CELEX: 31980R2441
Language: en
Date: 1980-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2441/80 of 24 September 1980 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

25 . 9 . 80                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 252/23
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2441 /80
                                                       of 24 September 1980
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 COMMUNITIES,                                                              their effective parity ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Economic Community,                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              of these currencies in relation to the Community
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                           currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by              Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1 870/80 (2), and in particular                  23 September 1980 ;
Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        differs from the average levy by more than 3 02 ECU
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                     per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­             Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (9), the
lation (EEC) No 1871 /80 (4), and in particular Article              levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
 12 (4) thereof,                                                     the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
tural policy (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                            Article 1
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        The import levies to be charged on products
Committee,
                                                                     processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
Whereas the import levies on products processed                      (EEC) No 2744/75 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                 (EEC) No 2245/78 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to
 No 2243/80 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 amended Regulation (EEC) No 2243/80, are hereby
 No 2412/80 (8);                                                     altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                              Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 25
      relation to each other at any given moment within              September 1980 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 24 September 1980 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
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( 7) OJ  No  L 225, 28 . 8 . 1980, p. 12.                            ( 10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 24 September 1980 altering the import levies on
                                        products processed from cereals and rice
                                                                           Levies in ECU/tonne
                        CCT heading No
                                                           Third countries
                                                                                               ACP or OCT
                                                     (other than ACP or OCT)
           11.02 A II (2)                                      103.22                             97.18
           1 1.02 B lib) (2)                                    74.83                             71.81
           1 1 .02 C II (2)                                     89.40                             86.38
           1 1.02 D II (2)                                      58.09                             55.07
           1 1 .02 E II b) (2)                                 103-22                             97.18
           1 1 .02 F II (2)                                    103.22                             97.18
           (2) 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 1 1.01 and 1 1.02
                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 % for rice, 2.5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % 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.