CELEX: 31991R2561
Language: en
Date: 1991-08-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2561/91 of 28 August 1991 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

29 . 8 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 240/ 19
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2561/91
                                                        of 28 August 1991
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
                                                                     24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
                                                                     levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
                                                                     and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
Economic Community,                                                  cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                     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 Act of Accession of Spain and
                                                                     basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
Portugal,
                                                                     per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                     described above ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,            Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; on importation into
                                                                     Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 3808/90 0 ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 806/89 (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
                                                                     rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
                                                                     the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
                                                                     them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable          must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
component of the import levy on products processed                   and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of        variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of              made in accordance with Article 14 of Council Regula­
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                   tion (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrange­
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                    ments applicable to agricultural products and certain
1975 on the import and export system for products                    goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
processed from cereals and rice (5), as last amended by              products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­             countries and territories (OCT)(10), as last amended by
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies             Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (u);
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 prece­
ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted
on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic
products in question during the month of importation is              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products          December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the               agricultural products originating in developing countries
processed product or the competing product which serves              (12) reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
as a reference for processed products not containing                 Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
cereals ;                                                            the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 168,    25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(2) OJ   No L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                             (8) OJ No L 202,  26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
(3) OJ   No L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 366,    29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 177,  24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                              (,0) OJ No L 84,  30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            (") OJ No L 58 ,  5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
(6) OJ   No L 182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                               Ò2) OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                           rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­                   the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and                     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
0714 90 originating in certain third countries ('), as last               tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (6),
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3842/90 (2), lay down                 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad                   average of the ecu rates published in the Official
valorem ;                                                                 Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                          a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by                    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (4), stipulates that the treat­           Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                  (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90               Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to                ture,
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                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and                                                 Article 1
 1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy                The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of                Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
levies ;                                                             Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
                                                                      subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
                                                                      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 September
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central            1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 28 August 1991 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(>) OJ   No L  43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
O   OJ   No L  367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8.
(3) OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                (4 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                        ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 August 1991 fixing the import levies on products
                                            processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                     Import levies
                        CN code
                                                                                       Third countries
                                                      ACP or OCT
                                                                                (other than ACP or OCT)(8)
                  0714 10 10 (')                         139,42                            146,07
                  0714 10 91                             143,05 00                         143,05
                  0714 10 99                             141,24                            146,07
                  0714 90 11                             143,05 00                         143,05
                  0714 90 19                             141,240                           146,07
                   1102 20 10                            229,12                            235,16
                   1102 20 90                            129,84                            132,86
                   1102 30 00                            158,97                            161,99
                   1102 90 10                            257,49                            263,53
                   1102 90 30                            207,76                            213,80
                   1102 90 90                            140,14                            143,16
                   1103 12 00                            207,76                            213,80
                   1103 13 11                            229,12                            235,16
                   1103 13 19                            229,12                            235,16
                   1103 13 90                            129,84                            132,86
                   1103 14 00                            158,97                            161,99
                   1103 19 10                            257,36                            263,40
                   1103 19 30                            257,49                            263,53
                   1103 19 90                            140,14                            143,16
                   1103 21 00                            284,67                            290,71
                   1103 29 10                            257,36                            263,40
                   1103 29 20                            257,49                            263,53
                   1103 29 30                            207,76                            213,80
                   1103 29 40                            229,12                            235,16
                   1103 29 50                            158,97                            161,99
                   1103 29 90                            140,14                            143,16
                   1104 11 10                            145,91                            148,93
                   1104 1190                             286,10                            292,14
                   1104 12 10                            117,73                            120,75
                   1104 12 90                            230,84                            236,88
                   1104 19 10                            284,67                            290,71
                   1104 19 30                            257,36                            263,40
                   1104 19 50                            229,12                            235,16
                   1104 19 91                            269,95                            275,99
                   1104 19 99                            247,30                            253,34
                   1104 21 10                            228,88                            231,90
                   1104 21 30                            228,88                            231,90
                   1104 21 50                            357,63                            363.67
                   1104 21 90                            145,91                            148,93
                   1104 22 10 10 (4)                     117,73                            120,75
                   1104 22 10 90 0                       207,76                            210,78
                   1104 22 30                            207,76                            210,78
                   1104 22 50                            184,67                            187,69
                   1104 22 90                            117,73                            120,75
                   1104 23 10                            203,66                            206.68
                   1104 23 30                            203,66                            206,68
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                                                                                             (ECU/tonne)
                                                             Import levies
                    CN code
                                                                              Third countries
                                               ACP or OCT
                                                                       (other than ACP or OCT) (*)
               1104 23 90                         129,84                          132,86
               1104 29 11                        210,34                           213,36
               1104 29 15                         190,16                          193,18
             . 1104 29 19                        219,82                           222,84
               1104 29 31                        253,04                           256,06
               1104 29 35                        228,77                           231,79
               1104 29 39                        219,82                           222,84
               1104 29 91                         161,31                          164,33
               1104 29 95                         145,84                          148,86
               1104 29 99                         140,14                          143,16
               1104 30 10                         118,61                          124,65
               1104 30 90                          95,47                          101,51
               1106 20 10                         139,42 0                        146,07
               1106 20 91                        201,31 (■')                      225,49
               1106 20 99                        201,31 (3)                       225,49
               1107 10 11                        281,51                           292,39
               1107 10 19                        210,34                           221,22     '
               1107 10 91                        254,63                           265,51 0
               1107 10 99                         190,26                          201,14
               1107 20 00                        221,73                           232,61 (2)
               1108 11 00                        347,93                           368,48
               1108 1200                         204,94                           225,49
               1108 13 00                         204,94                          225,49 (6)
               1108 14 00                         102,47                          225,49
               1108 19 10                        227,95                           258,78
               1108 19 90                         102,47 0                        225,49
               1109 00 00                         632,60                          813,94
               1702 30 51                         267,31                          364,03
               1702 30 59                         204,94                          271,43
               1702 30 91                         267,31                          364,03
               1702 30 99                         204,94                          271,43
               1702 40 90                         204,94                          271,43
               1702 90 50                         204,94                          271,43
               1702 90 75                         280,04                          376,76
               1702 90 79                         194,75                          261,24
               2106 90 55                         204,94                          271,43
               2302 10 10                          59,99                           65,99
               2302 10 90                         128,55                          134,55
               2302 20 10                          59,99                           65,99
               2302 20 90                         128,55                          134,55
               2302 30 10                          59,99                           65,99
               2302 30 90                         128,55                          134,55
               2302 40 10                          59,99                           65,99
               2302 40 90                         128,55                          134,55
               2303 10 11                         254,58                          435,92
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            (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
            (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 (OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10) 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 origina­
                ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                —   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 .
            (4) Taric code : clipped oats.
            O Taric code : CN code 1104 22 10, other than 'clipped oats'.
            (6) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90, 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 quantity of 5 000 tonnes.
            (7) 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 or in the overseas countries
                and territories.
            (s) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808 /90 .