CELEX: 31974R1634
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1634/74 of the Commission of 26 June 1974 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

28 . 6 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 173/ 51
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1634/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 26 June 1974
                       fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     from cereals and from rice and for the advance fixing
COMMUNITIES,                                                       of this levy for these products and for compound
                                                                   feedingstuffs manufactured from cereals, provides that
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the levy thus determined, increased by the fixed
Economic Community ;                                               component, is valid in general for one month but is
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                        altered where the levy applicable to the basic product
67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­               concerned * differs by not less than 0-25 unit of
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­            account per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the
                                                                    levies calculated as described above ;
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article
 1 4 (4) thereof ;
                                                                   Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                        (EEC) NQ 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
tion of the market in rice as last amended by the
                                                                    must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of
                                                                   tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
new Member States to the European Economic
                                                                   processing ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                         Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
                                                                    in Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                   Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­           interests    of  the  Associated       African  States and
able component of the import levy on products                      Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                   tories, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and                Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC ;                 levy relating to them in respect of certain products
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    processed from cereals must be reduced by the
 1052/68 (6) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export              amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
system for products processed from cereals and rice, as            some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (7),                    nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                  dance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
these products of the levies applicable to their basic              522/70 (9) of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be
products should be calculated on the basis of the                  accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
average of the levies applicable to these basic products           originating in the Associated African States and
for the first twenty-five days of the month preceding               Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territo­
that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on             ries, and Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                653/71 ( 10) of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be
products in question during the month of importa­                   accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of               originating in the United Republic of Tanzania, the
basic products considered to have been used in the                  Republic of Uganda or the Republic of Kenya, as
manufacture of the processed product or the                        amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1036/72 ( n ) ;
competing product which serves as a reference for
processed products not containing cereals ;
                                                                   Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                              provides that the levy to be charged on the products
 1 579/74 (8) of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for                  listed in the Annex to that Regulation under heading
calculating the import levy on products processed                   No 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the date of
                                                                    entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
  «) OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                         annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
  2) OJ  No  L 141 , 28. 5. 1973, p. 8 .                           Trade, to the amount resulting from application of the
  }) OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .                             rate of duty bound within GATT ;
  4) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
  *) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
  *) OJ  No  L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8 .                            (9) OJ No L 65, 21 . 3. 1970, p. 10.
h OJ No L 86, 31 . 3. 1973, p. 30.                                 (10) OJ No L 76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p. 2.
(*) OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                                (») OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 18 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
    relation to each other, at any given moment,                                     Article 1
    within a band of 2*25 % , a rate of exchange based
    on their effective parity ;                              The import levies to be charged on the products listed
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the         in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and in
    arithmetic mean df the spot market rates of each         Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in      subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 are hereby
    relation to the Community currencies referred to         fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
    in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
                                                                                     Article 2
tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Customs Tariff :                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 26 June 1974.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
                                                                                                Levies in u.i./100 kg
                                                                                          Third countries
                                                                                           (other than      AASM , OCT.
     CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                AASM and            Tanzania,
                                                                                          OCT, Tanzania,     Uganda and
                                                                                           Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                              Kenya)
                                                                            #
07.06 A             Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar roots and tubers               o      (x)         0     (»)
                    with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C             Barley flour (*)                                                          0-500                0
 11.01 D            Oat flour (·)                                                             0-590             0-090
                                                                                              0-833             0-333
 11.01 E I          Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 e/o by weight (·)
                                                                                              0-439             0-189
 11.01 E II         Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1*5 ®/o by weight (*)
11.01 F                                                                                       0-250                0
                    Rice flour (*)
11.01 G                                                                                       0-500                0
                    Buckwheat flour (·)
11.01 H                                                                                       1-138             0-888
