CELEX: 31991R0453
Language: en
Date: 1991-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 453/91 of 26 February 1991 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

27 . 2 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 52/41
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 453/91
                                                       of 26 February 1991
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
                                                                    24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
                                                                    levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
                                                                    and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
Economic Community,                                                 cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                    increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
Portugal,                                                           basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
                                                                    per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                    described above ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,           Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; on importation into
                                                                    Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              tion (EEC) No 3808/90 (9);
No 1806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
                                                                    rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
                                                                    the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable         them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
component of the import levy on products processed                   must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of       and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
                                                                    variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                   made in accordance with Article 14 of Council Regula­
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                   tion (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrange­
 1975 on the import and export system for products                  ments applicable to agricultural products and certain
processed from cereals and rice (5), as last amended by             goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­             products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies            countries and territories (OCT) (10), as amended by Regula­
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on          tion (EEC) No 297/91 (");
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these
basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­
ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted
on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic
products in question during the month of importation is             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products          December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the              agricultural products originating in developing countries
processed product or the competing product which serves             (12) reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
as a reference for processed products not containing                Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
cereals ;                                                           the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           O OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p . 7.
0   OJ   No L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                            0 OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
O   OJ   No L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 177,  24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                             H OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           (") OJ No L 36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
0   OJ   No L 182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                              (I2) OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                           the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­                   tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regula­
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and                     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (6),
0714 90 originating in certain third countries ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3842/90 (2), lay down                 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad                   average of the ecu rates published in the Official
 valorem ;                                                               Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                          a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                         cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (4), stipulates that the treat­           Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                  (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90               Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to               ture,
glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
 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
                                                                                               Article 1
 1 702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of                The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
levies ;                                                             Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
                                                                     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
should be calculated on the following basis :                        out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                       Article 2
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1991 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 26 February 1991 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L  43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(2) OJ  No  L  367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8 .
(3) OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                           0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                               (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 February 1991 fixing die import levies on products
                                           processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                     Import levies
                       CN code
                                                                                      Third countries
                                                     ACP or OCT
                                                                               (other than ACP or OCT)(8)
                  0714 10 10 C )                         160,44                           167,09
                  0714 10 91                            1 64,07 (3)Q                      164,07
                  0714 10 99                             162,26                           167,09
                  0714 90 11                             1 64,07 0 0                      164,07
                  0714 90 19                             162,26 (3)                       167,09
                  1102 20 10                            258,88                            264,92
                  1102 20 90                             146,70                           149,72
                  1102 30 00                             188,67                            191,69
                  1102 90 10                            295,33                            301,37
                  1102 90 30                            271,87                            277,91
                  1102 90 90                             154,19                           157,21
                  1103 12 00                            271.87                            277.91
                  1103 13 11                            258.88                            264.92
                  1103 13 19                            258,88                            264,92
                  1103 13 90                             146,70                           149,72
                  1103 14 00                             188,67                           191,69
                  1103 19 10                            290.32                            296.36
                  1103 19 30                            295.33                            301.37
                  1103 19 90                             154,19                           157,21
                  1103 21 00                            355,27                            361,31
                  1103 29 10                            290.32                            296.36
                  1103 29 20                            295.33                            301.37
                  1103 29 30                            271.87                            277.91
                  1103 29 40                            258.88                            264.92
                  1103 29 50                            188,67                            191,69
                  1103 29 90                            154,19                            157,21
                  1104 11 10                            167,35                            170,37
                  1104 11 90                            328,14                            334,18
                  1104 12 10                            154,06                            157,08
                  1104 12 90                            302,08                            308.12
                  1104 19 10                            355,27                            361,31
                  1104 19 30                            290,32                            296.36
                  1104 19 50                            258,88                            264,92
                  1104 19 91                            320,38                            326,42
                  1104 19 99                            272,1 1                           278,15
                  1104 21 10                            262,51                            265,53
                 1104 21 30                             262,51                            265,53
                 1104 21 50                             410,18                            416,22
                 1104 21 90                             167,35                            170.37
                 1104 22 10 10 (4)                      154,06                            157,08
                 1104 22 10 90 0                        271,87                            274,89
                 1104 22 30                             271,87                            274,89
                 1104 22 50                             24.1,66                           244,68
                 1104 22 90                             154,06                            157,08
                 1104 23 10                             230,11                            233.13
                 1104 23 30                             230,11                            233,13
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                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                         Import levies
                CN code
                                                                          Third countries
                                           ACP or OCT
                                                                   (other than ACP or OCT) (8)
           1104 23 90                         146,70                          149,72
           1104 29 11                        262,50                           265,52
           1104 29 15                        214,52                           217,54
           1104 29 19                        241,87                           244,89
           1104 29 31                        315,79                           318,81
           1104 29 35                        258,06                           261,08
           1104 29 39                        241,87                           244,89
           1104 29 91                        201,32                           204,34
           1104 29 95                         164,52                          167,54
           1104 29 99                         154,19                          157,21
           1104 30 10                         148.03                          154,07
           1104 30 90                         107,87                          113.91
           1106 20 10                         160,44 (3)                      167.09
           1106 20 91                        227,92 (3)                       252.10
           1106 20 99                        227,92 (3)                       252,10
           1107 10 11                        351,32                           362,20
           1107 10 19                        262,50                           273,38
           1107 1091                         292.04                           302.92 0
           1107 10 99                        218,21                           229.09
           1107 20 00                        254,31                           265*19 0
           1108 1100                         434,21                           454,76
           1108 1200                         231,55                           252.10
           1108 13 00                        231,55                           252,10 0
           1108 1400                          115,77                          252,10
           1108 19 10                        270.54                           301,37
           1108 19 90                         115,77 0                        252,10
           1109 00 00                        789,48                           970,82
           1702 30 51                        302,02                           398,74
           1702 30 59                        231.55                           298,04
           1702 30 91                        302,02                           398,74
           1702 30 99                        231,55                           298,04
           1702 40 90                        231,55                           298,04
           1702 90 50                        231,55                           298,04
           1702 90 75                        316,40                           413,12
           1702 90 79                        220,04                           286,53
           2106 90 55                        231,55                           298,04
           2302 10 10                          70,74                           76,74
           2302 10 90                        151,58                           157,58
           2302 20 10                          70,74                           76,74
           2302 20 90                        151,58                           157,58
           2302 30 10                          70,74                           76,74
           2302 30 90                        151,58                           157,58
           2302 40 10                          70,74                           76,74
           2302 40 90                        151,58                           157,58
           2303 10 11                        287,64                           468,98
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          (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
          (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) this levy is reduced
              by ECU 5,44 per tonne for products originating in Turkey.
          (3) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origina­
              ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
              — products falling within CN code ex 0714 10 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.
          Is) 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.
          Q 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 or in the overseas countries
              and territories.
          (8) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
              No 3808/90.