CELEX: 31968R1080
Language: en
Date: 1968-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1080/68 of the Commission of 26 July 1968 on the procedure for calculating the levy on products processed from cereals and from rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for some of these products

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No L 181/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                27.7.68
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1080/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 26 July 1968
              on the procedure for calculating the levy on products processed from cereals and from
                     rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for some of these products
THE i COMMISSION          OF THE EUROPEAN COM­                    such products used for calculating the variable
MUNITIES ,                                                        component;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               Whereas, in accordance with Article 15 (3 ) of Regu­
                                                                 lation No 120/67/EEC, the provisions for the ad­
pean Economic Community;
                                                                  vance fixing of the levy may be extended in whole
                                                                  or in part to processed products ; whereas use should
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                   be made of these provisions in respect of malt, brans
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation                   and residues, certain roots and root flours and
of the market in cereals, and in particular Articles             denatured tubers, in view of market conditions and
15 (3 ) and 24 thereof; ■                                        the requirements of international trade, in particular
                                                                  the practice of entering into long-dated contracts ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359167/
EEC2 of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation                  Whereas, owing to the conditions in and the sensi­
of the market in rice, and in particular Articles 13
                                                                 tivity of the malt trade, provision should be made,
(3 ) and 25 thereof;                                             where a levy is fixed in advance, for the charging of
                                                                  a premium so that malt imported under this system
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      reaches the Community under conditions that cannot
1052/68 3 of 23 July 1968 on the import an export                 upset the market;
system for products processed from cereals and from
rice, and in particular Articles 2 (2 ) and 5 thereof;           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas the variable component of the levy on the                 ment Committee for Cereals :
processed products covered by Regulation (EEC) No
1052/68 is normally fixed for a month and altered
in the intervening period in line with variations of              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the levy on the basic product; whereas these vari­
ations do not always have an immediate effect on
the price of imported processed products ; whereas,                                       TITLE I
moreover, the above-mentioned Regulation provided
that the variable component should not be altered                                  Alteration of the levy
during the month unless the variation in the levy on
basic products reaches a certain limit to be fixed;                                       Article 1
                                                                  1 . Where, during the month of importation of
Whereas, with a view to the implementation of                     products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68,
Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68, the                     the levy in force for 100 kg of the basic product
variable component of the levy on processed products              exceeds by 0-25 units of account the average levy,
qualifying for a production refund granted on basic               adjusted in accordance with the second subparagraph
products used in their manufacture should be reduced              of Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, on the same
by the amount of such refund on the quantities of                 quantity during the first twenty-five days of the
                                                                 preceding month, the variable component of the
                                                                  levy on the processed product shall be increased by
1 OJ NO 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
2 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .                                    an amount equal to the ascertained excess, rounded
3 , OJ No L 179, 25.7.1968, p. 8 .                                to 0-25 units of account or to the nearest multiple of
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                                                                  (e) 161 kg of maize for starch processing, in respect
  0*25 units of account, the amount of such excess                    of starches other than those of wheat or rice;
  then being multiplied by the coefficient shown in
  column 4 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No                    (f) 400 kg of common wheat for starch processing, in
  1052/68 .                                                           respect of wheat gluten ;
  This increase shall apply on the day following
 ascertainment of the excess .                                    (g) 200 kg of maize for starch processing, in respect
                                                                      of other glutens ;
 Where, subsequently during the same month, the
 levy in force differs by not less than 0-25 units of             (h) 210 kg of maize for starch processing, in respect
 account per 100 kg of basic product from the                         of glucose with or without added flavouring or
 variable component increased as specified above                      colouring matter in the form of white crystalline
 (prior to multiplication by the above-mentioned),                    powder, whether or not agglomerated ;
 that variable component shall be increased or reduced
 by an amount equal to the ascertained difference,                (i) 161 kg of maize for starch processing, in respect
 rounded to 0-25 units of account or to the nearest
                                                                      of any other glucose, and glucose syrup, with or
 multiple of 0-25 units of account, the rounded                       without added flavouring or colouring.
 differences being then multiplied by the above­
 mentioned coefficient.
 However, the amount of the levy may in no case                                          TITLE III
 be reduced below the level fixed on the first day of
 the month .
                                                                                Advance fixing of the levy
2. For the application of paragraph 1 to products
 falling within tariff sub-heading No 23.02 A, the
levy on 100 kg of 'basic product' shall be calculated                                     Article 3
by adding together the levies on 100 kg of common
wheat, 100 kg of barley and 100 kg of maize and
dividing the total by 3 .                                        1 . The levy on products falling within tariff headings
                                                                 and sub-headings Nos 07.06 B, 11.06 A, 11.07 and
                                                                 23.02 A listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 1052/68 shall be fixed in advance in respect of
                          TITLE II                               an import to be effected during the period of validity
                                                                 of the licence if the applicant so requests when ap­
                                                                 plying for the licence.
           Levy on products qualifying for a
                     production refund
                                                                In that case the amount of the levy shall be equal
                                                                to that applicable on the day on which the import
                          Article 2                              licence is applied for, adjusted if necessary in relation
                                                                to the threshold price in force during the month of
The variable component of the levy calculated in                importation for the basic products or products taken
accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No                 as a basis for the calculation of the variable component
1052/68 applicable to 100 kg of processed products              of the levy, without prejudice to the possible
listed in Article 5 of that Regulation shall be reduced         application of the second subparagraph of Article
by an amount equal to the production refund granted             15 (3 ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC.
on the date of importation for:
                                                                This adjustment shall be made by increasing or
(a) 180 kg of maize for processing, in respect of maize         reducing the levy by the difference between the
     groats and meal for the brewing industry;                  threshold price in force in the month of the appli­
(b) 161 kg of maize for starch processing, in respect           cation for 100 kg of the basic product and that in
     of flours and meals of sago, manioc, arrowroot,            force in the month of importation, that difference
     salep and other roots and tubers falling within            being adjusted by the coefficient shown in column 4
     heading No 07.06 of the Common Customs                     of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 .
     Tariff;
(c) 220 kg of common wheat for starch processing,               2. With regard to products falling within tariff
     in respect of wheat starch;                                heading No 11.07 a premium shall be added to the
                                                                levy fixed in advance. This premium shall, per 100
(d) 152 kg of broken rice for starch processing, in             kg of processed product, be equal to the premium
     respect of rice starch :                                   applicable under Article 15 of Regulation No 120/67/
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EEC and under Regulation No 140/67/EEC1 and in                                         TITLE IV
accordance with the scale in force on the day on
which the licence was applied for, to the quantity                                 General provisions
of the basic product taken as a basis for the calcu­
lation of the variable component of the levy.                                           Article 5
                                                              Member States shall communicate to the Commission
                                                              on the 15th of each month in respect of the preceding
Without prejudice to the possible application of              month :
Article 9 (b) of Regulation No 140/67/EEC, the
premium shall be determined in relation to the                ( a) the total quantities of processed products for
month of actual importation of the processed , pro­                 which import licences have been issued ;
duct, the premium applicable to an importation
effected during the last month of validity of the             ( b ) the quantities for which import licences have been
import licence being equal to that applicable to an                 issued with advance fixing of the levy.
importation effected during the preceding month .             These particulars shall be broken down by specific
                                                              rates of levy on the products .
                        Article 4                                                       Article 6
                                                              Commission Regulation No 475/67/EEC2 on the
                                                              procedure for calculating the levy on products
For each of the products covered by this Title, the           processed from cereals and rice and for the advance
period for which it is possible to obtain advance
                                                              fixing of the levy for some of these products is
fixing of the levy may be reduced in accordance with          hereby repealed.
the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation
No 120/67/EEC .                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 1968 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 July 1968 .                                                1
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                        Jean REY
 1 OJ No 125, 26.6.1967, p. 2456/67.                           2 OJ No 204, 24.8.1967, p. 21 .