CELEX: 31981R0560
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 560/81 of 3 March 1981 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

4 . 3 . 81                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 57/ 17
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 560/81
                                                             of 3 March 1981
                        altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
COMMUNITIES,                                                                  their effective parity ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community,                                                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                  of these currencies in relation to the Community
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                              currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                   2 March 1981 ;
Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                        Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                        per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the                  Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (8), the
Act of Accession of Greece and in particular Article                    levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
 12 (4) thereof,                                                        the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
tural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (5), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                                Article 1
Having regard to the advice of the Monetary                             The import levies to be charged on products
Committee ,
                                                                        processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
Whereas the import levies on products processed                         (EEC) No 2744/75 (9), as last amended by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                    (EEC) No 2245/78 ( 10), as fixed in the Annex to
No 492/81 (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        amended Regulation (EEC) No 492/81 are hereby
540/ 81 (7) ;                                                           altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                                                    Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March
      relation to each other at any given moment within                  1981 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 3 March 1981 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Poul DALSAGER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No   L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17 .
(3 ) OJ  No   L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p . 1 .
(<)  OJ  No   106 , 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/ 62.
(5)  OJ  No   L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 168 , 25 . 6 . 1974, p . 7 .
(6)  OJ  No   L 52, 27 . 2 . 1981 , p . 24.                             (9) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 65 .
( 7) OJ  No   L 54, 28 . 2. 1981 , p. 68 .                              ( 10) OJ No L 273 , 29 . 9 . 1978 , p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 3 March 1981 altering the import levies on products
                                             processed from cereals and rice
                                                                           Levies in ECU/tonne
                        CCT heading No
                                                           Third countries
                                                                                               ACP or OCT
                                                     (other than ACP or OCT)
             11.02  B II a) (2 )                                8076                              77-74
             11.02 C  I (2)                                     96-54                             93-52
             11.02  D  I (2 )                                   62-64                             59-62
             11.02  E II a) (2 )                               111-25                            105-21
             11.02  F I (2)                                    111-25                            105-21
             11.02 G I                                          49-88                             43-84
             11.07 A I a)                                      114-92                            104-04
             11.07 A I b)                                       88-62                             77-74
             11.08 A III                                        94-87                             74-32
             11.09                                             316-46                            13512
            (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02
                and those falling within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 1 1.01 and 11.02
                shall be those meeting the following specifications :
                — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry
                    matter, exceeding 45 % by weight,
                — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not
                    exceeding 1-6 % for rice, 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats
                    and 2 % for other cereals .
                Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .