CELEX: 31973R2968
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2968/73 of the Commission of 29 October 1973 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 11 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 303/21
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2968/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 29 October 1973
                              fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    culating the levy on products processed from cereals
  COMMUNITIES,                                                      and rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for
                                                                    some of these products, as last amended by Regula­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 tion (EEC) No 1047/73 (°), provides that the levy
 pean Economic Community ;                                          thus determined, increased by the fixed component,
                                                                    is valid in general for one month but is altered
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                     where the levy applicable to the basic product con­
  EEC (*) of 13 . June 1967 on the common organiza­                 cerned differs by not less than 0-25 unit of account
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                   per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the levies
Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2 ), and in . particular                calculated as described above ;
Article 14 (4) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                       (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation
EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                      ( EEC) No 1080/68 , the levy on certain processed
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                 products must be reduced by an amount equal to
 Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of              the production refund granted in respect of basic
new Member States to the European Economic Com­                     products for processing ;
munity and the European Atomic Energy Community,
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in                       Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                in Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 ;
                                                                    Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
Having regard tp the Opinion of the Monetary                        interests of the Associated African States and Mada­
Committee ;
                                                                    gascar and of the Overseas Countries and Territo­
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the                  ries, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
variable component of the import levy on products                   Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                    levy relating to them in respect of certain products
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and                processed from cereals must be reduced by the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;                  amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   some of these products, by part of the variable com­
1052/68 (6) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export               ponent ; whereas this reduction must be made in ac­
system for products processed from cereals and rice,               cordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881/73 (7),                  (EEC) No 522/70 ( 10) of 17 March 1970 on the treat­
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                   ment to be accorded to products processed from
these products of the levies applicable to their basic              cereals and rice originating in the Associated African
products should be calculated on the basis of the                  States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries
average of the levies applicable to these basic prod­               and Territories, and Article 1 of Council Regulation
ucts for the first twenty-five days of the month pre­               (EEC) No 653/71 ( n ) of 30 March 1971 on the treat­
ceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                  ment to be accorded to products processed from
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for              cereals and rice originating in the United Republic of
the basic products in question during the month of                 Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda or the Republic
importation, is calculated on the basis of the quanti­             of Kenya, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1036/
ties of basic products considered to have been used                72 («) ;
in the manufacture of the processed product or the                 Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation ( EEC ) 14o
competing product which serves as a reference for                   1052/68 provides that the levy to be charged on the
processed products not containing cereals ;                        products listed in the Annex to that Regulation
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                             under heading No 07.06 A is limited, with effect from
1080/68 (8) of 26 July 1968 on the procedure for cal­              the date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol
                                                                   ( 1967) annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs
 (»)  OJ  No  117. 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.                       and Trade, to the amount resulting from application
 (*)  OJ  No  L 141, 28. 5. 1973, p. 8.                            of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;
(#)   OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1.
(*)   OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(»)   OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.                             (9) OJ No L 104, 19. 4. 1973, p. 30.
(•)   OJ  No  L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8.                            (") OJ No L 65, 21. 3. 1970, p. 10.
(r)   OJ  No  L 86, 31 . 3. 1973, p. 30.                           (») OJ No L 76, 31 . 3. 1971 , p . 2.
(8)   OJ  No  L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 6.                           (12) OJ No L 118, 20. 5 . 1972, p . 18
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                    in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                   Customs Tariff ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange                                              Article 1
    based on their effective parity ;
                                                                       The import levies to be charged on the products
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on                       listed in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
    the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates                       and in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/
    of each of these currencies recorded for a given                   EEC and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
    period, in relation to the Community currencies                    are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­
                                                                       lation .
    referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Novem­
tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for                      ber 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 October 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                                                                                                            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 )
07.06 A                Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar roots and tubers                        0-054 (')            0      ( l)
                       with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C                Barley flour (2 )                                                                  1-042                0-542
11.01 D                Oat flour (*;                                                                      0-669                0-169
11.01 EI               Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight (*)                    2-622                2-122
11.01 ΕΠ               Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (2 )                     1-453                1-203
11.01 F                Rice flour (*)                                                                     0-250                  0
11.01 G                Buckwheat flour (*)                                                                0-500                  0
11.01 H                Millet flour (l )                                                                  1-088               0-838
11.01 1 J              Canary seed flour (l )                                                             0-250                  0
11.01 K                Grain sorghum flour <})                                                            1-042               0-792
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 (f)
11.02 All              Rye groats and meal (*)                                                            1-512               1-012
11.02 A III            Barley groats ar.H meal (*}                                                        1-042               0-542
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                                                                         •
                                                                                                        Levies in u. a./100 kg
                                                                                                Third countries
                                                                                                  (other than          AASM , OCT,
     CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                      A ASM and             Tanzania ,
                                                                                                OCT, Tanzania ,        Uganda and
                                                                                                 Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                                     Kenya)
 11.02 AIV            Oát groats and meal (2)                                                         0-669               0-169
 11.02 A Va) 1       Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by                 0-500                 0
                     weight, for the brewing industry (2)
 11.02 A V a) 2       Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 %>. by                2-622               2-122
                      weight, other than for the brewing industry (2)
 11.02 A V b )        Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1*5 % ' by                    1-453               1-203
                      weight (2)
 11.02 A VI          Rice groats and meal (2)                                                         0-250                  0
