CELEX: 31990R0496
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 496/90 of 28 February 1990 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 3 . 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 53 / 13
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 496/90
                                                        of 28 February 1990
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
                                                                     one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
Economic Community,                                                  per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                     described above ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                            Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  1 579/74, the levy on certain processed products must be
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  reduced by an amount equal to the production refund
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           granted in respect of basic products for processing ;
No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accordance
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (9), as last
No 1 806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 (10), the vari­
                                                                      able component of the levy on certain processed products
                                                                      must be reduced by the incidence of the production
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               refund granted in respect of basic products intended for
                                                                      processing ;
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable
component of the import levy on products processed
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of         Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of                rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                    the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                     them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
1975 on the import and export system for products                     must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by               and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (% provides that the inci­                variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies              made in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regula­
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on            tion (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arran­
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these            gements applicable to agricultural products and certain
basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­              goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted             products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic               States or in the overseas countries and territories (n), as
products in question during the month of importation is               last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/89 (u) ;
calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products           Whereas the Council has not yet been able formally to
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the                adopt the Regulation intended to replace Regulation
processed product or the competing product which serves               (EEC) No 486/85 ; whereas, in order to avoid disconti­
as a reference for processed products not containing                  nuity in the arrangements applying, the application of the
cereals ;                                                             arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 486/85
                                                                      should be contained as a precaution and without preju­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                     dice to the definitive arrangements to be adopted subse­
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import              quently by the Council ;
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3899/89 of 18
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from                       December 1989 reducing for 1989 the levies on certain
cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     agricultural products originating in developing coun­
 1 740/78 (*), provides that the levy thus determined,                 tries (13) reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
                                                                       Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tons a year ;
(2) OJ   No  L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7.
O   OJ   No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                               (») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
I5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                               (10) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 6.
(s) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                   O OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0 OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                                      (> 2) OJ No L 347, 28 . 11 . 1989, p. 3 .
(8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .                                  M OJ No L 383, 30. 12. 1989, p. 125.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                            of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­                    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 10,                      the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
0714 10 90 and 071490 10 originating in certain third                      tion (EEC) No 1676/85 f), as last amended by Regula­
countries ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
3837/88 (2), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/89 of                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
5 April 1989 on the arrangements applying to imports for                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
1989 of products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 ,                      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
0714 10 99, 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19 originating in                       tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
third countries which are not members of the GATT,                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
other than China (3), lay down the terms on which the
import levy is limited to -6% ad valorem ;                            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                     (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (4), as amended by                Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (*), stipulates that the treat­            ture,
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the
levy fixed for products falling within CN codes                                                  Article 1
1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and                       The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
1 702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­          Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy                 Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of                 subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
levies ;                                                              out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                                                    Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1990.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 February 1990.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(2) OJ   No L  340, 10. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
(*l OJ   No L  94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20 .                            (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No L  28 , 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                    ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1990 fixing the import levies on products
                                        processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                               Import levies
                CN code
                                                                                        Third countries
                                        Portugal               ACP or OCT
                                                                                  (other than ACP or OCT)
           0714 10 10 0)                  55,42                   116,39                    121,22
           0714 10 91                     52,40                   116,39                    118,20
           0714 10 99                     55,42                   116,39                    121,22
           0714 90 11                     52,40                   11 6,39 (3)               118,20
           0714 90 19                     55,42                   116,39 (3)                121,22
