CELEX: 31993R2391
Language: en
Date: 1993-08-28
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2391/93 of 27 August 1993 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

28 . 8 . 93                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 218/45
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2391/93
                                                         of 27 August 1993
                            fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1 740/78 Q, provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                     increased by the fixed component, is altered where the
                                                                     levy applicable to the basic product concerned differs by
                                                                     not less than ECU 3,02 per tonne from the average of the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              levies calculated as described above ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
 of 30 June 1993 on the common organization of the                   relating to them in respect of certain products processed
 market in cereals ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No            from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,              component and, in respect of some of these products, by
                                                                     part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
                                                                     must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76               Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             from the processing of agricultural products originating in
 No 1 544/93 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,          the ACP States (8), extended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     444/92 (9) ;
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable
 component of the import levy on products processed                  Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 11 ( 1 ) (A) of      3763/91 (10), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92
 Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of             ("), allows that within the limit of an annual quantity of
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                  8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to imports into
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 of 25 June                   the French department of Reunion of wheat bran falling
  1993 on the import and export system for products                  within CN code 2302 30 from the African, Caribbean and
 processed from cereals and rice (*), provides that the inci­        Pacific (ACP) States ;
 dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies
 applicable to their basic products should be calculated on
 the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these
 basic products for the first 25 days of the month                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
 preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,               91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the          overseas countries and territories with the European
 basic products in question during the month of importa­             Economic Community (12) no levies shall apply on
 tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic          imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 products considered to have been used in the manufac­               and territories ;
 ture of the processed product or the competing product
 which serves as a reference for processed products not
 containing cereals ;
                                                                     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
                                                                     December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
                                                                     agricultural products originating in developing countries
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                    (l3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/93 (14),
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import             reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice                Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
 and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products          the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
cereals (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      7) OJ   No   L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
                                                                      8) OJ   No   L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
(') OJ    No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                            ") OJ   No   L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
(2) OJ    No  L 196,  5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                              ,0) OJ   No   L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
0   OJ    No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             ") OJ    No   L 378 , 23. 12. 1992, p. 23 .
(4) OJ    No  L 154,  25. 6. 1993, p. 5.                              12) OJ  No    L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
0   OJ    No  L 155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 29.                             13) OJ  No   L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
(6) OJ    No  L 168,  25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                              < 4) OJ No    L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 .
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 Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 ('), (EEC)             tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
 No 519/92 (2) and (EEC) No 520/92 0 of 27 February                 thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
  1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim               levies ;
 Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
 the European Economic Community and the European
 Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the                 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (,0) are used to
 Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import             and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­            conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 tion (EEC) No 585/92 (4), as amended by Regulation                 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 (EEC) No 955/92 (% lays down detailed rules for applying           tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 the arrangements provided for in these agreements as               lation (EEC) No 1068/93 ("),
 regards cereals ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9
 February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and
 0714 90 originating in certain third countries (6), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/92 Q, lay down
                                                                                             Article 1
 the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad
 valorem ;
                                                                    The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                  Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (8), as amended by             Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
 Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (9), stipulates that the treat­         subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 shall be as set
 ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                out in the Annex hereto.
 within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 it is to be extended to
 glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the                                        Article 2
 levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
 products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
 1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­        1993 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 27 August 1993.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
    UJ NO L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No L  62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
