CELEX: 31980R1568
Language: en
Date: 1980-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1568/80 of 23 June 1980 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 157/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 6. 80
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1568/80
                                                           of 23 June 1980
                      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
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                  20 June 1980 ;
 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 Regu­             Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9), the
 lation (EEC) No 11 3/80 (4), 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
 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 tural policy (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                            Article 1
 Having regard to the opinion 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 (10), as last amended by Regulation
 from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                (EEC) No 2245/78 (u), as fixed in the Annex to
 No 1 334/80 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 amended Regulation (EEC) No 1334/80, are hereby
 No 1456/80 (8) ;                                                     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 24 June
      relation to each other at any given moment within               1980 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 23 June 1980.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 23 June 1980 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)
            1 1.02  B II a) (2 )                                 1301 1                             127-09
            1 1 .02 C I (2 )                                     1 55 92                            1 52-90
            11 .02  D I (2 )                                     100-49                               97-47
            1 1 .02 E II a) (2)                                  178-05                             172-01
            1 1 .02 F I (2 )                                     178-05                             172-01
            1 1 .02 G I                                            77-71                              71-67
            1 1 .07 A I a)                                       180-98                             17010
            1 1 .07 A I b)                                       137-97                             127-09
            1 1.08 A III                                         166-17                             145-62
            11.09                                                446-10                             264-76
            (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 1 1.02
                 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.