CELEX: 31992R0484
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 484/92 of 28 February 1992 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 55/ 14                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29. 2. 92
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 484/92
                                                        of 28 February 1992
                          fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
                                                                     one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
Economic Community,                                                  per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                     described above :
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
 Portugal,                                                           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 2727/75                Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
 No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 14.(4) thereof,           tion (EEC) No 3808/90 f);
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
 No 1806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,           relating to them in respect of certain products processed
                                                                     from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
                                                                     component and, in respect of some of these products, by
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable         part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
 component of the import levy on products processed                  must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of       Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of              arrangements applicable to agricultural products and
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                  certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                   products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas
 1975 on the import and export system for products                   countries and territories (OCT) (10), as last amended by
 processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by             Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (n) ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies
 applicable to their basic products should be calculated on
 the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these          Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
basic products for the first 25 days of the month                    3763/91 (12) allows that within the limit of an annual
 preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,               quantity of 8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the            imports into the French department of Reunion of wheat
basic products in question during the month of importa­              bran falling within CN code 2302 30 from the African,
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic            Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
products considered to have been used in the manufac­
ture of the processed product or the competing product
which serves as a reference for processed products not               Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
containing cereals ;                                                 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                     overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                      Economic Community (13) no levies shall apply on
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                    imports of products originating in the overseas countries
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import             and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice                abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products           charged on imports of certain products originating in the
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from                     overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
cereals f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   products originating from these countries and territories
 1 740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,               from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
                                                                     products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
(') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
(2) OJ  No   L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
0   OJ  No   L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No   L 177,  24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           H OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(•) OJ  No   L 182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                              (") OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
f)  OJ  No   L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                              H OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
(8) OJ  No   L 202,  26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .                             H OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20                         of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain                     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
agricultural products originating in developing countries                 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regula­
(') prolonged by Regulation (EEC) No 3588/91 (2) reduces                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 as last amended by Regula­
by 50 % the levy or importation into the Community of                     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
products of CN code 1108 13 00, within the limit of a
fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;                                — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                          average of the ecu rates published in the Official
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                           Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­                   a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and                     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
0714 90 originating in certain third countries (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3842/90 (4), lay down                 Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad              (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
valorem ;                                                             Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                     ture,
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (0, as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (*), stipulates that the treat­
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to
glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the                                           Article 1
levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and                       The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­          Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy                 Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of                 subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
                                                                      out in the Annex hereto.
levies ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                                                   Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 February 1992.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC S HARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121
0   OJ  No  L  341 , 12. 12. 1991 , p. 6.
0   OJ  No  L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No  L  367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8.'
0   OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                            O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                (■) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1992 fixing the import levies on products
                                              processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                         (ECU/tonne)
                                                                       Import levies (*)
                          CN code
                                                                                           Third countries
                                                            ACP
                                                                                         (other than ACP)(8)
                   0714 10 10 (')                          141,64                               148,29
                   0714 10 91                      ^       145,27 (3)0                          145,27
                   0714 10 99                              143,46                               148,29
                   0714 90 1 1                             145,27 0 0                           145,27
                   0714 90 19                              143,46 0                             148,29
                   1102 20 10                              237,24                               243,28
                   1102 20 90                              134,44                               137,46
                   1102 30 00                              142,58             j                 145,60
                   1102 90 10                              261,49                               267,53
                   1102 90 30                              235,87                               241,91
                   1102 90 90                              143,48                               146,50
                   1103 12 00                              235,87                               241,91
                   1103 1310                               237,24                               243,28
                   1103 1390                               134,44                               137,46
                   1103 14 00                              142,58                               145,60
                   1103 19 10                              299,59                               305,63
                   1103 1930                               261,49                               267,53
                   1103 19 90                              143,48                               146,50
                   1103 21 00                              270,83                               276,87
                   110329 10                               299,59                               305,63
                   1103 29 20                              261,49                               267,53
                   1103 29 30                              235,87                               241,91
                   1103 29 40                              237,24                               243,28
                   1103 29 50                              142,58                               145,60
                   1103 29 90                              143,48                               146,50
                   1104 11 10                              148,18                               151,20
                   110411 90                               290,54                               296,58
                   1104 1210                               133,66                               136,68
                   1104 12 90                              262,08                               268,12
                   1104 19 10                              270,83                               276,87
                   1104 19 30                              299,59                               305,63
                   1104 19 50                              237,24                              243,28
                   1104 19 91                              242,12                               248,16
                   1104 19 99                              253,21                              259,25
                   110421 10                               232,43                              235,45
                   1104 21 30                              232,43                              235,45
                   1104 21 50                              363,18                              369,22
                   1104 21 90                              148,18                               151,20
                   1104 2210 10 0                          133,66                               136,68
                   1 1 04 22 1 0 90 0                      235,87                              238,89
                   1104 22 30                              235,87                              238,89
                   1104 22 50                              209,66                              212,68
                   1104 22 90                              133,66                               136,68
                   1104 23 10                              210,88                              213,90
                   1104 23 30                              210.88                              213.90
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                                                                                              (ECU/tonne)
                                                          Import levies (')
               CN code
                                                                              Third countries
                                              ACP
                                                                            (other than ACP)(8)
          1104 23 90                         134,44                                137,46
          1104 29 11                         200,11                                203,13
          1104 29 15                         221,37                                224,39
          1104 29 19                         225,07                                228,09
          1104 29 31                         240,74                                243,76
          1104 29 35                         266,30                                269,32
          1104 29 39                         225,07                                228,09
          1104 29 91                         153,47                                156,49
          1104 29 95                         169,77                                172,79
          1104 29 99                         143,48                                146,50
          1104 30 10                         1 12,85                               118,89
          1104 30 90                           98,85                               104,89
          1106 20 10                         141,64 (3)                            148,29
          1106 20 90                         208,57 (3)                            232,75
          1107 10 11                         267,82                                278,70
          1107 10 19                         200,11                                210,99
          110710 91                          258,58                                269,46 (2)
          1107 1099                          193,21                                204,09
          1107 20 00                         225,17                                236,05 (2)
          1108 11 00                         331,01                                351,56
          1108 12 00                         212,20                                232,75
          1108 1300                          212,20                                232,75 (6)
          1108 14 00                         106,10                                232,75
          1108 19 10                         204,46                                235,29
          1108 1990                          106,10 (3)                            232,75
          1109 00 00                         601,84                                783,18
          1702 30 51                         276,78                                373,50
          1702 30 59                         212,20                                278,69
          1702 30 91                         276,78                                373,50
          1702 30 99                         212,20                                278,69
          1702 40 90                         212,20                                278,69
          1702 90 50                         212,20                                278,69
          1702 90 75                         289,96                                386,68
          1702 90 79                         201,65                                268,14
          2106 90 55                         212,20                                278,69
          2302 10 10                           59,85                                65,85
          2302 10 90                         128,26                                134,26
          2302 20 10                           59,85                                65,85
          2302 20 90                         128,26                                134,26
          230230 10                            59,85 (10)                           65,85
          2302 30 90                         128,26 (10)                           134,26
          2302 40 10                           59,85                                65,85
          2302 40 90                         128,26                                134,26
          2303 10 11                         263,60                                444,94
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             (') 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 071410 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 1108 19 90 .
             (4) Taric code : clipped oats.
             (*) Taric code : CN code 11042210, other than 'clipped oats'.
             (6) 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.
             (J) 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.
             (8) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                 No 3808/90 .
             (') 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.