           1102 20 10                     69,62                   246,01                    252,05
           1102 20 90                     39,05                   139,40                    142,42
           1102 30 00                      5,32                   183,30                    186,32
           1102 90 10                    100,36                   212,76                    218,80
           1102 90 30                     84,88                   223,78                  " 229,82
           1102 90 90                     56,47                   144,88                    147,90
           1103 1200                      84,88                   223,78                    229,82
           1103 13 11                     69,62                   246,01                    252,05
           1103 13 19                     69,62                   246,01                    252,05
           1103 13 90                     39,05                   139,40                    142,42
           1103 14 00                      5,32                   183,30                    186,32
           1103 19 10                    116,25                   235,78                    241,82
           1103 19 30                    100,36                   212,76                    218,80
           1103 19 90                     56,47                   144,88                    147,90 -
           1103 21 00                     71,02                   258,17                    264,21
           1103 29 10                    116,25                   235,78                    241,82
           1103 2920                     100,36                   212,76                    218,80
           1103 29 30                     84,88                   223,78                    229,82
           1103 2940                      69,62                   246,01                    252,05
           1103 29 50                      5,32                   183,30                     186,32
           1103 29 90                     56,47                   144,88                     147,90
           1104 11 10                     56,47                   120,56                     123,58
           1104 11 90                    110,84                   236,40                    242,44
           1104 12 10                     47,70                   126,81                     129,83
           1104 12 90                     93,64                   248,64                    254,68
           1104 19 10                     71,02                   258,17                    264,21
           1104 19 30                    116,25                   235,78                    241,82
           1104 19 50                     69,62                   246,01                    252,05
           1104 1991                       9,95                   311,26                    317,30
           1104 19 99                    100,36                   255,67                    261,71
           1104 21 10                     86,86                   189,12                     192,14
           1104 21 30                     86,86                   189,12                     192,14
           1104 21 50                    137,04                   295,50                     301,54
           1104 21 90                     56,47                   120,56                     123,58
           1104 22 10 10 (4)              47,70                   126,81 :                   129,83
           1104 22 10 90 0                81,86                   223,78                     226,80
           1104 22 30                     81,86                   223,78                     226,80
           1104 22 50    '                73,10                   198,91                     201,93
           1104 22 90                     47,70                   126,81                     129,83
           1104 23 10                     59,53                   218,67                     221,69
           1104 23 30                     59,53                   218,67                     221,69
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                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                       Import levies
                 CN code
                                                                            Third countries
                                  Portugal             ACP or OCT
                                                                      (other than ACP or OCT)
            1104 23 90              39,05                 139,40                142,42
            1104 29 11              51,03                 190,76                193,78
            1104 29 15              84,46                 174,22                177,24
            1104 29 19              86,86                227,26                 230,28
            11042931                60,78                229,49                 232,51
            1104 29 35            100,99                 209,58                 212,60
            1104 29 39              86,86                227,26                 230,28
            1104 29 91              39,84                 146,30                149,32
            1104 29 95              65,47                 133,61                136,63
            1104 29 99              56,47                 144,88                147,90
            110430 10               33,12                 107,57                113,61
            1104 30 90              32,53                 102,50                108,54
            1106 20 10              55,42                 11 4,57 (3)           121,22
            1106 20 91              77,42                216,41 0               240,59
            1106 20 99              77,42                 216,41 (3)            240,59
            1107 10 11              75,14                 255,31                266,19
            1107 10 19              58,89                 190,76                201,64
            1107 10 91            104,15                  210,40                221,28 (2)
            1107 10 99              80,57                 157,21                168,09
            1107 20 00              92,10                 183,21                194,09 (2)
            1108 11 00              99,97                 315,55                336,10
            1108 12 00              77,42                 220,04                240,59
            1108 13 00              77,42                 220,04                240,59 i6)
            1108 14 00              77,42                 110,02                240,59
            1108 19 10              34,13                 262,84                293,67
            1108 19 90              77,42                 11 0,02 (3)           240,59
            1109 00 00            325,74                  573,72                755,06
            1702 30 51             170,89                 287,01                383,73
            1702 30 59             123,36                 220,04                286,53
            1702 30 91             170,89                 287,01 ^              383,73
            1702 30 99             123,36                 220,04                286,53
            1702 40 90             123,36                 220,04                286,53
            1702 90 50             123,36                 220,04                286,53
            1702 90 75             174,42                 300,67                397,39
            1702 90 79             120,53                 209,1 1               275,60
            2106 90 55             123,36                 220,04                286,53
            2302 10 10              23,33                  55,76                  61,76
            2302 10 90              43,15                 119,49                 125,49
            2302 20 10              23,33                  55,76                  61,76
            2302 20 90              43,15                 119,49                 125,49
            2302 30 10              23,33                   55,76                 61,76
            2302 30 90              43,15                 119,49                 125,49
            2302 40 10              23,33                   55,76                 61,76
            2302 40 90              43,15                 119,49                 125,49
            2303 10 11            251,98                  273,34                454,68
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           ('} 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
           (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 (GJ No L 142, 9 . 6. 1977, p. 10) this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per
                tonne for products originating in Turkey.
           (3) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 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 :
                — arrow-root falling within CN codes 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19,
                — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within CN code 1 106 20,
                — arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1108 19 90.
           (*) TARIC code : clipped oats.
            (3) TARIC code : CN code 11042210, other than 'clipped oats'.
           (6) Under Regulation (EEC) No 3899/89, the levy on importation into the Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00 is
                reduced by 50 % within the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tons.