CELEX: 31973R0224
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 224/73 of the Council of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules concerning the components designed to ensure, within the cereals and rice sectors, the protection of the processing industry, and fixing those components in respect of the new Member States

No L 27/ 8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 2 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 224/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                          of 31 January 1973
               laying down general rules concerning the components designed to ensure, within the
               cereals and rice sectors, the protection of the processing industry, and fixing those
                                          components in respect of the new Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas it is necessary to determine those products
                                                                      for which no fixed component shall be payable,
                                                                      pursuant to the Agreement referred to in Article 64 of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          the Act, in trade between Ireland and the United
European Economic Community ;                                         Kingdom ;
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the                            Whereas the component for the protection of the
Accession of new Member States to the European                        processing industry of a new Member State may take
Economic Community and the European Atomic                            a different form from the component applied in the
Energy Community (*) signed at Brussels on 22                         Community as originally constituted ; whereas the
January 1972, and in particular Article 61 (2) of the                 change necessary in the form of protection during the
Act annexed thereto (2);                                              period of alignment should be effected in the best
                                                                      possible conditions ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 61 (2) of the said Act provides that
the amount of the component for the protection of
the processing industry in the new Member States is                                          Article 1
to be determined in respect of products covered by
Council Regulations No 120/67/EEC (3) of 13 June
1967 on the common organization of the market in                       1.   The components mentioned in Article 61 of the
cereals and No 359/67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on                      Act which are designed to ensure the protection of
the common organization of the market in rice, as                     the processing industry and are hereinafter referred to
last amended in both cases by the said Act, by                        as 'fixed components', levied in respect of products
separating out, from the total charge on imports from                 covered by Regulations No 120/67/EEC and No
third countries applied by the new Member States on                   359/67/EEC on imports from the new Member States
1 January 1972, the component or components                           into the Community as originally constituted and on
designed to ensure the protection of their processing                 imports from the other Member States into each new
industry ;                                                            Member State, or which replace for the new Member
                                                                      States the Community protective component of the
                                                                      charge on imports from third countries are fixed or
Whereas, in order to obtain a complete table of the                   reprinted, as the case may be, in the Annex.
components designed to ensure the protection of the
processing industry within the enlarged Community,
the components for the protection of industry in the                  2. Without prejudice to the application of Article
Community as originally constituted should be                         59 (4) of the Act, the fixed components provided for
reprinted alongside the components applicable by the                  in paragraph 1 above shall be applicable until 31 July
new Member States ;                                                   1973 in respect of products covered by Regulation
                                                                      No 120/67/EEC and until 31 August 1973 in respect
Whereas     account       must    be     taken   of   the  more       of products covered by Regulation No 359/67/EEC .
favourable conditions enjoyed by certain third
countries in their trade with the new Member States
                                                                       3.   For subsequent marketing years :
within the framework of the system of preferences ;
                                                                      — as regards imports into the new Member States
                                                                          from third countries, the former shall determine
      OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                                   the fixed components provided for in paragraph 1
 (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.                                  above, adjusted in accordance with Article 59 (2)
 (3) OJ  No 117, 19. 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.                               of the Act, account being taken, where
 (4 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .                                    appropriate, of Article 4 of this Regulation ;
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— as regards trade within the Community, the                     component applied in the Community as originally
     Commission         shall    determine     the   fixed       constituted,   in   accordance with the following
     components provided for in paragraph 1 above,               provisions :
     adjusted in accordance with Article 59 ( 1 ) of the
     Act, account being taken, where necessary, of any           — in the first stage, the new Member State shall
     authorizations granted under Article 59 (4) of that             apply as the fixed component:
     Act.
                                                                     (a) a specific amount equal to one-fifth of the
                          Article 2                                      Community fixed component ;
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 ( 1 ), the               (b) an ad valorem amount equal to the original
new Member States shall be authorized to maintain,                       ad valorem amount which was applied in that
until the end of the 1972/73 marketing year, for their                   Member State on 1 February 1973 reduced by
                                                                         one-fifth ;
imports from third countries enjoying a more
favourable position under preferential agreements in
their trade with those Member States, reduced                    — at each subsequent stage the specific amount shall
fixed components applicable to these countries on                    be increased by one-fifth of the Community fixed
1 January 1972.                                                      component and the ad valorem amount shall be
For subsequent marketing years, the new Member                       reduced by one-fifth of the original ad valorem
States shall, in accordance with Article 59 (2) of the               component ;
Act, account being taken of Article 4 of this
Regulation, adjust the fixed components referred to              — if the Community component is altered, the
in the first paragraph, these components being
considered as basic duties .                                         increase or reduction of the specific amount
                                                                     provided for in (a) shall be so calculated as to
                                                                     remain constant at each subsequent stage.
