CELEX: 31974R1041
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1041/74 of the Commission of 29 April 1974 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 5. 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 119/ 15
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1041 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 29 April 1974
                      fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for some of
COMMUNITIES,                                                         t^ese products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1047/73 (9), provides that the levy thus deter­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                mined, increased by the fixed component, is valid in
Economic Community ;                                                general for one month but is altered where the levy
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                          applicable to the basic product concerned differs by
67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   not less than 0-25 unit of account per 100 kilo­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­             grammes from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                    described above ;
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article
 14 (4) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                         (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   No 1080/68, the levy on certain processed products
tion of the market in rice as last amended by the                    must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of               tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
new Member States to the European Economic                          processing ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                          Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
                                                                     in Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                         Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
                                                                     interests  of   the     Associated      African  States and
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­
able component of the import levy on products                       Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                    tories, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and                Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;
                                                                     levy relating to them in respect of certain products
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     processed from cereals must be reduced by the
 1052/68 (6) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export               amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
system for products processed from cereals and rice, as              some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
                                                                     nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (7),
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                    dance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
these products of the levies applicable to their basic               522/70 (10) of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be
products should be calculated on the basis of the                   accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
average of the levies applicable to these basic products            originating in the Associated African States and
for the first twenty-five days of the month preceding­               Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territo­
that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on              ries, and Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                 653/71 (n ) of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be
products in question during the month of importa­                   accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
tion, is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                originating in the United Republic of Tanzania, the
basic products considered to have been used in the                   Republic of Uganda or the Republic of Kenya, as
manufacture of the processed product or the                         amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1036/72 ( 12) ;
competing product which serves as a reference for
processed products not containing cereals ;                         Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
                                                                     provides that the levy to be charged on the products
Whereas       Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        listed in the Annex to that Regulation under heading
 1080/68 (8) of 26 July 1968 on the procedure for calcu­             No 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the date of
lating the levy on products processed from cereals and              entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
                                                                    annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
(>)  OJ  No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                          Trade, to the amount resulting from application of the
(2)  OJ  No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973 , p. 8 .
(3)  OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                               rate of duty bound within GAIT ;
(4)  OJ  No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(5)  OJ  No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                              (9) OJ  No  L  104, 19. 4. 1973, p. 30.
(6)  OJ  No L 179, 25. 7. 1968 , p. 8 .                             HOJ      No L  65, 21 . 3 . 1970, p. 10.
(7)  OJ  No L 86, 31 . 3. 1973, p. 30 .                             (") OJ   No L  76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p. 2.
(»)  OJ  No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 6.                              (12) OJ  No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 18 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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,                                     Article 1
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
    on their effective parity ;                              The import levies to be charged on the products listed
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the         in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and in
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in      subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 are hereby
    relation to the Community currencies referred to         fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
    in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
                                                                                     Article 2
tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Customs Tariff ;                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 April 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX
                                                                                                Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                          Third countries
                                                                                           (other than      AASM, OCT,
     CCT heading No                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                  AASM and           Tanzania ,
                                                                                          OCT, Tanzania ,    Uganda and
                                                                                           Uganda and           Kenya
                                                                                              Kenya)
07.06 A             Manioc, arrowroot, salcp and other similar roots and tubers               0-155 i 1 )       0-035 i 1 )
                    with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C             Barley flour (*)                                                          2-050              1-550
11.01 D             Oat flour (*)                                                             1-342             0-842
 11.01 E I          Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 % by weight (*)           1-143              0-643
11.01 E II          Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1·5 % by weight (*)               0-614              0-364
11.01 F             Rice flour (*)                                                            0-250                0
11.01 G             Buckwheat flour (*)                                                       0-500                0
11.01 H             Millet flour (*)                                                          0-805              0-555
11.01 1 J           Canary seed flour (*)                                                     0-250                0
11.01 K             Grain sorghum flour (!)                                                   0-932              0-682
11.01 L             Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, mesiin, rye, barley, oats,     0-250                0
