CELEX: 31993R2992
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2992/93 of 28 October 1993 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 268 /62                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               29 . 10. 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2992/93
                                                       of 28 October 1993
                          fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1740/78 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
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
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 1 1 ( 1 ) (A) of     3763/91 (l0), 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 (I2) 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                   (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/93 (I4),
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
                                                                    O 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.                            (10) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
0   OJ No    L 166,  25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 .                           H 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.                            H OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
(6  OJ No    L 168,  25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                             H OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 .
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                       and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­               conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and                 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
0714 90 originating in certain third countries ('), as last           tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 3909/92 (2), lay down                 lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (6),
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad
 valorem :
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (4), stipulates that the treat­
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                                              Article 1
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                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
levy fixed for products falling within CN codes                       Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to               Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51                  and      subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 shall be as set
                                                                      out in the Annex hereto .
 1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
tion is properly applied , these products and the levy
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
levies ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 Q are used to               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies                  1993 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 October 1993.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Rene STEICHEN
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(2) OJ   No  L 394, 31 . 12. 1992, p . 23.
(3) OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20 .
(4) OJ   No  L 28, 1 . 2. 1988 , p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                             (6) OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 28 October 1993 fixing the import levies on products
                                                 processed from cereals and rice
                                                     (ECU/tonne)                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                 Import levies f)                                             Import levies Q
     CN code                                 _ . ,                       CN code
                           Arp               Third countries                            Arp               Third countries
                            C               (other than ACP)                                             (other than ACP)
  0714 10 10              118,23                  124,88              1104 22 90        93,65                   96,67
  0714 10 91              121,86 00               121,86              110423 10       152,54                   155,56
  0714 10 99              120,05                  124,88              1104 23 30      152,54                   155,56
  0714 90 11              121,86 (3)0             121 »86             1104 23 90        97,25                  100,27
  0714 90 19              120,05 0                124,88              1104 29 11      115,42                   118,44
  1102 20 10              171,61                  177,65              110429 15       152,86                   155,88
  1102 20 90               97,25                  100,27              110429 19       164,30                   167,32
  1102 30 00              135,36                  138,38              1104 29 31      138,85                   141,87
  110290 10               219,35                  225,39              1104 29 35      183,89                   186,91
  1102 90 30              165,26                  171,30              1104 29 39      164,30                   167,32
  1102 90 90              104,74                  107,76              1104 29 91        88,52                    91,54
  1103 1200               165,26                  171,30              1104 29 95      117,23                   120,25
  1103 13 10              171,61                  177,65              1104 29 99      104,74                   107,76
  1103 1390                97,25                  100,27              1104 30 10        65,09                    71,13
  1103 14 00              135,36                  138,38              1104 30 90        71,51                    77,55
  1103 19 10              206,87                  212,91              1106 20 10      118,23 0                 124,88
  1103 1930               219,35                  225,39              1106 20 90       149,87 0                174,05
  1103 1990               104,74                  107,76              1108 11 00       190,92                  211,47
  1103 21 00              156,20                  162,24              1108 1200        153,50                  174,05
  110329 10               206,87                  212,91              1108 1300        153,50                  174,050
  1103 29 20              219,35                  225,39              1108 1400         76,75                  174,05
  1103 29 30              165,26                  171,30              1108 19 10       194,10                  224,93
  1103 29 40              171,61                  177,65              1108 1990         76,750                 1 74.05
  1103 29 50              135,36                  138,38              1109 00 00      347,12                   528,46
  1103 29 90              104,74                  107,76              1702 30 51      200,21                   296,93
  1104 11 10              124,30                  127,32              1702 30 59       153,50                  219,99
  1104 11 90              243,72                  249,76              1702 30 91      200,21                   296,93
  1104 12 10               93,65                   96,67              1702 30 99       153,50                  219,99
  1104 1290               183,62                  189,66              1702 40 90       153,50                  219,99
  1104 19 10              156,20                  162,24              1702 90 50       153,50                  219,99
  1104 1930               206,87                  212,91              1702 90 75      209,75                   306,47
  1104 19 50              171,61                  177,65              1702 90 79       145,87                  212,36
  1104 19 91              229,86                  235,90              2106 90 55       153,50                  219,99
  1104 1999               184,84                  190,88              2302 10 10        42,56                    48,56
  110421 10               194,98                  198,00              2302 10 90        91,19                   97,19
  1104 21 30              194,98                  198,00              2302 20 10        42,56                    48,56
  1104 21 50              304,65                  310,69              2302 20 90        91,19                   97,19
  1104 21 90              124,30                  127,32              2302 30 10        42,56 0                  48,56
  1104 22 10 10 (4)        93,65                   96,67              2302 30 90        91,19 0                 97,19
  1104 22 10 90 0         165,26                  168,28              2302 40 10        42,56                    48,56
  1104 22 30              165,26                  168,28              2302 40 90        91,19                   97,19
  1104 22 50              146.90                  149,92              2303 10 11       190,68                  372,02
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(') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
(2) 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 1106 20,
    —   arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1108 19 90.
(3) Taric code : clipped oats.
(4) Taric code : CN code 110422 10, other than 'clipped oats'.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
0 No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
(8) 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.