                          Article 3
No fixed component shall be collected :                                                  Article 5
( a) on the importation into the United Kingdom
      from Ireland for the products referred to in               The detailed rules for the implementation of this
      Article 1 (2);                                             Regulation shall be adopted, as and when necessary,
(b) on the importation into Ireland from the United
                                                                 in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                 Article 26 of Regulations No 120/67/EEC and No
      Kingdom for malt and the products designated               359/ 67/EEC .
      under 23.07 ex B of the Common Customs
      Tariff, as follows : 'balancer meals, mineral
      mixtures and concentrates '.
                                                                                        Article 6
                          Article 4
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Where in a new Member State the fixed component                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
is ad valorem, it shall be aligned on the specific fixed         European Communities .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                         A. LAVENS
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                                                       ANNEX
                                                                 Community
    CCT
                                                                 as originally Denmark          . Ireland      United Kingdom
                                                                  constituted
  heading                          Description
     No
                                                                               Fixed components u.a . / 100 kg
   07.06    Manioc , arrowroot , salep , Jerusalem artichokes ,
            sweet potatoes and other similar roots and tubers
            with high starch or inulin content, fresh or
            dried , whole or sliced ; sago pith :
            A. Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar
                 roots and tubers with high starch content,
                 excluding sweet potatoes                           0            0                 0            manioc       0
                                                                                                                other 5 %
   10.06    Rice :
            B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                  I. Semi-milled rice :
                     a) Round grained                                0-516       0                 0                 0-64
                     b) Long grained                                 0-513       0                 0                 0-64
                II . Wholly milled rice :
                      a) Round grained                               0-550       0                 0                 0-64
                     b) Long grained                                 0-550       0                 0                 0-64
   11.01    Cereal flours :
            A. Wheat or mesiin flour                                 1-875       2-55              4-00            10 %
             B. Rye flour                                            1-875        0-70             0               10 %
            C. Barley flour                                          0-50         0-50             0               10 %
            D. Oat flour                                             0-50         0-50             0               1-065
             E. Maize flour :
                   I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by
                      weight                                         0-50         0-50             0                10 %
                 II . Other                                          0-25         0-25             0               10 %
             F. Rice flour                                           0-25         0-25             0                10 %
            G. Buckwheat flour                                       0-50         0                0                10 %
            H. Millet flour                                          0-25         0                0                10 %
            IJ . Canary seed flour                                   0-25         0                 0               10 %
            K. Grain sorghum flour                                   0-25         0                 0               10 %
             L. Other                                                0-25         0                 0               10 %
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                                                                     Community
                                                                     as originally Denmark           Ireland       United Kingdom
       CCT                                                            constituted
     heading                         Description
        No
                                                                                   Fixed components u.a . / 100 kg
      11.02  Cereal groats and cereal meal ; other worked
             cereal grains (for example, rolled , flaked , polished,
             pearled or kibbled, but not further prepared),
             except husked , glazed, polished or broken rice ;
             germ of cereals , whole , rolled, flaked or ground :
             A. Cereal groats and cereal meal :
                  I. Wheat :
                      a) Durum wheat                                     1-875       1-875            1-875             10 %
                      b) Common wheat                                    1-875       1-875            4-00              10 %
                 II. Rye                                                 0-50­       0-50             0                 10 %
                III. Barley                                              0-50        0-50             0                 10 %
                IV . Oats                                                0-50        0-50             0-50               1-065
                 V. Maize :
                      a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 %
                         by weight :
                         1 . For the brewing industry                    0-50        0                0                 10%
                         2. Other                                        0-50        0                0                 10 %
                      b) Other                                           0-25        0                0                 10 %
                VI . Rice                                                0-25        0                0                 10 %
               VII. Buckwheat                                            0-50        0                0                 10 %
               VIII . Millet                                             0-25        0                0                 10 %
                IX . Grain sorghum                                       0-25        0                0                 10 %
                 X. Other                                                0-25        0                0                 10 %
             B. Hulled grains (shelled or husked), whether or
                not sliced or kibbled :
                  I. Barley, oats , buckwheat and millet :
                      a) Hulled (shelled or husked) :
                         1 . Barley                                      0-25        0-25             0                 10 %
                         2 . Oats :
                             aa) Clipped oats                            0-25        0-25             0                 10 %
                             bb) Other                                   0-25        0-25             0                 10 %
                         3 . Buckwheat                                   0-25        0                0                 10 %
                         4. Millet                                       0-25        0                0                 10 %
                      b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled (' Grütze'
                         or 'grutten') :
                         1 . Barley                                      0-25        0                0                 10%
                         2 . Oats                                        0-25        0                0                 10 %
                         3 . Buckwheat                                   0-25        0                0                 10 %
                         4. Millet                                       0-25        0                0                 10 %
                 II. Other cereals :
                      a) Wheat
      -
                                                                         0-25        0-25             0                 10 %
                      b) Rye                                             0-25        0-25             0                 10 %
