,29                           274,78
             2106 90 55                        219,19                           285,68
             2302 10 10                          64,75                           70,75
             2302 10 90                         138,75                          144,75
             2302 20 10                          64,75                           70,75
             2302 20 90                         138,75                          144,75
             2302 30 10                          64,75                           70,75
             2302 30 90                         138,75                          144,75
             2302 40 10                          64,75                           70,75
             2302 40 90                         138,75                          144,75
             2303 10 11                        272,28                           453,62
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           (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
           (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) 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 origina­
                ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                — 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.
           ( 5) Taric code : CN code 110422 10, other than 'clipped oats'.
           O 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.
           (7) 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 or in the overseas countries
                and territories .
           (") On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808 /90 .