CELEX: 31983R3662
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3662/83 of 23 December 1983 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

24. 12. 83                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 361 /45
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3662/83
                                                       of 23 December 1983
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  COMMUNITIES,                                                       levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   relation to each other at any given moment within
  Economic Community,
                                                                          a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                          their central rate,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular                     these currencies in relation to the Community
  Article 14 (4) thereof,                                                 currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
                                                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       22 . December 1983 ;
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
  of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of           Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
  Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 12 (4)          differs from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU
  thereof,                                                           per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
                                                                     Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") the
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                  levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
  value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to             the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
  be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
  tural policy Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
  Having regard to the advice of the Monetary
  Committee,                                                         The import levies to be charged on products processed
                                                                     from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
  Whereas the import levies on products processed from               2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
  cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                 414/83, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
  3344/83 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                (EEC) No 3344/83 are hereby altered to the amounts
  3621 /83 (8);                                                      set out in the Annex hereto.
  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 414/83 of 21                                            Article 2
• February 1983 (9) amended Regulation (EEC) No
  2744/75 (10) as regards products falling within sub­               This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 December
  heading 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;                      1983 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 23 December 1983 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 23 December 1983 altering the import levies on products
                                               processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                             Import levies
                         CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                                                            ACP or OCT
                                                      (other than ACP or OCT)
            11.01 D (2)                                         104,57                          98,53
            11.02 A IV (2)                                      104,57                          98,53
            1 1 .02 B I a) 2 aa)                                 58,85                          55,83
            1 1 .02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                            101,55                          98,53
            1 1 .02 B I b) 2 (2)                                101,55                          98,53
           11.02    CIV (2)                                      90,60                          87,58
            1 1 .02 D IV (2)                                     58,85                          55,83
            1 1 .02 E I a) 2 (2)                                 58,85                          55,83
           1 1 .02  E I b) 2 (2)                             •  115,52                         109,48
           1 1.02   F IV (2)                                    104,57                          98,53
           (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02
                 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02
                 shall be those meeting the following specifications :
                 — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry
                     matter, exceeding 45 % by weight,
                 — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not
                     exceeding 1,6 % for rice, 2,5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats
                     and 2 % for other cereals.
                 Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.