                      c) Maize                                           0-25        0-25             0                 10 %
                      d) Grain sorghum                                   0-25        0                0                 10 %
                      e) Other                                           0-25        0                0                 10%
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                                                                    Community
                                                                    as originally  Denmark          Ireland        United Kingdom
     CCT                                                             constituted
   heading                            Description
      No
                                                                                   Fixed components u. a. / 100 kg
    11.02   C. Pearled grains :
  (cont'd)                                                              0-25         0-25             0                 10 %
                   I. Wheat
                                                                        0-25         0-25             0                 10 %
                  II . Rye
                                                                        0-50         0-50            0                 20 %
                III . Barley
               IV . Oats                                               0-25          0-25            0                  10 %
                 V. Maize                                              0-25          0-25            0                  10 %
               VI. Buckwheat                                           0-25       . 0                0                  10 %
              VII. Millet                !                             0-25          0               0                  10 %
                                                                       0-25          0               0                  10 %
              VIII. Grain sorghum
               IX . Other                                       :      0-25          0               0                  10 %
            D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled :
                   I. Wheat                                            0-25          0-25            0                 10 %
                                                                       0-25          0-25            0                  10 %
                 II . Rye
                                                                       0-25          0-25            0                 10 %
               III. Barley
               IV . Oats                                               0-25          0-25            0                 10 %
                 V. Maize                                              0-25          0-25            0                 10 %
               VI . Buckwheat                                          0-25          0               0                 10 %
              VII . Millet                                             0-25          0               0                 10 %
             VIII . Grain sorghum                                      0-25          0               0                 10 %
               IX . Other                                              0-25          0               0                 10 %
            E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains :
                   I. Barley, oats , buckwheat and millet :
                       a) Rolled :
                          1 . Barley                                   0-25          0-25            0                 10 %
                          2 . Oats                                     0-25          0-25            0-25                1065
                          3 . Buckwheat                                0-25          0               0                 10 %
                          4. Millet                                    0-25          0               0                 10 %
                       b) Flaked :
                          1 . Barley                                   0-50          0-50            0                 20 %
                          2 . Oats                                     0-50          0-50            0-50                1-065
                          3 . Buckwheat                                0-50          0               0                 10 %
                          4. Millet                                    0-50          0               0                 10 %
                 II . Other cereals :
                       a) Wheat                                        0-50          0-50            0                 10 %
                       b) Rye                                          0-50          0-50            0                 10 %
                      c) Maize                   "                     0-50          0-50            0                 10 %
                      d) Grain sorghum                                 0-50          0               0                 10 %
                      e) Other :
                          1 . Flaked rice                              0-50          0               0                 10 %
                          2 . Other                                    0-50          0               0                 10 %
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                                                                       Community
        CCT                                                           as originally Denmark         Ireland              United Kingdom
                                                                       constituted
     heading                           Description
         No
                                                                                      Fixed components u.a. / 100 kg
       11.02 '  F. Pellets :
    (cont'd)
                      I. Wheat                                            0-50       0-50            0                        10 %
                     II . Rye                                             0-50       0-50            0                        10 %
                    III. Barley                                           0-50       0-50            0                        10 %
                   IV . Oats                                              0-50       0-50            0                        10 %
                     V. Maize                                             0-50       0-50            0                        10 %
                   VI . Rice                                              0-25       0               0                        10 %
                  VII . Buckwheat                                         0-50       0               0                        io;%
                 VIII . Millet                                            0·25       0               0                        10 %
                   IX . Grain sorghum                                     0-25       0               0                        10%
                     X. Other                                             0-25       0               0                       10 %
               G. Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or
                   ground :
                      I. Wheat                                           0-50        0-50            0                       10 %
                     II. Other                                           0-50        0-50            0                        10 %
       11.06   Flours and meal of sago and of manioc ,
               arrowroot , salep and other roots and tubers
               falling within heading No 07.06 :                                                                     Manioc 1 n
                                                                                                                     Sago        j
               A. Denatured                                              0-25        0-25            0               Other 10 %
               B. Other :
                                                                                                                     Manioc I 0
                                                                                                                     Sago        j
                      I. For the manufacture of starches                  170        1-70            0-70            Other 10 %
                                                                                                                     Manioc 1 n
                                                                                                                     Sago        jU
                     II . Other                                           170        1-70            0-70            Other 10 %
       11.07   Malt , roasted or not :
               A. Unroasted :
                      I. Obtained from wheat :
                          a) In the form of flour                        0-90        0-90            0-90                    10 %