O   OJ  No L  102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
(•) OJ  No L  43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
0   OJ  No L  394, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 23.
(«) OJ  No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                          (10) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 27 August 1993 fixing the import levies on products
                                                     processed from cereals and rice
                                                         (ECU/tonne)                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                    Import levies (8)                                           Import levies (8)
        CN code                                                              CN code
                                                 Third countries                                            Third countries
                              ACP                                                         ACP
                                                (other than ACP)                                           (other than ACP)
    0714 10 10 (')            96,78                   103,43              1104 22 90      80,29                    83,31
    0714 10 91               100,41 (3)(7)            100,41              110423 10     207,30                    210,32
    0714 10 99                98,60                   103,43              1104 23 30    207,30                    210,32
    0714 90 11               100,41 (3)0              100,41              1104 23 90    132,15                    135,17
    0714 90 19                98,60 (3)               103,43              1104 29 11    108,66                    111,68
    110220 10                233,21                   239,25              110429 15     145,90                    148,92
    1102 20 90               132,15                   135,17              110429 19     219,42                    222,44
    1102 30 00               172,95                   175,97              11042931      130,72                    133,74
    110290 10                180,74                   186,78              1104 29 35    175,52                    178,54
    1102 90 30               141,70                   147,74              1104 29 39    219,42                    222,44
    1102 90 90               139,88                   142,90              11042991        83,33                    86,35
    1103 12 00               141,70                   147,74              1104 29 95    111,89                    114,91
    1103 13 10               233,21                   239,25              1104 29 99    139,88                    142,90
    1103 13 90               132,15                   135,17              110430 10       61,28                    67,32
    1103 1400                172,95                   175,97              1104 30 90      97,17                   103,21
    1103 19 10               197,46                   203,50              110620 10       96,78 (3)               103,43
    1103 1930                180,74                   186,78              1106 20 90    204,96 (3)                229,14
    1103 1990                139,88                   142,90              1108 11 00    179,74                    200,29
    1103 21 00               147,06                   153,10              1108 1200     208,59                    229,14
    110329 10                197,46                   203,50              1108 1300     208,59                    229,14 (6)
    1103 29 20               180,74                   186,78              1108 1400     104,29                    229,14
    1103 29 30               141,70                   147,74              1108 19 10    248,00                    278,83
    1103 29 40               233,21                   239,25              1108 1990     1 04,29 (3)               229,14
    1103 29 50               172,95                   175,97              1109 00 00    326,80                    508,14
    1103 29 90               139,88                   142,90              1702 30 51    272,08                    368,80
    1104 11 10               102,42                   105,44              1702 30 59    208,59                    275,08
    1104 11 90               200,82                   206,86              1702 30 91    272,08                    368,80
    1104 12 10                80,29                    83,31              1702 30 99    208,59                    275,08
    1104 1290                157,44                   163,48              1702 40 90    208,59                    275,08
    1104 19 10               147,06                   153,10              1702 90 50    208,59                    275,08
    1104 1930                197,46                   203,50              1702 90 75    285,03                    381,75
    1104 1950                233,21                   239,25              1702 90 79    198,23                    264,72
    1104 1991                293,69                   299,73              2106 90 55    208,59                    275,08
    1104 1999                246,85                   252,89              2302 10 10      43,63                    49,63
    1104 21 10               160,66                   163,68              2302 10 90      93,50                    99,50
    1104 21 30               160,66                   163,68              2302 20 10      43,63                    49,63
    1104 21 50               251,03                   257,07              2302 20 90      93,50                    99,50
    1104 21 90               102,42                   105,44              2302 30 10      43,63 (9)                49,63
    1104 22 10 10 (4)         80,29                    83,31              2302 30 90      93,50 0                  99,50
    1104 22 10 90 0          141,70                   144,72              2302 40 10      43,63                    49,63
    1104 22 30               141,70                   144,72              2302 40 90      93,50                    99,50
   1104 22 50                125,95                   128,97              2303 10 11    259,12                    440,46
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 (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
 (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for products originating in Turkey.
 (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
     States :
     —   products falling within CN code ex 0714 10 91 ,
     —   products falling within CN code 0714 90 11 and arrow-root falling within CN code 0714 90 19 ,
     —   flours and meal of arrow-root falling within CN code 1 1 06 20,
     —   arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1108 19 90.
 (") Taric code : clipped oats.
 (5) Taric code : CN code 110422 10, other than 'clipped oats'.
 (') Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90, the levy on importation into the Community of products of CN code 1 108 13 00 is reduced by 50 % within
     the limit of a fixed quantity of 5 000 tonnes.
 0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levies are not applied to products imported directly into the French overseas departments originating
     in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States .
 (8) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/ EEC.
 (*) Under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 the levy does not apply to wheat bran originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP)
      and directly imported into the French department of Reunion.
(10) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic or Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded
     between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have
     been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation .