CELEX: 31989R3548
Language: en
Date: 1989-11-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3548/89 of 28 November 1989 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 348/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               29. 11 . 89
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3548/89
                                                     of 28 November 1989
                        fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1 740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                   increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
Economic Community,
                                                                   basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
                                                                   per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 described above :
Portugal,
                                                                   whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                1579/74, the levy on certain processed products must be
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         reduced by an amount equal to the production refund
No 2860/89 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,          granted in respect of basic products for processing ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accordance
No 1806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,          with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (®), as last
                                                                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 (10), the vari­
                                                                   able component of the levy on certain processed products
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            must be reduced by the incidence of the production
                                                                   refund granted in respect of basic products intended for
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable        processing ;
component of the import levy on products processed
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of            Whereas, m order that account may be taken of the inte­
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                 rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                  the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
 1975 on the import and export system for products                 them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by            must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (% provides that the inci­             and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies           variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on         made in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regula­
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these         tion (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arran­
basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­           gements applicable to agricultural products and certain
ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted          goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic            products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
products in question during the month of importation is            States or in the overseas countries and territories (n), as
calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products        amended by Regulation (EEC) No 967/89 (u) ;
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the
processed product or the competing product which serves
as a reference for processed products not containing               Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9
cereals ;                                                           February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­
                                                                   cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 10,
                                                                   0714 10 90 and 0714 90 10 originating in certain third
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                  countries (u), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import           3837/88 O, and Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/89 of
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice              5 April 1989 on the arrangements applying to imports for
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
                                                                   0 OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
                                                                   (Ó OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
(>) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
(2) OJ No  L 274,  23. 9. 1989, p. 41 .                            (,0) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 6.
(3) OJ No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             (») OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(") OJ No  L 177,  24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                             02) OJ No L 103, 15. 4. 1989, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           (») OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(«) OJ No  L 182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                              H OJ No L 340, 10. 12. 1988, p. 1 ,
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1989 of products falling within CN codes 071410 91 ,                   the last paragraph of Article 3(1 ) of Council Regula­
0714 10 99, 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 1 9 originating in                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), as last amended by Regula­
third countries which are not members of the GATT,                     tion ^EEC) No 1636/87 Q,
other than China ('), lay down the terms on which the              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
import levy is limited to 6 % ad valorem ;                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                       these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (2), as amended by                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (3), stipulates that the treat­
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90             (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to             Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes                  ture,
1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the
levy fixed for products falling within CN codes                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­                                 Article 1
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy              The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of              Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
levies ;
                                                                   Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies         subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
                                                                    out in the Annex hereto.
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                                   Article 2
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in      1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 28 November 1989.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                            O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L 28 , 1 . 2. 1988 , p. 1 .                              Ó OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 28 November 1989 fixing the import levies on products
                                           processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                 Import levies
                   CN code
                                                                                          Third countries
                                           Portugal              ACP or OCT
                                                                                    (other than ACP or OCT)
             071410 10 (')                  45,10                   113,40                     118,23
             071410 91                      42,08                   113,40                     115,21
             0714 10 99                     45,10                   113,40                     118,23
             0714 9011                      42,08                   11 3,40 (3)               115,21
             0714 90 19                     45,10                   11 3,40 (3)               118,23
              1102 20 10                    49,89                   217,46                    223,50
              1102 20 90                    27,87                   123,23                    126,25
              1102 30 00                      3,02                  147,71                    150,73
              1102 90 10                    81,78                   207,38                    213,42
              1102 90 30                    66,30                   201,71                    207,75
              1102 90 90                    45,94                   132,51                    135,53
              1103 12 00                    66,30                   201,71                    207,75
