CELEX: 31981R1503
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1503/81 of 3 June 1981 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

4. 6. 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 147/25
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1503/81
                                                        of 3 June 1981
                   altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
COMMUNITIES,                                                           relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                       a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  their effective parity,
Economic Community,
                                                                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                       these currencies in relation to the Community
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                           2 June 1981 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of           per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 12 (4)             Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (8), the
thereof,                                                          levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
                                                                  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                       The import levies to be charged on products processed
Committee,                                                         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 (l0), 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
                                                                   amounts set out in the Annex hereto.
1491 /81 I7);
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :              This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 June 1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 3 June 1981 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                Gaston THORN
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p. 17.
(3) OJ No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) 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.
(6) OJ No   L 141 , 27. 5. 1981 , p. 16.                           0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
O   OJ No   L 145, 3 . 6. 1981 , p. 13 .                           H OJ No L 273, 29 . 9 . 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 3 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)
           1 1.02 A II (2)                                     42-38                          36-34
           1 1.02 B II b) (2)                                  29-87                          26-85
           1 1.02 C II o                                        35-32                         32-30
           1 1.02 D II (2)                                     23-61                          20-59
           1 1.02 E II b) (2)                                   42-38                         36-34
           1 1.02 F II 0                                        42-38                         36-34
            (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.