CELEX: 31975R1111
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1111/75 of the Commission of 29 April 1975 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

30 . 4 . 75                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 110/ 21
                                   REGULATION ( EEC) No 1111 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                 of 29 April 1975
                           fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              feedingstuffs manufactured from cereals, as amended
COMMUNITIES,                                                                by Regulation ( EEC) No 31 03/74 (8), provides that the
                                                                            levy thus determined, increased by the fixed compo­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       nent, is valid in general for one month but is altered
Economic Community ;                                                        where the levy applicable to the basic product
                                                                            concerned differs by not less than 0-25 unit of
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                                 account per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                         levies calculated as described above ;
tion of the market in cefeals, as last amended by Regu­
lation ( EEC) No 85/75 (2 ), and in particular Article 14
(4) thereof ;                                                               Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                            (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                                 No 1 579 /74, the levy on certain processed products
67/ EEC (3 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                        must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­                       tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
tion ( EEC) No 476/ 75 (4 ), and in particular Article 12                   processing ;
(4) thereof ;
                                                                            Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                in Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/ 68 ;
Committee ;
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­                    Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
                                                                            interests     of  the    Associated         African  States and
able component of the import levy on products
processed from cereals and - rice are laid down in                          Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC and                       tories, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC ;                        Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya , the
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                           levy relating to them in respect of certain products
 1 052/ 68 (5 ) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export                    processed from cereals must be reduced by the
system for products processed from cereals and rice, as                     amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 980/75 (6),                            some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                           nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
these products of the levies applicable to their­                 basic     dance with Article 1 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No
products should be calculated on the basis of the                           522/ 70 ('') of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be
average of the levies applicable to these basic products                    accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
for the first twenty-five days of the month preceding                       originating in the Associated African States and
that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on                     Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territo­
the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                        ries, and Article 1 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No
products in question during the month of importa­                           653 / 71 ( l0) of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be
tion , is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                      accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
basic products considered to have been used in the                          originating in the United Republic of Tanzania , the
manufacture of the processed product or the                                 Republic of Uganda or the Republic of Kenya , as last
competing product which serves as a reference for                           amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 241 / 75 (");
processed products not containing cereals ;
                                                                            Whereas Article 4 ( 2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/ 68
Whereas            Commission           Regulation        ( EEC)        No   provides that the levy to be charged on the products
 1 579/ 74 ( 7 ) of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for                        listed in the Annex to that Regulation under heading
calculating the import levy on products processed                            No 07.06 A is limited , with effect from the date of
from cereals and from rice and for the advance fixing                       entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
of this levy for these products and for compound                            annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
                                                                              Trade , to the amount resulting from application of the
(') 0 | No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2269 / 67 .                              rate of dutv bound within GATE ;
(-') 0"| No     I. II , 16 . I. 1 975 , p. I.
O    O'l No     1 74, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. I.
(')  O'l No     L 52 , 2<S . 2 . I97S , p. 1 |.                             ( s ) OJ No L 331 , II . 12 . 1974, p . 7 .
C)   O'l No     1. 179 , 2 V 7 . I96X , p. X.                               (") OJ No L 65 , 21 . 3 . 1970 , p . 10 .
(")  O'l No     L 95, 17 . 4 . 1975, p. I.                                  ( I0 ) O ) No L 76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p . 2 .
( 7) O'l No     L 1 68 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7 .                                (") O'l No L 26, 31 . I. 1975, p. 5 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
    relation to each other, at any given moment,                                     Article 1
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
    on their effective parity ;                              The import levies to be charged on the products listed
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the         in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC and in
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC and
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in      subject to Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/68 are hereby
    relation to the Community currencies referred to         fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
    in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
                                                                                     Article 2
tion No 120/67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided for
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Customs Tariff,                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 April 1 975 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                        ANNEX
                                                                                                Levies in u.a./lOO kg
                                                                                         Third countries
                                                                                           (other than      AASM , OCT,
    OCT 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                0-641 (*)          0-521 (»)
                   with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 c            Barley flour (*)                                                           6-910              6-410
11.01 D            Oat flour (*)                                                              6-746              6-246
11.01 EI           Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 ®/o by weight (*)          5-275              4-775
11.01 EII          Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 % by weight (*)                2-956              2-706
11.01 F            Rice flour (*)                                                             0-250                0
11.01 G            Buckwheat flour (*)                                                        3-576              3-076
11.01 H            Millet flour (l)                                                           0-250                0
11.01 1 J          Canary seed flour (*)                                                      0-250                0
11.01 K            Grain sorghum flour (*)                                                    3-072              2-822
11.01 L            Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, meslin, rye, barlev, oats,      0-250                0
                   maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (*)
11.02 A 11         Rye groats and meal (*)                                                    9-212              8-712
11.02 A III        Barley groats and meal (')                                                 6-910              6-410     .
