CELEX: 31979R1034
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1034/79 of 28 May 1979 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 130/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            29 . 5. 79
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1034/79
                                                           of 28 May 1979
                        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 2-5 units of account per tonne
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        from the average of the levies calculated as described
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                     above ;
zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular                   Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                              (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
                                                                     must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                     processing ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9),
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­             as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 ( 10), laid
lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (4), and in particular Article
                                                                     down certain transitional measures in respect of
 12 (4) thereof,                                                     starches ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
Committee,                                                           in Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accor­
                                                                     dance with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (n), as last
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 127/78 (12), the
able component of the import levy on products                        variable component of the levy on certain processed
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                     products must be reduced by the incidence of the
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and              production refund granted in respect of basic products
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 ;               intended for processing ;
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and                         Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
export system for products processed from cereals and                interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
 rice (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
2245/78 (6), provides that the incidence on the prime                relating to them in respect of certain products
costs of these products of the levies applicable to their            processed from cereals must be reduced by the
basic products should be calculated on the basis of the              amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
average of the levies applicable to these basic products             some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
for the first 25 days of the month preceding that of                 nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on the                  dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                      No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
 products in question during the month of importa­                   applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                 resulting from the processing of agricultural products
basic products considered to have been used in the                   originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
 manufacture of the processed product or the                         States or in the overseas countries and territories (13),
competing product which serves as a reference for                    as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1198/78 (H) ;
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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74                        listed in the Annex to that Regulation under
of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the                 subheading 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the
import levy on products processed from cereals and                    date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
 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.                           H OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
(2) OJ   No  L 156,  14. 6.   1978 , p. 1.                           ( 10) OJ No L 247, 23. 9 . 1975, p. 22.
(3) OJ   No  L 166,  25 . 6 . 1976,  p. 1.                           (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
(4) OJ   No  L 156,  14. 6.   1978 , p. 11 .                         ( 12) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5. 1978 , p . 24.
(5) OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 65.                          ( 13) OJ No L 85, Jl . 3 . 1976, p. 2.
(*) OJ   No  L 273,  29 . 9 . 1978 , p. 1.                           ( 14) OJ No L 147, 3 . 6. 1978 , p . 1 .
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 annexed to the General Agreement on tariffs and               Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
 trade, to the amount resulting from application of the        tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided
 rate of duty bound within GATT ;                              for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                               Customs Tariff,
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 — 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 % , a rate of exchange based on
      their effective parity ;                                                          Article 1
 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the         The import levies to be charged on the products listed
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         in Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
      of these currencies recorded for a given period in       in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
      relation to the Community currencies referred to         and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be
      in the previous indent ;                                 as set out in the Annex hereto.
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
 March 1979 (^ laid down the coefficient for                                            Article 2
 expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
 ECU :                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1979 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 May 1979 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                             Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979 , p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 28 May 1979 fixing the import levies on products
                                                     processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                          f ECU .' tonne j
                                                                                    Imports
                               CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                            (other than ACP or OCT)         ACP or OCT
              07.06 A                                                    18-67 (•)              16-86 ( 1 )(5)
               11.01    C (2)                                         192-74                  186-70
               11.01    D (2 )                                        191-71                  185-67
               11.01    EI ( 2 )                                      1 7 1 - 30              165-26
               11.01    E II (2 )                                       96-67                   93-65
               11.01    F (2)                                            73-29                  70-27
               11.01    G (2 )                                        107-91                  104-89
               11.02    AN ( 2 )                                      195-80                  189-76
               11.02    A III (2 )                                    192 - 7 4               186-70
               11.02    A IV ( 2)                                     191-71                  185-67
               11.02    A V a ) 1 (2 )                                134-31                  128-27
               11.02    A V a) 2 (2)                                  171-30                  165-26
               11.02 A V b ) (2 )                                        96-67                  93-65
               11.02 A VI (2)                                            73-29                  70-27
               11.02 A VII (2 )                                       107-91                  104-89
               11.02 B I a ) 1 (2 )                                   168-97                  165-95
               11.02 B I a ) 2 aa )                                   108-23                  105-21
               11.02 B I a ) 2 bb ) ( 2 )                             188-69                  185-67
               11.02 Bib ) 1 (2)                                      168-97                  165-95
               11.02 Bib ) 2 (2 )                                     188-69                  185-67
               11.02 B II a ) (2)                                     138-59                  135-57
               11.02 B lib ) ( 2 )                                    143-23                  140-21
               11.02 B lie) (2)                                       149-92                  146-90
               11.02 B II d) (*)                                      167-55                  164-53
               11.02 C I ( 2 )                                        166-11                  163-09
               11.02 C II ( 2 )                                       171-69                  168-67
               11.02 C III ( 2 )                                      265-34                  259-30
               11.02 C IV (2 )                                        168-06                  165-04
               11.02    C V (2)                                       149-92                  146-90
               11.02    C VI (-)                                      167-55                  164-53
                1 1.02  D I (2 )                                      106-99                  103-97
                11.02   D II (-')                                     110-55                  107-53
                11.02   D III (-')                                    108-81                  105-79
               1 1.02   D IV {-)                                       108-23                  105-21
               11.02    D V (-)                                          96-67                  93-65
                11.02   D VI ( 2 )                                    107-91                  104-89
               1 1 . 02 F. 1 a ) 1 (-)                                 108-8 1                105-79
               11.02    E I a ) 2 (*)                                  108-23                 105-21
               11.02    E I b ) 1 (-')                                213-48                  207-44
                11.02   F. I b ) 2 (-)                                212-34                  206-30
               11.02    E II a ) (-')                                 189-51                  183-47
               11.02    E II b ) ( 2 )                                 195-80                 189-76
               11.02    E II c ) ( 2 )                                 1 7 1 - 30             165-26
               11 . 02  E II d ) 1 (-;                                125-36                  119-32
               11.02    F. H d ) 2 (*)                                 191 n                  185-09
               11.02    F I (2)                                        189-51                 183-47
               11.02    F II ( 2 )                                     195-80                  189-76
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                                                                                                                             (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                                 Imports
                             CCT heading No                              Third countries
                                                                   (other than ACP or OCT )                      ACP or OCT
              11.02 Fill (*)                                                  192-74                                186-70
              11.02 F IV (2)                                                  191-71                                185-67
              11.02 F V (2 )                                                  171-30                                165-26
              11.02 F VI (*)                                                   73-29                                 70-27
              11.02 F VII ( 2 )                                               107-91                                104-89
              11.02 G I                                                        82-49                                 76-45
              11.02 Gil                                                        74-90                                 68-86
             11.04 CI                                                          21-69                                 15-04 (5)
             11.04 C II a )                                                   135-28                                111-10 (5)
             11.04 C II b)                                                    168-36                                144-18 (5)
              11.07 A I a)                                                    192-32                                181-44
              11.07 Alb)                                                      146-45                                135-57
              11.07 A II a )                                                  195-50                                184-62
              11.07 All b )                                                   148-83 (4 )                           137-95
              11.07 B                                                         171-65                                160-77
             11.08 A I                                                        135-28 (4 )                           114-73
              11.08 All                                                        93-20                                 62-37
             11.08 A III                                                      180-18                                159-63
             11.08 A IV                                                       135-28                                114-73
             11.08 A V                                                       135-28                                  57-36 (5)
             11.09                                                           471-58                                 290-24
             17.02 B II a) (3 )                                              246-37                                 149-65
             17.02 B II b ) (3 )                                              181-22                                114-73
            21.07 F II                                                        181-22                                114-73
             23.02 A I a )                                                     29-74                                 29-74
             23.02 A I b )                                                     95-19                                 95-19
             23.02 A II a )                                                    23-79                                 23-79
             23.02 A II b )                                                    95-19                                95-19
             23.03 A I                                                       323-86                                 142-52
            (') This levy is limited to 6 %> of the value for customs purposes.
            (!) 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 chose
                 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 °/o for wheat , 3 % for barley , 4 % for buckwheat, 5 °/o for oats and 2 % for other cereals .
                 Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .
            (s ) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product Jailing within subheading 17.02 B I is subject to the
                 same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II .
            (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 0-45 u.a. / 100 kg for products originating
                 in Turkey .
            (') In accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No 706/76 the levy shall not be charged on the following products
                 originating in the countries and territories :
                 — arrowroot falling within subheading ex 07.06 A ,
                 — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheadings ex 11.04 C I , ex 11.04 C II a ) e b),
                 — arrowroot starch falling within subheading ex 11.08 A V.