                    Millet flour (')
11.01 1 J                                                                                     0-250                0
                    Canary seed flour (*)
11.01 K                                                                                       1-784             1-534
                    Grain sorghum flour (*)
11.01 L             Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, mesiin, rye, barley, oats,     0-250                0
                    maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (*)
11.02 A II          Rye groats and meal (*)                                                   5-137             4-637
11.02 A III         Barley groats and meal (')                                                0-500                0
11.02 A IV          Oat groats and meal (*)                                                   0-590             0-090
11.02 A Va ) 1      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 %» by           0-500                0
                    weight, for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A V a) 2      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by            0-833             0-333
                    weight, other than for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A V b)        Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 °/o by              0-439             0-189
                    weight (')
11.02 A VI          Rice groats and meal (*)                                                  0-250                0
11.02 A VII         Buckwheat groats and meal (')                                            0-500                 0
11.02 A VIII        Millet groats and meal (')                                                1-138             0-888
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                                                                                                  Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                          Third countries
                                                                                             (other than      A ASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                   A ASM and           Tanzania,
                                                                                          OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                                                                                            Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                                Kenya)
11.02 A IX          Grain sorghum groats and meal (*)                                           1-784             1-534
11.02 AX            Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,               0-250                0
                    mesiin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                    sorghum (*)
11.02 B I a) 1      Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (*)                                       0-250                0
11.02 B l a) 2 aa)  Clipped oats                                                                0-301             0-051
1 1.02 B I a) 2 bb) Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (*)                 0-340             0-090
11.02 B I a) 3      Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (*)                                    0-250                0
11.02 B I a) 4      Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (*)                                       1-644              1-394
11.02 B I b) 1      Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze' or 'Grutten') (*)             0-250                0
11.02 B I b) 2      Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats ('Grütze' or 'Grutten') (*)          .    0-340              0-090
11.02 B I b) 3      Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat ('Grütze' or 'Grutten') (®)          0-250                0
11.02 B I b) 4      Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet ('Grütze' or 'Grutten') (*)             1-644              1-394
11.02 B II a)       Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                  0-403              0-153
                    kibbled (*) ·
11.02 B II b)       Hulled (shelled or husked)         rye, whether or not sliced or            3-676              3-426 '
                    kibbled (*)
11.02 B II c)       Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or                  0-546              0-296
                    kibbled (*)
11.02 B II d)       Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or          2-656              2-406
                    kibbled («)
11.02 B II e)       Hulled (shelled or husked) grains, whether or not sliced or                 0-250                0
                    kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, barley, oats,
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
11.02 C I           Pearled wheat (·)                                                           0-434              0-184
11.02 C II          Pearled rye (*)                                                             4-372              4-122
11.02 C III         Pearled barley (■)                                                          0-500                0
11.02 C IV          Pearled oats (*)                                                            0-330              0-080
1 1.02 C V          Pearled maize (*)                                                           0-546              0-296
11.02 C VI          Pearled buckwheat (*)                                                       0-250                0
 11.02 C VII        Pearled millet (')                                                          1-644              1-394
 11.02 C VIII       Pearled grain sorghum (*)                                                   2-656              2-406
 11.02 C IX         Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,       0-250                0
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
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                                                                                           Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                     Third countries
                                                                                      (other than      AASM , OCT,
     CCI heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording            AASM and           Tanzania ,
                                                                                     OCT, Tanzania ,    Uganda and
                                                                                      Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                         Kenya)
 11.02 D I           Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                         0-367              0-117
 11.02 D II          Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                           2-878              2-628
1 1.02 D III         Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (')                        0-250                 0
11.02 D IV           Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                          0-301           " 0-051
11.02 D V            Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                         0-439              0-189
11.02 D VI          Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (')                      0-250                 0
11.02 D VII         Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                         1-138              0-888
11.02 D VIII         Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                 1-784              1-534
1 1.02 D IX          Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled, other than grains of      0-250                 0
                    wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet or grain sor­
                    ghum (*)
11.02 E I a) 1      Rolled barley C)                                                     0-250                 0
11.02 E I a) 2      Rolled oats (*)                                                      0-301              0-051
11.02 E I a) 3      Rolled buckwheat (*)                                                 0-250                0
11.02 E I a) 4 .    Rolled millet (*)                                                    1-138             0-888
11.02 Elb) 1        Flaked barley (*)                                                    0-500                0
11.02 E I b) 2      Flaked oats (')                                                      0-600             0-100
11.02 E I b) 3      Flaked buckwheat (*)                                                 0-500                0
11.02 E I b) 4      Flaked millet (*)                                                    2-068             1-568
11.02 E II a)       Rolled or flaked wheat (■)                                           0-707             0-207
11.02 E II b)       Rolled or flaked rye (*)                                            5-137              4-637
11.02 E II c)       Rolled or flaked maize (*)                                          0-833              0-333
11.02 E II d)       Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (*)                                  3-207              2-707