11.02 A IV         Oat groats and meal (*)                                                    6-746              6-246
11.02 A Va ) 1     Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by           2-278              1-778
                   weight, for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A V a ) 2    Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 % by             5-275              4-775
                   weight, other than for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A Vb)        Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 #/o by               2-956              2-706
                   weight (*)
11.02 A VI         Rice groats and meal (*)                                                   0-250                0
 11.02 A VII       Buckwheat groats and meal (*)                                              3-576              3-076
» 1.02 A VIII      Millet groats and meal (*)                                                 0-250                0
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l                                                                                                   Levies in u.a./lOO kg
                                                                                             Third countries
                                                                                               (other than      AASM , OCT,
     OCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                   A ASM and           Tanzania ,
                                                                                             OCT, Tanzania .     Uganda and
                                                                                              Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                                  Kenya)
11.02 A IX           Grain sorghum groats and meal (*)                                            3-072              2-822
It .02 AX            Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,                0-250                 0
                     meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                     sorghum (l)
 11.02 B I a) 1      Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (*)                                        5-948              5-698
1 1.02 B I a) 2 aa ) Clipped oats                                                                 3-789              3-539
1 1.02 B I a) 2 bb)  Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (*)                  6-496              6-246
1 1.02 B I a) 3      Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (l)                                     2-984              2-734
1 1.02 B I a ) 4     Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (*)                                        0-250                 0
 11.02 Bib) 1        Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Griitze' or 'Grutten') (')              5-948             5-698
 11.02 Bib) 2        Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats ('Griitze' or 'Grutten') (*)                6-496              6-246
 11.02 Bib) 3        Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat ('Griitze' or 'Grutten') (*)           2-984              2-734
 11.02 Bib) 4         Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet ('Griitze' or 'Grutten') (2)             0-250                 0
 11.02 B II a)       Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                    4-664              4-414
                      kibbled (2)
 11.02 B II b)        Hulled (shelled or husked) rye, whether or not sliced or                     6-687              6-437
                      kibbled (')
                      Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or                   4-495              4-245
 11.02 B II c)
                      kibbled (')
 11.02 B II d )       Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or           4-677              4-427
                      kibbled (')
 11.02 Bile)          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 (*)
  11.02 CI            Pearled wheat (*)                                                             5-560             5-310
  11.02 C 11          Pearled rye (*)                                                               7-994             7-744
  11 .02 cm           Pearled barley (l)                                                            9-403              8-903
  11.02 CIV           Pearled oats (!)                                                              5-802              5-552
  11.02 CV            Pearled maize (f)                                                             4-495         •    4-245
  1 1.02 C VI         Pearled buckwheat (*)                                                         2-984              2-734
  1 1.02 C VII         Pearled millet (*)                                                           0-250                 0
  1 1.02 C VIII        Pearled grain sorghum (*)                                                    4-677              4-427
   11.02 C IX          Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye. barley, oats, maize,        0-250                 0
                       buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
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\\                                                                                            Levies in u.a. /lOO 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 D I             Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                           3-635               3-385
 1 1.02 D II          Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                             5-187               4-937
11.02 D III           Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (f)                          3-882               3-632
11.02 D IV            Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                            3-789               3-539
1 1.02 D V            Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                           2-956               2-706
1 1 .02 D VI          Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                       1-993               1-743
1 1 .02 D VII         Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                          0-250                 0
1 1 .02 D VIII        Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                   3-072               2-822
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)
                      Rolled barley (■)                                                     3-882               3-632
11.02 EI a) 1
11.02 EI a ) 2        Rolled oats ( 2 )                                                     3-789               3-539
 11.02 EI a ) 3       Rolled buckwheat (*)                                                   1-993              1-743
11.02 EI a ) 4        Rolled millet (*)                                                     0-250                 0
1 1.02 E lb ) 1       Flaked barley (l)                                                     7-622               7-122
 11.02 EI b ) 2       Flaked oats (*)                                                        7-440              6-940
 11.02 EI b ) 3       Flaked buckwheat (*')                                                  3-576              3-076
  11.02 E lb ) 4      Flaked millet (l )                                                     0-500                 0
  1 1 .02 E II a )    Rolled or flaked wheat (*)                                             6-474              5-974
 1 1.02 E II b )      Rolled or flaked rye (*)                                               9-212              8-712
  1 1.02 E II c)      Rolled or flaked maize (l)                                             5-275              4-775