                    maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (*)
11.02 A II          Rye groats and meal (*)                                                   3-004              2-504
11.02 A III         Barley groats and meal (*)                                                2-050              1-550
11.02 A IV          Oat groats and meal (*)                                                   1-342             0-842
11.02 A V a) 1      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by          0-500                0
                    weight, for the brewing industry (2)
11.02 A V a) 2      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by            1-143             0-643
                    weight, other than for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A V b )       Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1*5 °/o by              0-614             0-364
                    weight (*)
11.02 A VI          Rice groats and meal (*)                                                  0-250                0
11.02 A VII         Buckwheat groats and meal (')                                             0-500                0
11.02 A VIII        Millet groats and meal (')                                                0-805             0-555
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                                                                                                 Levies in u.a. /100 kg
                                                                                          Third countries
                                                                                           (other than       AASM, OCT,
     CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                AASM and             Tanzania ,
                                                                                          OCT, Tanzania ,     Uganda and
                                                                                           Uganda and              Kenya
                                                                                              Kenya )
 11.02 A IX          Grain sorghum groats and meal (2)                                        0-932                0-682
 11.02 AX            Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,            0-250                    0
                     meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                     sorghum (2)
 11.02 B I a) 1      Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (*)                                     1-628               1-378
 11.02 B I a) 2 aa)  Clipped oats                                                             0-727                0-477
 11.02 B I a) 2 bb)  Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (2)              1-092                0-842
11.02 B I a) 3       Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (2)                                 0-250                    0
1 L.02 B I a) 4      Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (*)                                    1-120                0-870
 11.02 Bib) 1        Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Griitze' or 'Grutten') (2)         1-628                1-378
11.02 Bib) 2         Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats ('Griitze' or 'Grutten') (2)           1-092                0-842
11.02 Bib) 3         Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat ('Griitze' or 'Grutten') (2)      0-250                    0
11.02 Bib) 4        Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet (' Griitze' or ' Grutten') (2)        1-120               0-870
11.02 B II a)       Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                0-250                   0
                     kibbled (2)
11.02 B II b )      Hulled (shelled or husked)         rye, whether or not sliced or          2-100               1-850
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II c)       Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or                0-821               0-571
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II d)       Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or        1-320               1-070
                    kibbled (2)
11.02 B II e)       Hulled (shelled or husked) grains, whether or not sliced or               0-250                   0
                    kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, barley, oats,
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 C I           Pearled wheat (2)                                                        0-250                    0
11.02 C II          Pearled rye (2)                                                          2-476                2-226
11.02 C III         Pearled barley (2)                                                       2-653                2-153
11.02 C IV          Pearled oats (2)                                                         0-999               0-749
11.02 C V           Pearled maize (2)                                                        0-821               0-571
11.02 C VI          Pearled buckwheat (2 )                                                   0-250                   0
11.02 C VII         Pearled millet (2)                                                       1-120               0-870
11.02 C VIII        Pearled grain sorghum (2)                                                1-320               1-070
11.02 C IX          Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,    0-250                   0
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
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                                                                                            Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                      Third countries
                                                                                       (other than      AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording             AASM and            Tanzania ,
                                                                                      OCT, Tanzania ,    Uganda and
                                                                                       Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                          Kenya )
11.02 D I          Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                            0-250                0
11.02 D II         Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (')                              1-669              1-419
11.02 D III        Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                           1-128             0-878
11.02 D IV         Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                             0-727             0-477
11.02 D V          Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (')                            0-614             0-364
11.02 D VI         Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (')                        0-250                0
11.02 D VII        Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (l)                           0-805              0-555
11.02 D VIII       Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                    0-932              0-682
11.02 D IX         Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled, other than grains of         0-250                0
                   wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet or grain sor­
                   ghum (2)
11.02 E I a) 1     Rolled barley (■)                                                      1-128              0-878
11.02 E I a) 2     Rolled oats (2)                                                        0-727              0-477
11.02 E I a) 3     Rolled buckwheat (*)                                                   0-250                0
11.02 E I a ) 4    Rolled millet (2 )                                                     0-805              0-555
11.02 E I b ) 1    Flaked barley (z)                                                      2-222              1-722
11.02 E I b ) 2    Flaked oats (*)                                                        1-436              0-936
11.02 E I b ) 3    Flaked buckwheat (')                                                   0-500                0
11.02 E I b) 4     Flaked millet (*)                                                      1-479              0-979
11.02 E II a)      Rolled or flaked wheat (*)                                             0-500                0
11.02 E II b )     Rolled or flaked rye (2)                                               3-004             2-504
11.02 E II c)      Rolled or flaked maize (2)                                             1-143             0-643
11.02 E 11 d)      Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (*)                                     1-704              1-204
11.02 E II e) 1    Flake rice (2 )                                                        0-500                0
11.02 E II e) 2    Rolled or flaked grains other than grains of wheat, rye , barley ,     0-500                0
                   oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum , excluding
                   flaked rice (2 )
11.02 F I          Wheat pellets (2)                                                      0-500                0
