CELEX: 31993R1687
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 159/24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 7 . 93
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1687/93
                                                         of 30 June 1993
                           fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         increased by the fixed component, is altered where the
                                                                     levy applicable to the 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 the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
 of 30 June 1993 on the common organization of the                  relating to them in respect of certain products processed
 market in cereals ('), and in particular Article 1 1 (3)           from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
 thereof,
                                                                    component and, in respect of some of these products, by
                                                                    part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
                                                                    must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
 market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            from the processing of agricultural products originating in
 No 1 544/93 (3), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof,        the ACP States Q, extended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    444/92 (8) ;
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable
 component of the import levy on products processed
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 11 ( 1 ) (A) of     Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of            3763/91 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                 (10), allows that within the limit of an annual quantity of
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 of 25 June                  8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to imports into
 1993 on the import and export system for products                  the French department of Reunion of wheat bran falling
                                                                    within CN code 2302 30 from the African, Caribbean and
processed from cereals and rice (4), provides that the inci­
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies            Pacific (ACP) States ;
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
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,               Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the          91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
basic products in question during the month of importa­             overseas countries and territories with the European
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic          Economic Community (u) no levies shall apply on
products considered to have been used in the manufac­               imports of products originating in the overseas countries
ture of the processed product or the competing product              and territories ;
which serves as a reference for processed products not
containing cereals ;
                                                                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                   December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import            agricultural products originating in developing countries
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice               (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/93 (13),
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products          reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from                    Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
cereals (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
 1 740/78 (6), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                    0 OJ     No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
(') OJ  No   L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                           (8) OJ   No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
(2) OJ  No   L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                            0 OJ     No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No   L 154,  25. 6. 1993, p. 5 .                            H OJ      No L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23.
(4) OJ  No   L 155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 29.                            (") OJ    No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 168,  25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                             (12) OJ   No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
M OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.                                   (13) OJ   No L 108, 1 . 5 . 1993, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---  1 . 7. 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          i No L 159/25
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 ('), (EEC)             products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
No 519/92 (2) and (EEC) No 520/92Q of 27 February                   1 702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim                 tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between               thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
the European Economic Community and the European                    levies ;
Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the              Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import              1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (10) are used to
levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
tion (EEC) No 585/92 (4), as amended by Regulation                  and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
(EEC) No 955/92 (% lays down detailed rules for applying            conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
the arrangements provided for in these agreements as                whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
regards cereals ;                                                   tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (n),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9
February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and
0714 90 originating in certain third countries (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/92 0, lay down
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad                                       Article 1
valorem :
                                                                    The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                   Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (8), as amended by              Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (9), stipulates that the treat­          subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 shall be as set
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling                 out in the Annex hereto.
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 it is to be extended to
glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes                                             Article 2
1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the
levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 June 1993 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L 56,  29 . 2. 1992, p. 3.
(2)  OJ  No L 56,  29 . 2. 1992, p. 6.
(3)  OJ  No L 56,  29 . 2. 1992, p. 9 .
(4)  OJ  No L 62,  7. 3. 1992, p. 40 .
Is) OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.
(6)  OJ  No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
0    OJ  No L 394, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 23.
(8)  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                           H OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O    OJ  No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                               (") OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 159/26                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 7. 93
                                                                   ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1993 fixing the import levies on products
                                                    processed from cereals and rice
                                                         (ECU/tonne)                                               (ECU/tonne)
                                  Import levies (8)                                           Import levies (8)
      CN code                                                                CN code
                                              Third countries                                             Third countries
                            ACP                                                        ACP
                                             (other than ACP)                                            (other than ACP)
  0714 10 10 (')          121,73                     128,38              1104 22 90    83,68                     86,70
  0714 10 91              125,36 (3)0                125,36              1104 23 10  224,14                     227,16
  0714 10 99              123,55                     128,38              1104 23 30  224,14                     227,16
  0714 90 11              1 25,36 (3)0               125,36              1104 23 90  142,89                     145,91
  0714 90 19              123,55 (3)                 128,38              1104 29 11  182,02                     185,04
  110220 10               252,16                    258,20               1104 29 15  185,07                     188,09
  1102 20 90              142,89                     145,91              1104 29 1 9 230,69                     233,71
  1102 30 00              180,59                     183,61              1104 29 31  218,98                     222,00
  110290 10               225,65                    231,69               11042935    222,64                     225,66
  1102 90 30              147,67                     153,71              1104 29 39  230,69                     233,71
  1102 90 90              147,06                     150,08              1104 29 91  139,60                     142,62
  1103 12 00              147,67                     153,71              1104 29 95  141,93                     144,95
  1103 13 10             252,16                     258,20               1104 29 99  147,06                     150,08
  1103 1390               142,89                    145,91               1104 30 10  102,65                     108,69
  1103 1400               180,59                    183,61               1104 3090   105,07                     111,11
  1103 19 10             250,47                     256,51               1106 20 10  121 ,73 (3)                128,38
  1103 19 30             225,65                     231,69               1106 20 90  221,91 (3)                 246,09
  1103 1990               147,06                    150,08               1108 11 00  301,09                     321,64
  1103 21 00             246,35                     252,39               1108 12 00  225,54                     246,09
  1103 29 10             250,47                     256,51               1108 13 00  225,54                     246,09 (6;
  1103 29 20             225,65                     231,69               1108 1400   112,77                     246,09
  1103 29 30              147,67                    153,71               1108 19 10  258,96                     289,79
  1103 29 40             252,16                     258,20               1108 19 90  1 12,77 (3)                246,09
  1103 29 50              180,59                    183,61               1109 00 00  547,44                     728,78
  1103 29 90             147,06                     150,08               1702 30 51  294,19                     390,91
  1104 11 10              127,87                    130,89               1702 30 59  225,54                     292,03
  1104 11 90             250,72                     256,76               1702 30 91  294,19                     390,91
  110412 10                83,68                      86,70              1702 30 99  225,54                     292,03
 1104 12 90              164,08                     170,12               1702 40 90  225,54                     292,03
 1104 19 10              246,35                     252,39               1702 90 50  225,54                     292,03
 1104 1930               250,47                     256,51               17029075    308,20                     404,92
 1104 19 50              252,16                     258,20               1702 90 79  214,34                     280,83
 1104 19 91              306,67                     312,71               2106 90 55  225,54                     292,03
 1104 1999               259,52                     265,56               2302 10 10    56,32                     62,32
 110421 10               200,58                     203,60               2302 1090   120,69                     126,69
 1104 21 30              200,58                     203,60               2302 20 10    56,32                     62,32
 1104 21 50              313,40                     319,44               2302 20 90  120,69                     129,69
 1104 21 90              127,87                     130,89               2302 30 10    56,32 (')                 62,32
 1104 22 10 10 (4)         83,68                      86,70              2302 30 90  120,69 (9)                 126,69
 1104 22 10 90(0         147,67                     150,69               2302 40 10    56,32                     62,32
 1104 22 30              147,67                     150,69               2302 40 90  120,69                     126,69
 1104 2250               131,26                     134,28               2303 10 11  280,18                     461,52
 ---pagebreak--- 1 . 7. 93                                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                               No L 159/27
 (') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
 (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 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 originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
     States :
     — 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 1106 20,
     — arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1108 19 90.
 (4) Taric code : clipped oats.
 Is) 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.
 f) 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.
 O No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
 (') Under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 the levy does not apply to wheat bran originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP)
      and directly imported into the French department of Reunion.
(10) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic or Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded
     between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have
     been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.