 1 1.02 E lid )       Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (*)                                     5-481              4-981
  1 1.02 E He) 1      Flake rice (*)                                                         0-500                 0
  1 1.02 E He) 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 PI            Wheat pellets (*)                                                      6-474              5-974
  11.02 F II          Rye pellets (*)                                                        9-212              8-712
  11.02 PHI           Barley pellets (*)                                                     6-910              6-410
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                    \                                                                            Levies in u.a. / lOO 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 F IV          Oat pellets (*)                                                           6-746                 6-246
11.02 F V           Maize pellets (*)                                                         5-275                 4-775
11.02 F VI          Rice pellets (*)                                                          0-250                    0
1 1.02 F VII        Buckwheat pellets (f)                                                      3-576                3-076
11.02 F VIII        Millet pellets (*)                                                         0-250                   0
11.02 F IX          Grain sorghum pellets (*)                                                  3-072                2-822
11.02 FX            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                                2-989                2-489
11.02 G II          Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled flaked or ground           2-490                1-990
1 1 .06 A           Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot ,                0-891                0-461
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06.
                    for the manufacture of starches
11.06 5 I           Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,               3-291                 1-411
                    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,               5-971                 4-091
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    other than for the manufacture of starches
 11.07 A I a )      Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour                  6-808                 5-908
 11.07 A lb )        Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of            5-314                 4-414
                     flour
  U.07 Alia )        Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat , in the form          7-239 (4)            6-339
                     of flour
  11.07 All b)       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in         5-636                4-736
                     the form of flour
  11.07 B            Roasted malt                                                               6-420 (4)            5-520
  11.08 A 1          Maize starch                                                               3-291                1-591
  11.08 All          Rice starch                                                                2-550                   0
  11.08 A III        Wheat starch                                                               1-984                0-284
   11.08 A IV         Potato starch                                                             3-291                1-591
   11.08 A V          Starches other than maize , rice, wheat or potato starch                  3-291                0-796
   11.09 A            Dried wheat gluten                                                       15-516                0-516
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                                                                                                                           Levies in u.a./lOO kg
                                                                                                                    Third countries
                                                                                                                      (other than      AASM , OCT,
      OCT heading No                                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                           AASM and            Tanzania ,
                                                                                                                    OCT, Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                                                      Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                                                         Kenya)
  11.09 B                        Wheat gluten , other than dried                                                       15-516               0-516
  17.02 B II a )                 Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o or                    10-075               2-075
                                 more by weight of the pure product (8), 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                      7-091              1-591
                                 or more by weight of the pure product (s), 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                       10-075               2-075
                                 powder, whether or not agglomerated
  17.05 B II                     Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of                          7-091              1-591
                                 white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
 23.02 A 1 a ;                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                       0-953              0-953
                                or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                                 35 % by weight
23.02 A I b )                   Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                       1-525              1-525
                                or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                 35 %> but not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having undergone a
                                 denaturing process
  23.02 A I b ) 2                Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     3-051               3-051
                                 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 °/o
                                 by weight
23.02 A II a )                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      0-763               0-763
                                 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 °/o by weight or of which the sieved product
                                 has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 °/o
                                or more by weight
23.02 A II b )                  Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      3-051              3-051
                                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                          16-976               1-976
                                concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on
                                the dry product, exceeding 40 °/o by weight
(') This levy is limited to 6 "It 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 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 °/o for rice, 2-5 •/• for wheat,
        3 •/• for barley, 4 */o 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.
 (•) 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 .
(4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3375/73 this levy is reduced by 0-45 u.a. /lOO kg for products originating in Turkey.