11.02 E II e) 1     Flake rice (*)                                                      0-500                 0
11.02 E II e) 2     Rolled or flaked grains other than grains of wheat, rye, barley,    0-500                 0
                    oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum, excluding
                    flaked rice (*)
11.02 F I           Wheat pellets (*)                                                   0-707              0-207
11.02 F II          Rye pellets (*)                                                     5-137             4-637
11.02 F III         Barley pellets P)                                                   0-500                0
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                                                                                               Levies in u.a. /100 kg
                                                                                         Third countries
                                                                                          (other than      AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                  AASM and            Tanzania ,
                                                                                         OCT, Tanzania ,    Uganda and
                                                                                          Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                             Kenya)
11.02 F IV         Oat pellets (*)                                                           0-590              0-090
11.02 F V          Maize pellets (*)                                                         0-833              0-333
11.02 F VI         Rice pellets (*)                                                          0-250                 0
11.02 F VII        Buckwheat pellets (f)                                                     0-500                 0
11.02 F VIII       Millet pellets (2)                                                        1-138              0-888
11.02 F IX         Grain sorghum pellets (*)                                                 1-784               1-534
11.02 F X          Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice ,     0-250                 0
                   buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
11.02 G I          Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                               0-586              0-086
11.02 G II         Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground         0-639              0-139
11.06 A            Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                0-250                 0
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   for the manufacture of starches
                                        Λ
11.06 B I          Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,              1-700                 0
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   for the manufacture of starches
                   Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,              1-998               0-118
11.06 B II
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   other than for the manufacture of starches
                   Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour                 1-105               0-205
 11.07 Ala)
 11.07 Alb)        Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of            1-053               0-153 ,
                   flour
                             \
 11.07 All a )     Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form          0-900 (4 )            0
                   of flour
 11.07 A II b)     Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in        0-900                 0
                   the form of flour
 11.07 B           Roasted malt                                                              0-900 (4)             0
 11.08 A I         Maize starch                                                              1-700                 0
 11.08 A II        Rice starch                                                               2-550                 0
 11.08 A III       Wheat starch                                                              1-700                 0
 11.08 A IV        Potato starch                                                             1-700                 0
 11.08 A V         Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch                   1-700                 0
 11.09 A           Dried wheat gluten                                                       15-000                 0
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                                                                                                                           Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                                                    Third countries
                                                                                                                      (other than      AASM , OCT,
       OCT heading No                                    Nomenclature in simplified wording                           AASM and            Tanzania,
                                                                                                                    OCT, Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                                                      Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                                                         Kenya)
  11.09 B                         Wheat gluten, other than dried                                                        15-000                0
  17.02 B II a )                  Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99% or                        8-000 .              0
                                 more by weight of the pure product (8), in the form of white
                                  crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
  17.02 B II b)                   Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in the dry state, 99%                        5-500               0
                                 or more by weight of the pure product (s), other than glucose in
                                 the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
  17.05 B I                       Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline                        8-000               0
                                 powder, whether or not «agglomerated
  17.05 B II                      Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of                         5-500               0
                                 white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
  23.02 A 1 i)                   Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-031             0-031
                                 or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                                 35 % by weight
23.02 A I b)                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-048             0-048
                                 or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                 35 % but not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having undergone a
                                 denaturing process
 23.02 A I b) 2                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-096             0-096
                                 or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                 35% but not exceeding 45% by weight, not having undergone
                                 a denaturing process, or with a starch content exceeding 45 %
                                 by weight
23.02 A II a)                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-024             0-024
                                 or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                 content does not exceed 28 % by weight, and of which the percen­
                                 tage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0-2 mm
                                 does not exceed 10% by weight or of which the sieved product
                                 has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1*5 %
                                or more by weight
23Æ2 A II b)                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                       0-096             0-096
                                 or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within
                                subheading No 23.02 A II a)
23.03 A I                       Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding                          15-000                0
                                concentrated steeping liquors}, of a protein content, calculated on
                                the dry product, exceeding 40 % by weight
(*) This levy is limited to 6 •/• of the value for customs purposes.
 (•) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A ,
     products falling within headings 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.
 (■) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
     within subheading No 17.02 B II.
(«) In accordance with Regulation (EEC! No 3375/73 this levy is reduced by 0-45 u.a. /lOO kg for products originating in Turkey.