11.02 F II         Rye pellets (2)                                                        3-004              2-504
11.02 F III        Barley pellets (')                                                     2-050              1-550
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                                                                                              Levies in  u. a. /100 kg
                                                                                        Third countries
                                                                                          (other than       AASM , OCT ,
    CCT heading No                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                 AASM and              Tanzania,
                                                                                        OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                                                                                         Uganda and               Kenya
                                                                                            Kenya )
11.02 F IV         Oat pellets (ι)                                                           1-342                0-842
11.02 F V          Maize pellets (')                                                         1-143                0-643
11.02 F VI         Rice pellets (*)                                                          0-250                   0
11.02 F VII        Buckwheat pellets (*)                                                     0-500                   0
11.02 F VIII       Millet pellets (2 )                                                       0-805                0-555
11.02 F IX         Grain sorghum pellets (*)                                                 0-932                0-682
11.02 F X          Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice,      0-250                   0
                   buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 G I          Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                               0-500                   0
11.02 G II         Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground         0-768                 0-268
11.06 A            Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                0-405                •   0
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   for the manufacture of starches
11.06 B I          Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,              1-700                    0
                   salep and other rqots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   for the manufacture of starches
                   Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,              2-275                 0-395
11.06 B II
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                   other than for the manufacture of starches
11.07 A I a)       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour                 0-900                   0
11.07 A I b )      Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of            0-900                   0
                   flour
11.07 A II a )     Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form          2-433 ( 4 )           1-533
                   of flour
11.07 A II b)      Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in        2-045                 1-145
                   the form of flour
11.07 B            Roasted malt                                                              2-235 ( 4 )           1-335
11.08 AI           Maize starch                                                              1-700                   0
11.08 A II         Rice starch                                                               2-550                   0
11.08 A III        Wheat starch                                                              1-700                   0
11.08 AIV -        Potato starch                                                             1-700                   0
11.08 A V          Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch                   1-700                   0
11.09 A            Dried wheat gluten                                                      15-000                    0
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                                                                                                                            Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                                                     Third countries
                                                                                                                       (other than      AASM , OCT,
        CCT heading No                                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                         AASM and            Tanzania,
                                                                                                                    OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                «                                                                                                     Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                                                         Kenya)
   11.09 B                         Wheat gluten, other than dried                                                       15-000                 0
   17.02 B II a )                  Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99°/o or                      8-000                0
                                   more by weight of the pure product (3), in the form of white
                                   crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
   17.02 B II b)                   Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o                     5-500                0
                                   or more by weight of the pure product (3), other than glucose in
                                   the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
   17.05 B I                        Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline                       8-000                0
                                   powder, whether or not agglomerated
   17.05 B II                       Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of                        5-500                0
                                   white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
  23.02 A J a;                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-122              0-122
                                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                                   35 °/o by weight
  23.02 A I b )                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-195              0-195
                                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                   35 % but not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having undergone a
                                   denaturing process
   23.02 A I b ) 2                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-390              0-390
                                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                   35 %> but not exceeding 45 %> by weight, not having undergone
                                   a denaturing process, or with a starch content exceeding 45 °/o
                                   by weight
  23.02 A II a)                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-098              0-098
                                   or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                   content does not exceed 28 % by weight, and of which the percen­
                                   tage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0-2 mm
                                   does not exceed 10 % by weight or of which the sieved product
                                   has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 %
                                   or more by weight
  S.02 A II b)                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     0-390             0-390
                                   or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within
                                   subheading No 23.02 A II a)
  23.03 A I                        Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding                        15-000                 0
                                   concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on
                                   the dry product, exceeding 40 % by weight
   (') This levy is limited to 6 ®/o of the value for customs purposes.
   (*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within hea dings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A,
       products falling within headings 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 */o 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 °/o for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 "/o for other cereals.
       Germ of cereals , whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.
   (•) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
       within subheading No 17.02 B II .
  (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3375/73 this levy is reduced by 0-45 u.a./lOO kg for products originating in Turkey.
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