CELEX: 31977R2927
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2927/77 of 28 December 1977 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

No L 340/60                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 12. 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2927/77
                                                     of 28 December 1977
                                fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
COMMUNITIES,                                                      some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
                                                                  nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
                                                                  dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
                                                                   resulting from the processing of agricultural products
                                                                  originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                  States or in the 'overseas countries and territories' (4),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 328/77 (5) ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in particular                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                           levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other at any given moment within
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                             a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Committee,
                                                                         their effective parity ;
                                                                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas the rules to be applied iri calculating the vari­                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
able component of the import levy on compound                            of these currencies recorded for a given period in
feedingstuffs are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas the incidence                      in the previous subparagraph ;
of the levies applicable to the basic products of
compound feedingstuffs on their prime costs should
                                                                   Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
be determined, in pursuance of Article 4 of Council
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 2727/75 the nomenclature provided for
Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on
the system to be applied to cereal-based compound                  in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                                   Customs Tariff,
feedingstuffs (3), on the basis of the average of the
levies applicable during the first 25 days of the month
preceding the month of importation to the quantities
of basic products considered to have been used in the
manufacture of such compound feedingstuffs, this
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
average being adjusted on the basis of the threshold
price for the basic products in question ruling during
the month of importation ;
                                                                                              A rticle 1
Whereas the levy thus determined, increased by the
fixed component, is valid for one month ; whereas the              The import levies to be charged on the compound
amount of the fixed component of the levy is speci­                feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No
fied in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75, as               2727/75 and subject to Regulation ( EEC) No 2743/75
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2560/77 ;                          are fixed hereby as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
                                                                   tion .
Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
interests of the African , Caribbean and Pacific States                                        Article 2
or in the 'overseas countries and territories', the levy
 relating to them in respect of certain products
processed from cereals must be reduced by the                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                    1978 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                           (■*) O I No L 85, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 2 .
 3 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60 .                              5 ) OJ No L 46, 18 . 2 . 1977, p. 1 .
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 ---pagebreak--- 29 . 12 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 340/61
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 December 1977 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                      Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1977 fixing the import levies on
                                                   compound feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                            (u.aJtonne)
                                                                                                                   Levies
                                                                                                     Third countries
     CCT heading No                            Nomenclature in simplified wording                      (other than        ACP and
                                                                                                        ACP and            OCT
                                                                                                          OCT)
                         Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                         (EEC) No 968 / 68 , containing starch , glucose or glucose syrup falling
                         within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II , or milk products (falling
                         within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04, and subheadings
                         17.02 A and 21.07 F I) containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup :
                         Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch :
23.07 B I a) 1           — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                             weight of such products                                                      20-70            11-70
23.07 B I a) 2           — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                             products                                                                    456-95           447-95
                         Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of
                         starch :
23.07 B I b) 1           — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                             weight of such products                                                      45-57            36-57
23.07 B I b) 2           — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by wight of milk
                             products                                                                    481-82           472-82
                         Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch :
23.07 B I c) 1           — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                             weight of such products                                                      82-14            73-14
23.07 B I c) 2           — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                             products                                                                    518-39           509-39