CELEX: 31980R2768
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2768/80 of 28 October 1980 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

30 . 10 . 80                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 287/ 13
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2768/80
                                                         of 28 October 1980
                       fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        factured from cereals (7), as last amended by Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tion (EEC) No 1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus
                                                                      determined, increased by the fixed component, is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 valid in general for one month but is altered where
Economic Community,                                                   the levy applicable to the basic product concerned
                                                                      differs by not less than 3-02 ECU per tonne from the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          average of the levies calculated as described above ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by               Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 1870/80 (2), and in particular                    (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                               No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
                                                                      must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
                                                                      tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          processing ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9),
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                      as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (10), laid
 tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­             down certain transitional measures in respect of
 lation (EEC) No 1871 /80 (4), and in particular Article              starches ;
 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          in Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accor­
 Committee,                                                            dance with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (u), as last
                                                                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1877/80 (12), the
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­              variable component of the levy on certain processed
 able component of the import levy on products                         products must be reduced by the incidence of the
 processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                      production refund granted in respect of basic products
 Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and               intended for processing ;
 Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ;
 whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
 2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and                          interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
 export system for products processed from cereals and .               and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
 rice (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      relating to them in respect of certain products
 2245/78 (6), provides that the incidence on the prime                 processed from cereals must be reduced by the
 costs of these products of the levies applicable to their             amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
 basic products should be calculated on the basis of the               some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
 average of the levies applicable to these basic products              nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
  for the first 25 days of the month preceding that of                 dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
  importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on the                   No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
 basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                      applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
  products in question during the month of importa­                     resulting from the processing of agricultural products
  tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
  basic products considered to have been used in the                   States or in the overseas countries and territories (13),
  manufacture of the processed product or the                          as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 279/80 (H) ;
  competing product which serves as a reference for
  processed products not containing cereals ;                          Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75
                                                                        provides that the levy to be charged on the products
                                                                        listed in the Annex to that Regulation under
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74                        subheading 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the
  of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the                  date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
  import levy on products processed from cereals and                    annexed to the General Agreement on tariffs and
  from rice and for the advance fixing of this levy for
  these products and for compound feedingstuffs manu                    (7) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
                                                                        (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
  (') OJ  No L   281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 1.                            (») OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
  (2) OJ  No L   184,  17. 7.   1980,  p. 1.                            (10) OJ No L 247, 23. 9. 1975, p. 22.
  (3) OJ  No L   166,  25 . 6 . 1976,  p. 1.                            (n) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
  (*) OJ  No L   184,  17. 7.   1980,  p. 4.                            ( 12) OJ No L 184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 13 .
  (5) OJ  No L   281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 65.                           ( 13) OJ No L 85, 31 . 3 . 1976, p . 2.
  (6) OJ  No L   273,  29 . 9 . 1978 , p. 1.                            H OJ No L 31 , 8 . 2. 1980, p. 1 .
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trade, to the amount resulting from application of the       for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
rate of duty bound within GATT ;                             Customs Tariff,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                      Article 1
    relation to each other at any given moment within
    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on           The import levies to be charged on the products listed
    their effective parity ;                                 in Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be
    of these currencies recorded for a given period in       as set out in the Annex hereto.
