CELEX: 31983R1449
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1449/83 of 3 June 1983 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

4 . 6 . 83                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 146/21
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1449/83
                                                            of 3 June 1983
                     altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
COMMUNITIES,                                                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                      — in the - case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                          relation to each other at any given moment within
Economic Community,
                                                                          a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                          their central rate,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                      — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular                       these currencies in relation to the Community
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                                   currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
                                                                      Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      2 June 1983 ;
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of              Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4)            differs from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU
thereof,                                                              per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
                                                                      Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (n) the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                     levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to                the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
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,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the advice of the Monetary                                                   Article 1
Committee,
                                                                      The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas the import levies on products processed from                  from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                    2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1325/83 f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   414/83, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
 1412/83 (8) ;                                                        (EEC) No 1325/83 are hereby altered to the amounts
                                                                      set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 414/83 of 21
February 1983 f) amended Regulation (EEC) No                                                  Article 2
2744/75 (10) as regards products falling within subhea­
ding 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 June 1983 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 3 June 1983 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  164,   14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L  166,   25 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L  291 ,  19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
Is) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62
(j OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .
f7) OJ No L 139, 28. 5. 1983, p. 5.
(8) OJ No L 143, 2. 6. 1983, p. 33 .
O OJ No L 51 , 24. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                                 (") OJ No L 168 , 25 . 6. 1974, p. 7.
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                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 3 June 1983 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)
           11.01 G (2)                                         96,12                          93,10
           11.02 A VII (2)                                     96,12                          93,10
           1 1.02 B II d) (2)                                 149,05                         146,03
           1 1.02 C VI (2)                                    149,05                         146,03
           1 1.02 D VI (2)                                     96,12                          93,10
          11.02 E II d) 2 (2)                                 170,33                         164,29
          1 1.02 F VII (2)                                     96,12                          93,10
          (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.