 11.02 A VII         Buckwheat groats and meal (*)                                                    0-500                  0
11.02 A VIII         Millet groats and meal (2)                                                    • 1-088                0-838
11.02 A IX           Grain sorghum groats and meal .(2)                                               1-042               0-792
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 (2)
11.02 B I a) 1       Hulled (shelled or husked ) barley (2)                                          0-732                0-482
 11.02 B I a) 2 aa)  Clipped oats                                                                    0-346               0-096
11.02 B I a ) 2 bh ) Hulled (shelled or husked ) oats other than clipped oats (2)                    0-419               0-169
11.02 B. I a) 3      Hulled (shelled or husked ) buckwheat (2)                                       0-250                  0
1 1.02 B I a) 4      Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (2)                                           1-565                1-315
11.02 B I b) 1       Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)                0-732               0-482
11.02 B I b) 2       Huiléd and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') (2)                0-419               0169
11.02 B I b ) 3      Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat ('Griitze' or ' Grutten ') (2)           0-250                  0
11.02 B I b) 4       Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)               1-565               1-315
11.02 B II a)        Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                     0-250                   0
                     kibbled (2)
11.02 B II b)        Hulled (shelled or husked )        rye,   whether or not sliced       or       0-997            ,   0-747
                     kibbled (2)
11.02 B II c)        Hulled (shelled or husked ) maize, whether or not sliced or                     2-136               1-886
                     kibbled (2)
1 1.02 B II d )      Hulled (shelled or husked ) grain sorghum , whether or not sliced or            1-492               1-242
                     kibbled ( 2)                                                             j                  I
                                                                                              i
11.02 B II c)        Hulled (shelled or husked ) grains,' whether or not sliced or            '     0-250                  0
                     kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, parley, oats, j
                     buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)                                   |
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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 ,      l /ganda and
                                                                                           Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                                Kenya )
11.02 C I           Pearled wheat (')                                                           0-250                 0
11.02 C I!          Pearled rye (2)                                                             1-149              0-899
1 1.02 C III        Pearled barley (2)                                                          1-253              0-753
11.02 C IV          Pearled oats (2)                                                           0-400 '             0-150
11.02 C V           Pearled maize (2)                                                           2-136               1-886
1 1.02 C VI         Pearled buckwheat (2)                                                       0-250                 0
1 1.02 C VII        Pearled millet (2)                                                          1-565               1-315
1 1.02 C VIII       Pearled grain sorghum (2)                                                   1-492               1-242
11.02 C IX          Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,       0-250                 0
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 D I           Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                 0-250                 0
11.02 D II          Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                   0-823              0-573
1 1.02 D III        Barley nor otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                0-557               0-307
11.02 D IV          Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                  0-346              0-096
11.02 D V           Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                 1-453               1-203
11.02 D VI          Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                             0-250                 0
11.02 D VII         Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                1-088              0-838
11.02 D VIII        Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                         1-042              0-792
11.02 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 (2)
11.02 E I a ) 1     Rolled barley (')                                                           0-557              0-307
11.02 E 1 a ) 2     Rolled oats ( 2)                                                            0-346              0-096
11.02 E I a) 3      Rolled buckwheat (2)                                                        0-250                 0
11.02 E I a ) 4     Rolled millet (2)                                                           1-088              0-838
11.02 E I b) 1      Flaked barley (s)                                                           1-102              0-602
 11.02 E I b ) 2    Flaked oats (2 )                                                       .    0-688              0-188
 11.02 E I b ) 3    Flaked buckwheat (*)                                                        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 E I b) 4     Flaked millet (2)                                                         1-980                 1-480
11.02 E II a)      Rolled or flaked wheat (2)                                                0-500                   0
11.02 E II b )     Rolled or flaked rye (2)                                                  1-512                 1-012
11.02 E II c)      Rolled or flaked maize (2)                                                2-622                2-122
11.02 E II d)      Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (2).                                       1-897                 1-397
11.02 E II e) 1    Flake rice (2)                                                            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 (2)
11.02 F I          Wheat pellets (2)                                                         0-500                   0
11.02 F II         Rye pellets (2)                                                           1-512                 1-012
11.02 F III        Barley pellets (2)                                                        1-042                0-542
11.02 F IV          Oat pellets (2)                                                          0-669                0-169
Í1.02 F V          Maize pellets (2)                                                         2-622                2-122
11.02 F VI         Rice pellets (2)                                                          0-250                   0
11.02 F VII        Buckwheat pellets (2)                                                     0-500                   0
11.02 F VIII       Millet pellets (2)                                                        1-088                0-838
11.02 F IX         Grain sorghum pellets (2)                                                 1-042                0-792
11.02 F X          Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice,      0-250                   0
                   buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 G I          Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                              0-500                    0
11.02 G II         Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground         1-384                0-884
11.06 A            Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,               0-304­                   0
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   for the manufacture of starches
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
11.06 B II         Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,             3-598                 1-718
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   other than for the manufacture of starches
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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)
                                                                                                                 .
 11.07 Ala )         Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour              0-900                  0
 11.07 Alb)          Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of        0-900                   0
                     flour
 11.07 All a)        Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form       1-436              0-536
                     of flour
 11.07 All b )       Unroasted malt, other thain that obtained from wheat, in the form      1-300              0-400
                     in the form of flour
 11.07 B             Roasted malt                                                           1-367              0-467
 11.08 AI            Maize starch                                                           1-700                  0
 11.08 All           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
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 (3), 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 (8), 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 a;        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling     0-148               0-148
                    or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                    35 °/o by weight
23.02 A 1 b) 1      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling     0-237               0-237
                    or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                    35 % but not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having undergone a
                    denaturing process
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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)
23.02 A I b ) 2                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    0-473               0-473
                                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
2.3.02 A II a )                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-118              0-118
                                or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                content does not exceed 28 °/o 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
2J.02 A II b )                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-473              0-473     *
                                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 Vo 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 "It by weight
     — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1 -6 °/o 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 .