CELEX: 31980R1355
Language: en
Date: 1980-05-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1355/80 of 30 May 1980 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 135/80                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            31 . 5. 80
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1355/80
                                                          of 30 May 1980
                    altering die import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
COMMUNITIES,                                                             their effective parity ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community,                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             of these currencies in relation to the Community
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                         currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular                 29 May 1980 ;
Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                    per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­            Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 ('), the
lation (EEC) No 1 13/80 (4), and in particular Article              levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
 12 (4) thereof,                                                    the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tural policy (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (6) and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                            Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        The import levies to be charged on products
Committee,
                                                                    processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
Whereas the import levies on products processed                     (EEC) No 2744/75 (10), as last amended by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                (EEC) No 2245/78 (u), as fixed in the Annex to
No 1 038/80 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                amended Regulation (EEC) No 1038/80, are hereby
No 1292/80 (»);                                                     altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                            Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May
     relation to each other at any given moment within              1980 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 30 May 1980.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
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                                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1980 altering the import levies on products
                                                        processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                              Levies in ECU/tonne
                            CCT heading No
                                                                            Third countries
                                                                                                                       ACP or OCT
                                                                     (other than ACP or OCT)
            1 1 .02 B II a) (2)                                                12414                                      121-12
            1 1 .02 C I (2)                                                    148-73                                     145-71
           1 1 .02 D I (2)                                                       95-91                                     92-89
           1 1.02 E II a) (2)                                                  169-97                                     163-93
            1 1 .02 F I (2)                                                    169-97                                     163-93
           1 1.02 G I                                                            74-34                                     68-30
           11.07 A I a)                                                        172-98                                     162-10
           11.07 A lb)                                                         132-00                                     121-12
           11.08 A III                                                         156-29                                     135-74
           11.09                                                               428-14                                    246-80
           (') 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 11.02 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 1 1 .02.