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous indent ;                                                          Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided             1980 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 28 October 1980 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President
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                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 October 1980 fixing the import levies on products
                                               processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                                                              Imports
                           CCT heading No
                                                            Third countries
                                                                                      ACP or OCT
                                                      (other than ACP or OCT)
             07.06 A                                             10-98 (!)                 9-17 (1) (5)
             11.01 C (2)                                        115-86                  109-82
             11.01 D (2)                                        102-77                    96-73
             11.01 E I (2)                                      147-95                  141-91
             11.01 E II (2)                                      83-44                    80-42
             11.01 F (2)                                         39-07                    36-05
             11.01 G (2)                                         72-04                    69-02
             11.02 A II (2)                                     107-70                  101-66
             11.02 A III (2)                                    115-86                  109-82
             11.02 A IV (2)                                     102-77                    96-73
             1 1.02 A V a) 1 (2)                                116-94                  110-90
             1 1 .02 A V a) 2 (2)                               147-95                  141-91
             11.02 A V b) (2)                                    83-44                    80-42
             1 1 .02 A VI (2)                                    39-07                    36-05
             11.02 A VII (2)                                     72-04                    69-02
             11.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                 100-64                    97-62
             1 1 .02 B I a) 2 aa)                                57-83                    54-81
             1 1 .02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                            99-75                    96-73
             11.02 Bib) 1 (2)                                   100-64                    97-62
             1 1 .02 B I b) 2 (2)                                99-75                    96-73
             1 1 .02 B II a) (2)                                103-75                  100-73
             1 1.02 B lib) (2)                                   78-14                    75-12
              11.02 B II c) (2)                                 129-16                  126-14
             1 1.02 B II d) (2)                                 111-29                  108-27
              1 1 .02 C I (2)                                   124-20                  121-18
              11.02 C II (2)                                     93-39                    90-37
              11.02 C III (2)                                   158-57                  152-53
              11.02 C IV (2)                                     89-00                    85-98
              1 1 .02 C V (2)                                   129-16                  126-14
              1 1.02 C VI (2)                                   111-29                  108-27
              1 1 .02 D I (2)                                    80-27                    77-25
              11.02 D II (2)                                     60-63                    57-61
              11.02 D III (2)                                    65-25                    62-23
              11.02 D IV (2)                                     57-83                    54-81
              11.02 DV (2)                                       83-44                    80-42
              1 1.02 D VI (2)                                    72-04                    69-02
              11.02 EI a) 1 (2)                                  65-25                    62-23
              1 1.02 EI a) 2 (2)                                 57-83                    54-81
              11.02 E lb) 1 (2)                                 128-06                  122.02
              11.02 E lb) 2 (2)                                 113-52                  107-48
              11.02 Ella) (2)                                   142-37                  136-33
              11.02 E II b) (2)                                 107-70                  101-66
              1 1.02 E II c) (2)                                147-95                  141-91
              11.02 E II d) 1 (2)                                67-26                    61-22
              1 1 .02 E II d) 2 (2)                             127-85                   121-81
              1 1.02 F I (2)                                    142-37                   136-33
              11.02 F II (2)                                    107-70                  101-66
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                                                                                                         (ECU/tonne)
                                                                              Imports
                        CCT heading No
                                                           Third countries
                                                                                            ACP or OCT
                                                     (other than ACP or OCT)
            11.02 Fill (2)                                     115-86                         109-82
           11.02 F IV (2)                                      102-77                          96-73
           11.02 FV (2)                                        147-95                         141-91
           1 1.02 F VI (2)                                       39-07                          36-05
           11.02 F VII (2)                                       72-04                          69-02
           11.02 G I                                             62-85                          56-81
           11.02 Gil                                             65-17                          59-13
            11.04 CI                                             14-00                           7-35 (5)
            11.04 C II a)                                      119-74                           95-56 (5)
            11.04 C lib)                                       147-48                         123-30 (5)
            11.07 A I a)                                       145-70                         134-82
            11.07 A lb)                                        111-61                         100-73
            11.07 A II a)                                      1 19-48 (4)                    108-60
            11.07 A lib)                                         92-02                          81-14
           11.07 B                                             105-45 (4)                       94-57
           11.08 A I                                           119-74                           99-19
            11.08 All                                            50-27                          19-44
            11.08 A III                                        132-90                         112-35
            11.08 A IV                                         119-74                           99-19
            11.08 A V                                          119-74                           49-59 (5)
            11.09                                              385-62                         204-28
            17.02 B II a)(3)                                   226-10                         129-38
            17.02 B II b)(3)                                   165-68                           99-19
           21.07 F II                                          165-68                           99-19
           23.02 A I a)                                          21-56                          21-56
           23.02 A I b)                                          68-99                          68-99
           23.02 A II a)                                         17-25                          17-25
           23.02 A II b)                                         68-99                          68-99
           23.03 A I                                           304-56                         123-22
           (!) This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes.
           (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 1 1.01 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.
           (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is
               subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II.
           (4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5-44 ECU/tonne for
               products originating in Turkey.
           (5) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 the levy shall not be charged on the following
               products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and
               territories :
               — arrowroot falling within subheading 07.06 A,
               — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheading 11.04 C,
               — arrowroot starch falling within subheading 11.08 A V.