                          b) Other                                       0-90        0-90            0-90                    10 %
                     II . Other :
                          a) In the form of flour                        0-90        0-90            0-90                    10 %
                          b ) Other                                      0-90        0-90            0-90                    10 %
               B. Roasted                                                0-90        0               0-90                    10 %
       11.08   Starches ; inulin :
               A. Starches :
                      I. Maize starch                                    1-70        1-70            0                       7-5 %
                     II . Rice starch                                    2-55        2-55            0                        1-60
                   III . Wheat starch                                    1-70        1-70            1-70                   10%
                   IV . Potato starch                                    1-70        3-40            1-00                    0
                     V. Other                                            1-70        1-70            0               (a) Millet and
                                                                                                                          Buckwheat
                                                                                                                          starches 1-60
                                                                                                                     ( b) Sorghum
                                                                                                                          starch    7-50 %
                                                                                                                     (c) Manioc 0
                                                                                                                     (d) Sago      5%
                                                                                                                     (e) Other 10 %
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                                                                                  Community
                                                                                  as originally     , Denmark            Ireland       United Kingdom
       CCT                                                                         constituted
     heading                                   Description
        No
                                                                                                      Fixed components u.a./ 100 kg
      11.09          Wheat gluten , whether or not dried :
                     A. Dried                                                       15-00               1-875            15-00              10 %
                     B. Other                                                       15-00               1-875            15-00              10 %
      17.02          Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey
                     (whether or not mixed with natural honey);
                     Caramel :
                     B. Glucose and glucose syrup :
                          II . Other :
                               a) Glucose in the form of white crystalline
                                   powder, whether or not agglomerated .              8-00 i1)          1-10 o            7-09 (x)        0-788 ( 2)
                               b) Other                                              5-50 i1)           3-20 0)           7-09 i1)        0-567 i 1)
      17.05          Flavoured or coloured sugars , syrups and
                     molasses , but not including fruit juices containing
                     added sugar in any proportion :
                     B. Glucose and glucose syrup :
                           I. Glucose in the form of white crystalline
                               powder, whether or not agglomerated . .                8-00              1-10              7-09            0-788
                          II . Other                                                  5-50              3-20              7-09            0-567
      23.02          Bran , sharps and other residues derived from
                     the sifting , milling or working of cereals or of
                     leguminous vegetables :
                     A. Of cereals :
                           I. Of maize or rice :
                               a) With a starch content not exceeding
                                   35 % by weight                                     0                 0                 0                10 %
                               b) Other :
                                   1 . With a starch content exceeding
                                       35 % but not exceeding 45 % by
                                       weight , and having undergone a
                                       denaturing process                             0    ,            0                 0                10 %
                                   2 . Other                                          0                 0                 0                10 %
                          II . Of other cereals :
                               a) Of which the starch content does not
                                   exceed 28 % by weight, and of which
                                   the percentage 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                0                 0                 0                10 %
                               b ) Other                                             0                  0                 0                10 %
f1) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC, the products falling within subheading No 17.02 B I shall be subject to the same treatment as products falling
    within subheading 17.02 B II .
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                                                                  Community
                                                                  as originally Denmark           Ireland     United Kingdom
       CCT                                                         constituted
     heading                        Description
        No
                                                                                Fixed components u.a./ 100 kg
      23.03  Beet-pulp , bagasse and other waste of sugar
             manufacture ; brewing and distilling dregs and
             waste ; residues of starch manufacture and simi­
             lar residues :
             A. Residues from the manufacture of starch
                from maize (excluding concentrated steeping
                liquors), of a protein content , calculated on
                the dry product :
                   I. Exceeding 40 % by weight                      15-00         1-875            0               10 %
      23.07  Sweetened forage ; other preparations of a kind
             used in animal feeding :                                        -
             B. Other, containing starch , glucose or glucose
                syrup falling within subheadings 17.02 B and
                 17.05 B , or milk products :
                I. Containing starch or glucose or glucose
                    syrup :
                    a) Containing no starch or containing 10 %
                       or less by weight of starch :
                       1 . Containing no milk products or
                           containing less than 10 % by weight
                           of such products                          0-90         0-90             0-90           10 %
                       2 . Containing not less than 10 % but
                           less than 50 % by weight of milk
                           products                                  0-90         0-90             0-90           10%
                   b) Containing more than 10 % but not
                       more than 30 % by weight of starch :
                       1 . Containing no milk products or
                           containing less than 10 % by weight
                           of such products                          0-90         0-90             0-90           10 %
                       2. Containing not less than 10 % but
                           less than 50 % by weight of milk
                           products                                  0-90         0-90             0-90           10 %
                    c) Containing more than 30 % by weight
                       of starch :
                       1 . Containing no milk products or
                           containing less than 10 % by weight
                           of such products                          0-90         0-90             0-90           10 %
                       2 . Containing not less than 10 % but
                           less than 50 % by weight of milk
                           products                                  0-90         0-90             0-90           10 %