CELEX: 31981R1566
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1566/81 of 11 June 1981 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

12. 6. 81                              Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 153 /35
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1566/81
                                                      of 11 June 1981
                   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 of
                                                                       these currencies in relation to the Community
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by          Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular             10 June 1981 ;
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 organization                per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of         Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (8), the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 12 (4)             levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
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
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                       Article 1
Having regard to the advice of the Monetary
Committee,                                                        The import levies to be charged on products processed
                                                                  from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the import levies on products processed from              2744/75 (9) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                2245/78 (10), as fixed in the Annex to amended Regula­
1406/81 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               tion (EEC) No 1406/81 are hereby altered to the
1557/81 0 ;                                                       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 12 June
    relation to each other at any given moment within             1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 11 June 1981 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                Gaston THORN
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
O   OJ No   L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
O   OJ  No  L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6 . 1974, p. 7.
(') OJ  No  L 141 , 27. 5. 1981 , p. 16.                          O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
 0  OJ  No  L 152, 11 . 6. 1981 , p. 27.                          (,0) OJ No L 273, 29. 9. 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 11 June 1981 altering the import levies on products
                                               processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                             (ECU/tonne)
                                                                             Import levies
                         CCT heading No                      Third countries
                                                                                             ACP or OCT
                                                       (other than ACP or OCT)
           07.06 A                                                12-84 (')                       1 1 -03 (') O
            11.01 C (2)                                          134-42                         128-38
            1 1.02 A III (2)                                     134-42                         128-38
            1 1.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                  117-13                         114-11
            1 1.02 B I b) 1 (2)                                  117-13                         114-11
            1 1.02 C III (2)                                     184-34                         178-30
            1 1.02 D III (2)                                      75-77                           72-75
            1 1.02 E I a) 1 (2)                                   75-77                           72-75
            11.02 E I b) 1 (2)                                   148-68                         142-64
            1 1.02 F III (2)                                     134-42                         128-38
            1 1 .04 C I                                           15-86                             9-21 0
            1 1.07 A II a)                                       137-83 (4)                     126-95
            1 1.07 A II b)                                       105-74                           94-86
            11.07 B                                              121-43 (4)                     110-55
            (') This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes.
            (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 11.01 and 11.02
                 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.
           (4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is         reduced by 5-44 ECU/tonne for
                 products originating in Turkey.
            0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 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 :
                 — arrowroot falling within subheading 07.06 A,
                 — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheading 1 1 .04 C,
                 — arrowroot starch falling within subheading 11.08 A V.