CELEX: 31992R2525
Language: en
Date: 1992-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2525/92 of 31 August 1992 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 9 . 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 254/5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2525/92
                                                        of 31 August 1992
                         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 f), 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 (9);
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 (% 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
                                                                    from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable         component and, in respect of some of these products, by
component of the import levy on products processed                  part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of      must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of              Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                  cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                   from the processing of agricultural products originating in
 1975 on the import and export system for products                  the ACP States (l0), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by             297/91 (") ;
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
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these          Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
basic products for the first 25 days of the month                   3763/91 (12) allows that within the limit of an annual
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,               quantity of 8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the          imports into the French department of Reunion of wheat
basic products in question during the month of importa­             bran falling within CN code 2302 30 from the African,
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic          Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
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, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                    91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                    overseas countries and territories with the European
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                    Economic Community (13) no levies shall apply on
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import             imports of products originating in the overseas countries
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
                                                                    O OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           (*) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
(2) OJ   No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(4) OJ   No L 73, 19. 3 . 1992, p. 7.                               (") OJ No L 36, 8 . 2. 1991 , p. 9 .
0   OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           ( I2) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1
(6) OJ   No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                               (") OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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 and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the     within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be                 by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to
charged on imports of certain products originating in the          glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
overseas countries and territories in order to prevent             1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the
products originating from these countries and territories          levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
from receiving more favourable treatment than similar              1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
products imported from Spain or Portugal into the                  products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;                     1702 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
                                                                   levies ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
agricultural products originating in developing countries          should be calculated on the following basis :
(') prolonged by Regulation (EEC) No 1 509/92 (2) reduces
by 50 % the levy or importation into the Community of              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
products of CN code 1108 13 00, within the limit of a
fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;                                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                        rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                        the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                        tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (l2), as last amended by Regu­
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (3), (EEC)                  lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (> 3),
 No 519/92 (4) and (EEC) No 520/92 (^ of 27 February
 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim               — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between                   average of the ecu rates published in the Official
the European Economic Community and the European                        Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the                      a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the                     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
tion (EEC) No 585/92 (6), as amended by Regulation                 (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
(EEC) No 955/92 f), lays down detailed rules for applying          Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
the arrangements provided for in these agreements as               ture,
regards cereals ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and
0714 90 originating in certain third countries (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3842/90 (9), lay down
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad                                       Article 1
 valorem :
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
                                                                   Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                  Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 and
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (10), as amended by            subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
                                                                   out in the Annex hereto.
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 .
(2) OJ No L 159, 12. 6. 1992, p. 1 .                                                          Article 2
(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.
(<) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
0 OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.                                 1992.
(8) OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
H OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8.
(I0) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                           (,2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 11 OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                (,3) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 31 August 1992.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                       ANNEX
            to die Commission Regulation of 31 August 1992 fixing the import levies on products
                                           processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                    Import levies f)
                        CN code
                                                                                       Third countries
                                                          ACP
                                                                                     (other than ACP)(8)
                   0714 10 10 (')                       124,33                              130,98
                   0714 10 91                           127,96 00                           127,96
                   0714 10 99                           126,15                              130,98
                   0714 90 11                           127,96 0 0                          127,96
                   0714 90 19                           126,15 0                            130,98
                   1102 20 10                           271,19                              277,23
                   1102 20 90                           153,67                              156,69
                   1102 30 00                           158,15                              161,17
                   1102 90 10                           230,33                              236,37
