CELEX: 31983R2579
Language: en
Date: 1983-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2579/83 of 14 September 1983 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

15. 9 . 83                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 254/27
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2579/83
                                                   of 14 September 1983
                  altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
COMMUNITIES,                                                     levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         their central rate,
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular                  these currencies in relation to the Community
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                              currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
                                                                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      13 September 1983 ;
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of         Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4)       differs from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU
thereof,                                                         per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
                                                                 Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to           the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
tural policy Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
No 2543/73 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the advice of the Monetary
Committee,                                                       The import levies to be charged on products processed
                                                                 from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the import levies on products processed from             2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No               414/83, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
2422/83 0, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                (EEC) No 2422/83 are hereby altered to the amounts
2487/83 (8) ;                                                    set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 414/83 of 21                                         Article 2
February 1 983 (9) amended Regulation (EEC) No
2744/75 (10) as regards products falling within sub­             This Regulation      shall  enter into   force  on   15
heading 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;                   September 1983.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 14 September 1983 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
O OJ    No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. I.
(<) OJ  No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(0 OJ   No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(<) OJ  No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
O OJ    No L 238 , 27. 8 . 1983, p. 11 .
(8) OJ  No L 244, 2. 9 . 1983 , p. 23 .
0 OJ    No L 51 , 24. 2. 1983 , p. 1 .
(10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                         (") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
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                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 14 September 1983 altering the import levies on products
                                             processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                            Import levies
                        CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                                                           ACP or OCT
                                                     (other than ACP or OCT)
           1 1 .02 B II a) (2)                                 116,31                         113,29
           11.02 C I (2)                                       139,31                         136,29
           1 1 .02 D I (2)                                      89,90                          86,88
           1 1 .02 E II a) (2)                                 159,36                         153,32
           1 1 .02 F I (2)                                     159,36                         153,32
           11.02G I                                             69,93                          63,89
           11.07 A I a)                                        162,50                         151,62
           11.07 A lb)                                         124,17                         113,29
           11.08 A III                                         146,81                         126,26
           11.09                                               410,90                         229,56
           (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 11.01 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.