CELEX: 31973R2368
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2368/73 of the Commission of 28 August 1973 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 245/ 14                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             1 . 9 . 73
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 2368/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of !28 August 1973
                               fixing th6 import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         culating the levy on products processed from cereals
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           and rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for
                                                                        some of these products, as last amended by Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                      tion ( EEC) No 1047/73 (9), provides that the levy
pean Economic Community ;                                               thus determined, increased by the fixed component,
                                                                        is valid in general for one month but is altered '
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                          where the levy applicable to the basic product con­
 EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                        cerned differs by not less than 0-25 unit of account
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                       per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the levies
Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2 ), and in particular                     calculated as described above ;
Article 14 (4) thereof ;
                                                                        Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                          (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation
EEC ( 3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                         (EEC) No 1080/68 , the levy on certain processed
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                      products must be reduced by an amount equal to
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty ( 5 ) on the Accession of                 the production refund granted in respect of basic
new Member States to the European Economic Com­                         products for processing ;
munity and the European Atomic Energy Community,
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in                           Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                     in Regulation (EEC ) No 1052/68 ;
                                                                        Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            interests of the Associated African States and Mada­
Committee ;
                                                                        gascar and of the Overseas Countries and Territo­
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the                      ries, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
variable component of the import levy on products                       Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                        levy relating to them in respect of certain products
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and                    processed from cereals must be reduced by the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;                     amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
 whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No                      some of these products, by part of the variable com­
 1052/68 ( 6) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export                  ponent ; whereas this reduction must be made in ac­
 system for products processed from cereals and rice,                   cordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation
 as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 881 /73 (7 ),                 ( EEC ) No 522/70 ( 10) of 17 March 1970 on the treat­
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                       ment to be accorded to products processed from
 these products of the levies applicable to their basic                 cereals and rice originating in the Associated African
 products should be calculated on the basis of the                      States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries
average of the levies applicable to these basic prod­                   and Territories, and Article 1 of Council Regulation
 ucts for the first twenty-five days of the month pre­                  (EEC) No 653 /71 ( n ) of 30 March 1971 on the treat­
ceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                      ment to be accorded to products processed from
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for                  cereals and rice originating in the United Republic of
the basic products in question during the month of                      Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda or the Republic
importation, is calculated on the basis of the quanti­                  of Kenya , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1036/
ties of basic products considered to have been used                     72 ( 12 ) ;
in the manufacture of the processed product or the                      Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
competing product which serves as a reference for                       1052/68 provides that the levy to be charged on the
processed products not containing cereals ;                             products listed in the Annex to that Regulation
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No                                under heading No 07.06 A is limited, with effect from
 1080/68 (8) of 26 July 1968 on the procedure for cal­                  the date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol
                                                                        ( 1967) annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs
 (») OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67 .                           and Trade, to the amount resulting from application
 (*) OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                            of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;
 (») OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
 (*) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
 (6) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                                ( 9)   OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973 , p . 30.
 (•) OJ  No  L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p . 8 .                               ( 10)  OJ No L 65 , 21 . 3 . 1970, p . 10.
 (7) OJ  No   L 86 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30.                            (»)     OJ No L 76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p . 2 .
 (8) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p . 6.                                  ( 12 ) OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p . 18
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                    in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                   Customs Tariff ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange                                              Article 1
     based on their effective parity ;
                                                                       The import levies to be charged on the products
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on                       listed in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
    the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates                       and in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/
    of each of these currencies recorded for a given                   EEC and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
    period, in relation to the Community currencies                    are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­
                                                                       lation .
     referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for                      1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 August 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                                                                                                            Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                                      Third countries
                                                                                                       (other than       AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                           Nomenclature in simplified wording                        AASM and              Tanzania ,
                                                                                                     OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                                                                                                       Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                                          Kenya)
07.06 A                 Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar roots and tubers                       0-001 i1)               o (η
                        with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C                 Barley flour (2)                                                                  0-511                0-011
11.01 D                 Oat flour (2)                                                                     1-283                0-783
11.01 E I               Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight (*)                   0-815                0-315
11.01 E II              Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (2)                     0-429                0-179
11.01 F                 Rice flour (2)                                                                    0-250                   0
11.01 G                 Buckwheat flour (*)                                                               0-500                  0
11.01 H                 Millet flour (2)                                                                  0-865                0-615
11.01 1 J               Canary seed flour (*)                                                             0-250                  0
11.01 K                 Grain sorghum flour (2)                                                           0-759                0-509
11.01 L                 Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, mesiin, rye, barley, oats,             0-250                  0
                        maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 A II              Rye groats and meal (2)                                                           4-402                3-902
11.02 AIII              Barley groats and meal (*)                                                        0-511                0-011
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                                                                                                    Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                             Third countries
                                                                                               (other than       AASM , OCT,
     CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                  AASM and               Tanzania ,
                                                                                             OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                                                                                              Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                                  Kenya )
11.02 AIV            Oat groats and meal (2)                                                      1-283                0-783
11.02 A V a) 1       Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by               0-500                   0
                     weight, for the brewing industry (2)
11.02 A V a) 2       Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by               0-815                0-315
                     weight, other than for the brewing industry (2)
11.02 A V b)         Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 °/o by                 0-429                0-179
                     weight (2 )
11.02 A VI           Rice groats and meal (2)                                                     0-250                    0
11.02 A VII          Buckwheat groats and meal (2)                                                0-500                    0
11.02 A VIII         Millet groats and meal (2)                                                   0-865                0-615
11.02 A IX           Grain sorghum groats and meal (2)                                            0-759                0-509
11.02 A X            Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,                0-250                    0
                     mesiin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                     sorghum (2)
11.02 B I a) 1       Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (2)                                        0-260                0-010
11.02 B I a) 2 aa)   Clipped oats                                                                 0-694                0-444
1 1.02 B I a) 2 bb ) Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (2)                  1-033                0-783
11.02 B I a) 3       Hulled (shelled or husked ) buckwheat (2)                                    0-250                    0
11.02 B I a) 4       Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (2)                                        1-215                 0-965
11.02 B I b ) 1      Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)             0-260                 0-010
11.02 B I b ) 2      Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)              1-033                0-783
11.02 B I b ) 3      Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)         0-250                    0
11.02 B I b ) 4      Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet ('Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)             1-215                0-965
11.02 B II a )       Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                   0-670                0-420
                     kibbled (2)
 11.02 B II b )      Hulled (shelled or husked)          rye, whether or not sliced       or      3-133                2-883
                     kibbled (2)
 11.02 B II c)       Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or                   0-530                0-280
                     kibbled (2 )
 11.02 B II d )      Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or           1-048                0-798
                     kibbled (2)
 11.02 B II e)       Hulled (shelled or husked) grains, whether or not sliced or                  0-250                   0
                     kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, barley, oats,
                     buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
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                                                                                                     Levies in u . a./100 kg
                                                                                              Third countries
                                                                                                (other than        AASM , OCT,
      CCT heading No                          Nomenclature in simplified .wording              AASM and               Tanzania ,
                                                                                              OCT, Tanzania ,       Uganda and
                                                                                               Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                                   Kenya)
  11.02 C I              Pearled wheat (2)                                                        0-756                 0-506
  11.02 C II            Pearled rye (*)                                                           3-719                3-469
 11.02 C III            Pearled barley (2)                                                        0-515                0-015
 11.02 C IV             Pearled oats (2)                                                          0-946                0-696
 11.02 C V              Pearled maize (2)                                                         0-530                0-280
 11.02 C VI             Pearled buckwheat (2)                                                     0-250                   0
 11.02 C VII            Pearled millet (2)                                                        1-215                0-965
,11.02 C VIII           Pearled grain sorghum (*)                                                 1-048                0-798
 11.02 C IX             Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,     0-250                   0
                        buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 D I               Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                              0-572                0-322
11.02 D II              Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                2-461                2-211
11.02 D III             Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                             0-256                0-006
11.02 D IV             Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                0-694                0-444
11.02 D V              Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                               0-429                0-179
11.02 D VI             Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                           0-250                   0
11.02 D VII            Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                              0-865                0-615
11.02 D VIII           Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                       0-759               0-509
11.02 D IX             Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled, other than grains of            0-250                   0
                       wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet or grain sor­
                       ghum (2)
11.02 E I a ) 1        Rolled barley (')                                                        0-256                0-006
11.02 E I a) 2         Rolled oats (2)                                                          0-694                0-444
11.02 E I a) 3         Rolled buckwheat (2 )                                                    0-250                   0
11.02 E I a) 4         Rolled millet (2)                                                        0-865                0-615
                     I
11.02 E I b ) 1        Flaked barley (2 )                                                       0-512                0-012
11.02 E I b ) 2        Flaked oats (2)                                                          1-370                0-870