                   1102 90 30                           200,09                              206,13
                   1102 90 90                           156,71                              159,73
                   1103 1200                            200,09                              206,13
                   1103 13 10                           271,19                              277,23
                   1103 13 90                           153,67                              156,69
                   1103 1400                            158,15                              161,17
                   1103 19 10                           280,13                              286,17
                   1103 19 30                           230,33                              236,37
                   1103 19 90                           156,71                              159,73
                   1103 21 00                           266,08                              272,12
                   1103 29 10                           280,13                              286,17
                   1103 29 20                           230,33                              236,37
                   1103 29 30                           200,09                              206,13
                   1103 29 40                           271,19                              277,23
                   1103 29 50                            158,15                             161,17
                   1103 29 90                           156,71                              159,73
                   1104 11 10                            130,52                             133,54
                   1104 11 90                           255,92                              261,96
                   1104 12 10                            113,38                             116,40
                   1104 12 90                           222,32                              228,36
                   1104 19 10                           266,08                              272,12
                   1104 19 30                           280,13                              286,17
                   1104 19 50                           271,19                              277,23
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                                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                                            Import levies (')
                CN code
                                                                                 Third countries
                                                   ACP
                                                                              (other than ACP)(8)
           1104 19 91                            268,56                              274.60
           1104 19 99                            276.55                              282,59
           1104 21 10                            204,74                              207,76
           1104 21 30                            204,74                              207,76
           1104 21 50                            319,90                              325,94
           1104 21 90                            130,52                              133,54
           1104 22 10 10 (4)                      113,38                             116,40
           1104 22 10 90 (*)                     200,09                              203,1 1
           1104 22 30                            200,09                              203,1 1
           1104 22 50                            177.86                              180,88
           1104 22 90                            113.38                              116,40
           1104 23 10                            241,06                              244,08
           1104 23 30                            241,06                              244,08
           1104 23 90                            153,67                              156,69
           1104 29 11                            196,60                              199,62
           1104 29 15                            206,99                              210,01
           1104 29 19                            245,82                              248,84
           1104 29 31                            236,51                              239,53
           1104 29 35                            249,01                              252.03
           1104 29 39                            245,82                              248,84
           1104 29 91                             150,78                             153,80
           1104 29 95                            158,74                              161,76
           1104 29 99                            156,71                              159,73
           1104 30 10                            110.87                              116,91
           1104 30 90                            113,00                              119.04
           1106 20 10                            124.33 (3)                          130,98
           1106 20 90                            238,93 (3)                          263,1 1
           1107 10 11                            263,12                              274,00
           1107 10 19                            196,60                              207,48
           1107 10 91                            227.77                              238,65 (2)
           1107 10 99                            170.19                              181,07 ('■)
           1107 20 00                            198.34                              209,22 (2)
           1108 11 00                            325.20                              345,75
           1108 12 00                            242.56                              263,1 1
           1108 13 00                            242,56                              263,1 1 (6)
           1108 14 00                            121,28                              263,1 1
           1108 19 10                            226.78                              257.61
           1108 19 90                            121,28 (3)                          263,1 1
           1109 00 00                            591,28                              772.62
           1702 30 51                            316.39                              413,11
           1702 30 59                            242,56                              309.05
           1702 30 91                            316,39                              413,11
           1702 30 99                            242,56                              309,05
           1702 40 90                            242,56                              309,05
           1702 90 50                            242,56                              309,05
           1702 90 75                            331,45                              428,17
           1702 90 79                            230,51                              297,00
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                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                 Import levies f)
                           CN code
                                                                                                    Third countries
                                                                     ACP
                                                                                                  (other than ACP) (8)
                     2106 90 55                                   242,56                                 309,05
                     2302 10 10                                      59,70                                65,70
                     2302 10 90                                    127,93                                133,93
                     2302 20 10                                      59,70                                 65,70
                     2302 20 90                                    127,93                                133,93
                     2302 30 10                                      59,70 (10)                            65,70
                     2302 30 90                                    1 27,93 ( 10)                         133,93
                     2302 40 10                                      59,70                                 65,70
                     2302 40 90                                    127,93                                133,93
                     2303 10 11                                    301,32                                482,66
           (') 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.
           (J) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­
                nating 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.
            0 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.
            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.
            (8) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808/90 .
            (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
           (10) 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.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.