              1103 13 11                    49,89                   217,46                    223,50
              1103 13 19                    49,89                   217,46                    223,50
             1103 13 90                     27,87                   123,23                    126,25
              1103 14 00                      3,02                  147,71                    150,73
              1103 19 10                    98,27                  208,53                     214,57
              1103 19 30                    81,78                  207,38                     213,42
              1103 19 90                    45,94                   132,51                    135,53
             1103 21 00                     49,92                  209,92                     215,96
             1103 29 10                     98,27                  208,53                     214,57
             1103 29 20                     81,78                  207,38                     213,42
             1103 29 30                     66,30                  201,71                     207,75
             1 103 29 40                    49,89                  217,46                     223,50
             1103 29 50                      3,02                   147,71                    150,73
             1103 29 90                     45,94                   132,51                    135,53
             1104 11 10                     45,94                   117,51                    120,53
             1104 1190                      90,20                  230,42                     236,46
             1104 12 10                     37,17                   11430                     117,32
             110412 90                      73,00                  224,12                     230,16
             1104 19 10                     49,92                  209,92                     215,96
             1104 19 30                     98,27                  208,53                     214,57
             1104 19 50                     49,89                  217,46                     223,50
             1104 19 91                      6,04                  250,83                     256,87
             1104 19 99                     81,78                  233,84                     239,88
             1104 21 10                     7035                   184,34                     187,36
             1104 21 30                     70,35                  184,34                     187,36
             1104 21 50                    111,24                  288,03                     294,07
             1104 21 90                     45,94                  117,51                     120,53
             1104 2210 10 (9)               37,17                  114,30                     117,32
             1104 22 1 0 90 (10)            63,28                  201,71                     204,73
             1104 22 30                     63,28                  201,71                     204,73
             1104 22 50                     56,59                  179,30                     182,32
             1104 22 90                     37,17                  114,30                     117,32
             1104 23 10                     42,00                  193,30                     196,32
             1104 23 30                     42,00                  193,30                     196,32
             1104 23 90                     27,87                  123,23                     126,25
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                                                                                               (ECU/tonne)
                                                              Import levies
                   CN code
                                                                                   Third countries
                                         Portugal             ACP , or OCT
                                                                             (other than ACP or OCT)
             1104 29 10*10 0               35,45                 155,10                158,12
             1104 29 10*20 0               71,17                 154,08                157,10
             1104 29 1 0*30 (*)            70,35                207,86                 210,88
             1104 29 10*40 0               70,35                207,86                 210,88
             1104 29 10*90 0               70,35                207,86                 210,88
             1104 29 30*10 (4)             42,03                 186,59                189,61
             1 104 29 30*20 0              85,00                 185,36                188,38
             1104 29 30*30 0               70,35                207,86                 210,88
             1104 29 30*40f)               70,35                207,86                 210,88
             1104 29 30*90 0               70,35                 207,86                210,88
             1104 29 91                    27,89                 118,95                121,97
             1104 29 95                    55,28                 118,17                121,19
             1104 29 99                    45,94                 132,51                135,53
             1104 30 10                    24,33                  87,47                  93,51
             1104 30 90                    24,31                  90,61                  96,65
             1106 20 10                    45,10                 111,580               118,23
             1106 20 91                    59,77                 190,87 0              215,05
             1106 20 99                    59,77                 190,870               215,05
             1107 10 11                    54,28                 207,58                218,46
             1107 10 19                    4331                  155,10                165,98
             1107 1091                     85,78                 205,07                215,95 0
             1107 10 99                    66,85                 153,23                164,11
             1107 20 00                    76,10                 178,58                189,46 0
             1108 11 00                    74,19                 256,56                277,1 1
             1108 12 00                    59,77                 194,50                215,05
             1108 13 00                    59,77                 194,50                215,05
             1108 14 00                    59,77                  97,25                215,05
             1108 19 10                    30,83                 211,81                242,64
             1108 19 90                    59,77                  97,25 0              215,05
             1109 00 00                   278,86                 466,48                647,82
             1702 30 51                   147,88                 253,70                350,42
             1702 30 59                   105,71                 194,50                260,99
             1702 30 91                   147,88                 253,70                350,42
             1702 30 99                   105,71                 194,50                260,99
             1702 40 90                   105,71                 194,50                260,99
             1702 90 50                   105,71                 194,50                260,99
             1702 90 75                   150,31                 265,78                362,50
             1702 90 79                   103,76                 184,84                251,33
             2106 90 55                   105,71                 194,50                260,99
             2302 10 10                    18,71                  49,37                  55,37
             2302 10 90                    33,25                 105,79                 111,79 .
             2302 20 10                    18,71                  49,37                  55,37
             2302 20 90                    33,25                 105,79                 111,79
             2302 30 10                    18,71                  49,37                  55,37
             2302 30 90                    33,25                 105,79                 111,79
             2302 40 10                    18,71                  49,37                  55,37
             2302 40 90                    33,25                 105,79                 111,79
             2303 10 11                   230,06                 241,62                422,96
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        (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
        (*) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per
            tonne for products originating in Turkey.
        (}) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating in the
            African, Caribbean and Pacific Suites and in the overseas countries and territories :
            — arrow-root falling within CN codes 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19,
            — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within CN code 1106 20,
            — arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1 108 19 90.
        0 TARIC code : wheat.
        (*) TARIC code : rye.
        (*) TARIC code : millet
        Q TARIG code : sorghum.
        0 TARIC code : others.
        0 TARIC code : clipped oats.
       (10) TARIC code : CN code 1104 22 10, other than 'clipped oats'.