CELEX: 31992R1701
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1701/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 7. 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 179/ 19
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1701/92
                                                        of 30 June 1992
                        fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
                                                                   24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
                                                                   levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
Economic Community,                                                and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
                                                                   cereals      as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
Portugal,                                                           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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                described above ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; on importation into
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
 No 674/92, and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,               tion (EEC) No 3808/90 (9) ;
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable         Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
component of the import levy on products processed                  rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of       relating to them in respect of certain products processed
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of             from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                 component and, in respect of some of these products, by
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                  part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
 1975 on the import and export system for products                  must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
 processed from cereals and rice (4), as last amended by            Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
 Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (*), provides that the inci­           cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
 dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies           from the processing of agricultural products originating in
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on          the ACP States (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these          No 444/92 (");
basic products for the first 25 days of the month
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the
basic products in question during the month of importa­             Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic          3763/91 (12) allows that within the limit of an annual
products considered to have been used in the manufac­               quantity of 8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to
ture of the processed product or the competing product              imports into the French department of Reunion of wheat
which serves as a reference for processed products not              bran falling within CN code 2302 30 from the African,
containing cereals ;                                                Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for            Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
the 1992/93 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­             91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
cable on 30 June 1992 should be laid down pursuant to               overseas countries and territories with the European
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/92 of 24 June                   Economic Community (u) no levies shall apply on
 1992 on precautionary measure and the suspension of                imports of products originating in the overseas countries
advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (6) ;
                                                                    o OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
(2) OJ  No L 73, 19 . 3. 1992, p. 7.                                O OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               (10) OJ No L 84, 30 . 3. 1990, p. 85.
(4) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            (") OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
O   OJ  No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 49.                               ( 12) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
(*) OJ  No L 169, 24. 6. 1992, p. 12.                               H 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 ;                          1 702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
                                                                        tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
                                                                        thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
                                                                        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 Reflation (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 1 676/85 (12), as last amended by Regu­
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 (3), (EEC)                      lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (>3),
No 519/92 0 and (EEC) No 520/92 0 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 Q, 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
valorem ;                                                                                          Article 1
                                                                        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
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 ("), stipulates that the treat­              out in the Annex hereto.
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
 ') KJJ I>O I* J / U, JI . IZ. I?YV) T p. izi .
 2) OJ No L 159, 12. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
 3) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.                                                                 Article 2
 «) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
 0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
 0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
 0 OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1992.
 8) OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
 ») OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8 .
 10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                                (,2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 ") OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                     (,J) 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, 30 June 1992.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                     ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1992 fixing die import levies on products
                                         processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                   Import levies (')
                       CN code
                                                                                       Third countries
                                                        ACP
                                                                                     (other than ACP)(8)
                  071410 10 (')                       145,63                                152,28
                  0714 10 91                          1 49,26 (3)0                          149,26
                  0714 10 99                          147,45                                152^8
                  0714 90 1 1                         149,26 (3)0                           149,26
                  0714 90 19                          1 47,45 (3)                           152,28
                  1102 20 10                          247,23                                253,27
                  1102 20 90                          140,10                                143,12
                  1102 30 00                          157,01                                160,03
                  1102 90 10                          268,67                                274,71
                  1102 90 30                          224,89                                230,93
                  1102 90 90                          146,70                                149,72
                  1103 12 00                          224,89                                230,93
                  1103 13 10                          247,23                                253,27
                  1103 13 90                          140,10                                143,12
                  1103 14 00                          157,01                                160,03
                  1103 19 10                          304,16                                310,20
                  1103 19 30                          268,67                                274,71
                  1103 19 90                          146,70                                149,72
                  1103 21 00                          274,16                                280,20
                  1103 29 10                          304,16                                310,20
                  1103 29 20                          268,67                                274,71
                  1103 29 30                          224,89                                230,93
                  1103 29 40                          247,23                                253,27
                  1103 29 50                          157,01                                160,03
                  1103 29 90                          146,70                                149,72
                  1104 11 10                          152,25                                155,27
                  1104 11 90                          298,52                                304,56
                  1104 12 10                          127,44                                130,46
                  1104 12 90                          249,88                                255,92
                  1104 19 10                          274,16                                280,20
                  1104 19 30                          304,16                                310,20
                  1104 19 50                          247,23                                253,27
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                                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                                             Import levies (*)
                  CN code
                                                                                  Third countries
                                                   ACP
                                                                               (other than ACP)(®)
            1104 19 91                           266,62                               272,66
            1104 19 99                           258,88                               264,92
            1104 21 10                           238,82                               241,84
            1104 21 30                            238,82                              241,84
            1104 21 50                            373,15                              379,19
            1104 21 90                            152,25                              155,27
            1104 22 10 10 (4)                     127,44                              130,46
            1104 22 10 90 H                       224,89                              227,91
            1104 22 30                            224,89                              227,91
            1104 22 50                            199,90                              202,92
            1104 22 90                            127,44                              130,46
            1104 23 10                            219,76                              222,78
            1104 23 30                            219,76                              222,78
            1104 23 90                            140,10                              143,12
            1104 29 11                            202,57                              205,59
            1104 29 15                            224,74                              227,76
            1104 29 19                            230,1 1                             233,13
            1104 29 31                            243,70                              246,72
            1104 29 35                            270,37                              273,39
            1104 29 39                            230,11                              233,13
            1104 29 91                            155,36                              158,38
            1104 29 95                            172,36                              175,38
            1104 29 99                            146,70                              149,72
            1104 30 10                            114,23                              120,27
            1104 30 90                            103,01                              109,05
            1106 20 10                            145,63 (3)                          152,28
            1106 20 90                            217,50 (3)                          241,68
            1107 10 11                            271,11                              281,99
            1107 10 19                            202,57                              213,45
            1107 10 91                            265,68                              276,56 (2)
            11 07 10 99                           198,52                              209,40 (")
            1107 20 00                            231,35                              242,23 (2)
            1108 11 00                            335,08                              355,63
            1108 12 00                            221,13                              241,68
            1108 13 00                            221,13                              241,68 (6)
            1108 14 00                            110,56                              241,68
            1108 19 10                            225,14                              255,97
            1108 19 90                            110,56 0                            241,68
            1109 00 00                            609,24                              790,58
            1702 30 51                            288,44                              385,16
            1702 30 59                            221,13                              287,62
            1702 30 91                            288,44                              385,16
            1702 30 99                            221,13                              287,62
            1702 40 90                            221,13                              287,62
            1702 90 50                            221,13                              287,62
            1702 90 75                            302,17                              398,89
            1702 90 79                            210,15                              276,64
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                                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                import levies (*)
                          CN code
                                                                                                    Third countries
                                                                   ACP
                                                                                                  (other than ACP)(8)
                    2106 90 55                                   221,13                                  287,62
                    2302 10 10                                     61,45                                  67,45
                    2302 10 90                                    131,68                                 137,68
                    2302 20 10                                     61,45                                  67,45
                    2302 20 90                                    131,68                                 137,68
                    2302 30 10                                     61,45 (,0)                             67,45
                    2302 30 90                                    131,68 (,0)                            137,68
                    2302 40 10                                     61,45                                  67,45
                    2302 40 90                                    131,68                                 137,68
                    2303 10 11                                    274,70                                 456,04
           (') 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.
           (3) 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 1 1 08 1 9 90.
           (4) Taric code : clipped oats.
           0 Taric code : CN code 11042210, other than 'clipped oats'.
           (') 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.
           Q 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.
           (*) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
               No 3808 /90.
           0 No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
          (I0) 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.l 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.