CELEX: 31991R2840
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2840/91 of 27 September 1991 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 272/22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                28 . 9. 91
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2840/91
                                                     of 27 September 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     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
Portugal,                                                          basic product concerned differs by not less than ECU 3,02
                                                                   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
                                                                   Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
                                                                   whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            tion (EEC) No 3808/90 f);
 No 1806/89 (4), and in particular Article 12 (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 (*), 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 .                           O 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 .                             (') OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L 177,  24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                             (10) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
O   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           (") OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
fó OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                 (12 OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990.
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 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                          the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 f), as last amended by Regula­
 cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and                    tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (%
 0714 90 originating in certain third countries ('), as last
 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                        cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by
 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
 1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­                                    Article 1
 tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
 thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of               The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 levies ;                                                             Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
                                                                      Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
 should be calculated on the following basis :                        out in the Annex hereto.
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                      Article 2
      of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1991 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 27 September 1991 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(2) 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 .                               (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 27 September 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)
                   071410 10 (')                        138,38                           145,03
                   071410 91                            142,01 00                        142,01
                   0714 10 99                           140,20                           145,03
                   071490 11                            142,01 00                        142,01
                   0714 90 19                           140,20 0                         145,03
                   1102 20 10                           219,13                           225,17
                   1102 20 90                           124,17                           127,19
                   1102 30 00                           159,48                           162,50
                   1102 90 10                           255,62                           261,66
                   1102 90 30                           215,12                           221,16
                   1102 90 90                           135,43                           138,45
                   1103 12 00                           215,12                           221,16
                   1103 13 11                           219,13                           225,17
                   1103 13 19                           219,13                           225,17
                   1103 13 90                           124,17                           127,19
                   1103 14 00                           159,48                           162,50
                   1103 19 10                           290,32                           296,36
                   1103 19 30                           255,62                           261,66
                   1103 19 90                           135,43                           138,45
                   1103 21 00                           288,58                           294,62
                   1103 29 10                           290,32                           296,36
                   1103 29 20                           255,62                           261,66
                   1103 29 30                           215,12                           221,16
                   1103 29 40                           219,13                           225,17
                   1103 29 50                           159,48                           162,50
                   1103 29 90                           135,43                           138,45
                   110411 10                            144,85                           147,87
                   110411 90                            284,02                           290,06
                   110412 10                            121,90                           124,92
                   1104 12 90                           239,02                           245,06
                   1104 19 10                           288,58                           294,62
                   110419 30                            290,32                           296,36
                   110419 50                            219,13                           225,17
                   11041991                             270,81                           276,85
                   1104 19 99                           238,99                           245,03
                   1104 21 10                           227,22                           230,24
                   1104 21 30                           227,22                           230,24
                   1 104 21 50                          355,03                           361,07
                   1104 21 90                           144,85                           147,87
                   1104 22 10 10 0                      121,90                           124,92
                   1104 22 10 90 0                      215,12                           218,14
                   1104 22 30                           215,12                           218,14
                   1104 22 50                           191,22                           194,24
                   1104 22 90                           121,90                           124,92
                   1104 23 10                           194,78                           197,80
                   1104 23 30                           194,78                           197,80
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                                                                                          (ECU/tonne)
                                                          Import levies
                  CN code
                                                                           Third countries
                                             ACP or OCT
                                                                    (other than ACP or OCT)(8)
             1104 23 90                         124,17                          127,19
             1104 29 11                        213,23                          216,25
             1104 29 15                        214,52                          217,54
            1104 29 19                         212,43                          215,45
            1104 29 31                         256,51                          259,53
            1104 29 35                         258,06                          261,08
             1104 29 39                        212,43                          215,45
            1104 29 91                         163,53                          166,55
             1104 29 95                        164,52                          167,54
            1104 29 99                         135,43                          138,45
            1104 30 10                         120,24                          126,28
            1104 30 90                           91,31                           97,35
            1106 20 10                         138,38 0                        145,03
             1106 20 91                        192,37 0                        216,55
            1106 20 99                         192,37 (3)                      216,55
            1107 10 11                         285,37                          296,25
            1107 10 19                         213,23                          224,11
            1107 1091                          252,78                          263,66 (2)
            1107 10 99                         188,87                          199,75
            1107 20 00                         220,12                          231,00 0
            1108 11 00                         352,70                          373,25
            1108 12 00                         196,00                          216,55
            1108 13 00                         196,00                          216,55 (6)
            1108 14 00                           98,00                         216,55
            1108 19 10                         228,68                          259,51
            1108 19 90                           98,00 0                       216,55
            1109 00 00                         641,28                          822,62
            1702 30 51                         255,65                          352,37
            1702 30 59                         196,00                          262,49
            1702 30 91                         255,65                          352,37
            1702 30 99                         196,00                          262,49
            1702 40 90                         196,00                          262,49
            1702 90 50                         196,00                          262,49
            1702 90 75                         267,83                          364,55
            1702 90 79                         186,26                          252,75
            2106 90 55                         196,00                          262,49
            2302 10 10                           59,37                           65,37
            2302 10 90                         127,22                          133,22
            2302 20 10                           59,37                           65,37
            2302 20 90                         127,22                          133,22
            230230 10                            59,37                           65,37
            2302 30 90                         127,22                          133,22
            2302 40 10                           59,37                           65,37
            2302 40 90                         127,22                          133,22
            2303 10 11                         243,48                          424,82
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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.
            (3) 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.
            (*) Taric code : CN code 11042210, other than 'clipped oats'.
            (') 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.
            Q 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.
            (8) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808/90.