11.02 E I b ) 3        Flaked buckwheat ( f )                                                  0-500                    0
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                                                                                                  Levies in u. a. /100 kg
                                                                                           Third countries
                                                                                            (other than        AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                 AASM and               Tanzania,
                                                                                           OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                                                                                            Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                               Kenya)
11.02 E I b) 4       Flaked millet (2)                                                         1-585                 1-085
11.02 E II a)        Rolled or flaked wheat (2)                                                1-069                 0-569
11.02 E II b)        Rolled or flaked rye (2)                                                  4-402                 3-902
11.02 E II c)        Rolled or flaked maize (2)                                                 0-815                0-315
11.02 E II d)        Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (2)                                         1-398                0-898
 11.02 E II e) 1     Flake rice (2)                                                             0-500                    0
11.02 E II e) 2      Rolled or flaked grains other than grains of wheat, rye, barley,           0-500                    0
                     oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum, excluding
                     flaked rice (2)
 11.02 F I           Wheat pellets (2)                                                          1-069                 0-569
 11.02 F II          Rye pellets (2)                                                            4-402                 3-902
 11.02 F III          Barley pellets (2)                                                         0-511                0-011
 11.02 F IV           Oat pellets (2)                                                            1-283                0-783
 11.02 F V            Maize pellets (2)                                                          0-815                0-315
 11.02 F VI           Rice pellets (2)                                                           0-250                    0
 11.02 F VII          Buckwheat pellets (2)                                                      0-500                    0
  11.02 F VIII        Millet pellets (2)                                                         0-865                 0-615
  11.02 F IX          Grain sorghum pellets (2)                                                  0-759                 0-509
  11.02 F X           Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice,       0-250                    0
                      buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
  11.02 G I           Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                                 0-737                0-237
  1 1.02 G II         Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground           0-631                0-131
                   !
                   I
                   I
   11.06 A         j Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                   0-251                    0
                      salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                       for the manufacture of starches
   11.06 B I           Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,               1-700                    0
                       salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                       for the manufacture of starches
   11.06 B II          Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                1-982                0-102
                       salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                       other than for the manufacture of starches
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                                                                                               Levies in u.a ./100 kg
                                                                                         Third countries
                                                                                          (other than      AASM , OCT,
     CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording               AASM and             Tanzania,
                                                                                         OCT, Tanzania ,    Uganda and
                                                                                          Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                             Kenya)
 11.07 A I a)        Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour               1-462              0-562
 11.07 A I b )       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of          1-320              0-420
                     flour
 11.07 A II a)        Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form       0-911               0-011
                     of flour
 11.07 A II b)       Unroasted malt, other thain that obtained from wheat, in the form       0-908              0-008
                     in the form of flour
 11.07 B             Roasted malt                                                            0-909              0-009
11.08 A I            Maize starch                                                            1-700                 0
11.08 A II           Rice starch                                                             2-550                 0
11.08 A III          Wheat starch                                                            1-700                 0
 11.08 A IV          Potato starch                                                           1-700                 0
11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch                 1-700                 0
11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                                    15-000                  0
11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                                        15-000                  0
17.02 B II a )       Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 % or        8-000                 0
                    more by weight of the pure product (3), in the form of white
                    crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
17.02 B II b)       Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o       5-500                 0
                    or more by weight of the pure product (3), other than glucose in
                    the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
17.05 B I           Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline          8-000                 0
                    powder, whether or not agglomerated
17.05 B II          Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of           5-500                 0
                    white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
23.02 A 1 a;        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling      0-051               0-051
                    or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                    35 °/o by weight
23.02 A 1 b ) 1     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling      0-080               0-080
                    or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                    35 % but not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having undergone a
                    denaturing process
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                                                                                                                       Levies in u.a. /100 kg
                                                                                                               Third countries
                                                                                                                  (other than      AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                         AASM and             Tanzania ,
                                                                                                               OCT, Tanzania,       Uganda and
                                                                                                                  Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                                                     Kenya)
23.02 A I b) 2                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    0-159              0-159
                               or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                               35 % but not exceeding 45 % by weight, not having undergone
                               a denaturing process, or with a starch content exceeding 45 %
                               by weight
23.02 A II a )                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    0-039              0-039
                               or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                               content does not exceed 28 °/o by weight, and of which the percen­
                               tage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0*2 mm
                               does not exceed 10 % by weight or of which the sieved product
                                has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1·5 %
                                or more by weight
23.02 A II b )                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    0-159              0-159
                                or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within
                                subheading No 23.02 A II a )
23.03 A I                       Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding                       15-000                  0
                               concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on
                                the dry product, exceeding 40 % by weight
(') This ievy is limited to 6 "k of the value for customs purposes .
(') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A,
    products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications :
    — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polanmetric method), referred to dry matter, exceeding 45 °/o by weight
    — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1*6 Vo for rice, 2-5 •/• for wheat,
       3 */o for barley, 4 °/o for buckwheat , 5 % for oats and 2 °/o for other cereals .
    Germ of cereals, whole , rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.
(■) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II.