CELEX: 31992R2197
Language: en
Date: 1992-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2197/92 of 31 July 1992 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 8 . 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 218/9
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2197/92
                                                          of 31 July 1992
                        fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
                                                                     and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
                                                                     cereals f7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
Economic Community,                                                  increased by the fixed component, is valid in general for
                                                                     one month but 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
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   described above ;
Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; on importation into
market in cereals (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           Portugal of products listed in Annex XXIV to the Act of
No 1 738/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,           Accession an additional amount is added to the levy ;
                                                                     whereas these amounts were set by Commission Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 3808/90 (9);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 674/92 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,            Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
                                                                     rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the levy
                                                                     relating to them in respect of certain products processed
                                                                     from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable          component and, in respect of some of these products, by
component of the import levy on products processed                   part of the variable component ; whereas this reduction
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of       must be made in accordance with Article 14 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of               Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements appli­
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                  cable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                   from the processing of agricultural products originating in
 1975 on the import and export system for products                   the ACP States (l0), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by             297/91 (") ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (*), provides that the inci­
 dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies
 applicable to their basic products should be calculated on
 the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these          Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
basic products for the first 25 days of the month                    3763/91 (12) allows that within the limit of ah annual
 preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,               quantity of 8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the           imports into the French department of Reunion of wheat
basic products in question during the month of importa­              bran falling within CN code 2302 30 from the African,
 tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic          Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
 products considered to have been used in the manufac­
 ture of the processed product or the competing product
which serves as a reference for processed products not
 containing cereals ;
                                                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                     91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                     overseas countries and territories with the European
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                    Economic Community (13) no levies shall apply on
 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import            imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
                                                                     f) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
 (>) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
 (2) OJ  No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                               O OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ  No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               H OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
 (4) OJ  No L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                                 (") OJ No L 36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
 (0  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            O2) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1
 O   OJ  No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                Q3) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the    within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90
abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be               by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 it is to be extended to
charged on imports of certain products originating in the        glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes
overseas countries and territories in order to prevent           1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the
products originating from these countries and territories        levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
from receiving more favourable treatment than similar            1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 also applies to
products imported from Spain or Portugal into the                products falling within CN codes 1702 30 51 and
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;                   1702 30 59 ; whereas, to ensure that the provision in ques­
                                                                 tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
                                                                 thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
                                                                 levies ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
agricultural products originating in developing countries        should be calculated on the following basis :
(') prolonged by Regulation (EEC) No 1 509/92 (2) reduces
by 50 % the levy or importation into the Community of            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
products of CN code 1108 13 00, within the limit of a
fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;                                 tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                      of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                      tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (12), as last amended by Regu­
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 (3), (EEC)               lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (B),
 No 519/92 (4) and (EEC) No 520/92 0 of 27 February
 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim             — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between                 average of the ecu rates published in the Official
the European Economic Community and the European                      Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the                    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the                   cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­          Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
tion (EEC) No 585/920, as amended by Regulation                  (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
(EEC) No 955/92 0. lays down detailed rules for applying         Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
the arrangements provided for in these agreements as             ture,
regards cereals ;
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 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3842/90 (*), lay down
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad
valorem ;                                                                                   Article 1
                                                                 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 2727/75 and in
October 1975 on glucose and lactose (10), as amended by          Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (u), stipulates that the treat­       subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be as set
                                                                 out in the Annex hereto.
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
(>) OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
(2) OJ No L 159, 12. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.                                                          Article 2
(4) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
O OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 40.
o OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 26.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1992.
(8) OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 367, 29. 12. 1990, p. 8.
H OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.                            (12) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(") OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                              H OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 31 July 1992.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                      ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1992 fixing the import levies on products
                                          processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                   Import levies (')
                         CN code
                                                                                       Third countries
                                                         ACP
                                                                                     (other than ACP)(8)
                   0714 io ion                         121,88                               128,53
                   0714 10 91                          125,51 nn                            125,51
                   0714 10 99                          123,70                               128,53
                   0714 90 11                          125,51 Of)                           125,51
                   0714 90 19                          1 23,70 (3)                          128,53
                   1102 20 10                          259,09                               265,13
                   1102 20 90                          146,82                               149,84
                   1102 30 00                          164,67                               167,69
                   1102 90 10                          225,92                               231,96
                   1102 90 30                          196,85                               202,89
                   1102 90 90                          152,28                               155,30
                   1103 12 00                          196,85                               202,89
                   1103 13 10                          259,09                               265,13
                   1103 13 90                          146,82                               149,84
                   1103 14 00                          164,67                               167,69
                   1103 19 10                          276,19                               282,23
                   1103 19 30                          225,92                               231,96
                   1103 19 90                          152,28                               155,30
                   1 103 21 00                         247,39                               253,43
                   1103 29 10                          276,19                               282,23
                   1103 29 20                          225,92                               231,96
                   1103 29 30                          196,85                               202,89
                   1 103 29 40                         259,09                               265,13
                   1103 29 50                          164,67                               167,69
                   1103 29 90                          152,28                               155,30
                   1104 11 10                          128,02                               131,04
                   110411 90                           251,02                               257,06
                   1104 1210                           111,55                               114,57
                   1104 12 90                          218,72                               224,76
                   1104 19 10                          247,39                               253,43
                   1104 19 30                          276,19                               282,23
                   1104 19 50                          259,09                               265,13
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                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                                               Import levies (')
                   . CN code
                                                                                   Third countries
                                                    ACP
                                                                                 (other than ACP)(8)
              1104 19 91                          279,63                                285,67
              1104 19 99                          268,72                                274,76
              1104 21 10                          200,82                                203,84
              1104 21 30                          200,82                                203,84
              1104 21 50                          313,78                                319,82
              1104 21 90                           128,02                               131,04
              1104 2210 10 O                       111,55                               114,57
              1104 22 10 90 n                      196,85                               199,87
              1104 22 30                           196,85                               199,87
              1104 22 50                           174,98                               178,00
              1104 22 90                           111,55                               114,57
              1104 23 10                           23030                                233,32
              1104 23 30                           230,30                               233,32
              1104 23 90                           146,82                               149,84
              1104 29 11                           182,80                               185,82
              1104 29 15                          204,08                                207,10
              1104 29 19                           238,86                               241,88
              1104 29 31                          219,90                                222,92
              1104 29 35                          245,50                                248,52
              1104 29 39                          238,86                                241,88
              1104 29 91                           140,19                               143,21
              1104 29 95                           156,51                               159,53
              1104 29 99                           152^8                                155,30
              1104 30 10                           103,08                               109,12
              1104 30 90                           107,96                               114,00
              1106 20 10                           121,88 (3)                           128,53
              1106 20 90                          228,11 (3)                            252,29
              1107 10 11                          244,64                                255,52
              1107 10 19                           182,80                               193,68
              1107 10 91                          223,41                                234,29 P)
              1107 10 99                           166,93                               177,81 (")
              1107 20 00                           194,54                               205,42 (2)
              1108 11 00                          302,37                                322,92
              1108 12 00                          231,74                                252,29
              1108 13 00                          231,74                                252,29 (*)
              1108 14 00                           115,87                               252,29
              1108 19 10                          236,13                                266,96
              1108 19 90                           11 5,87 (3)                          252,29
              1 109 00 00                         549,76                                731,10
              1702 30 51                          302,27                                398,99
              1702 30 59                          231,74                                298,23
              1702 30 91                          302,27                                398,99
              1702 30 99                          231,74                                298,23
              1702 40 90                          231,74                                298,23
              1702 90 50                          231,74                                298,23
              1702 90 75                          316,67                                413,39
              1702 90 79                          220,23                                286.72
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                                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                 Import levies 0
                           CN code
                                                                                                    Third countries
                                                                    ACP
                                                                                                  (other than ACP) (")
                     2106 90 55                                   231,74                                 298,23
                     2302 10 10                                     56,96                                  62,96
                     2302 10 90                                    122,07                                128,07
                     2302 20 10                                     56,96                                  62,96
                     2302 20 90                                    122,07                                128,07
                     2302 30 10                                     56,96 (,0)                             62,96
                     2302 30 90                                    122,07 c0)                            128,07
                     2302 40 10                                     56,96                                  62,96
                     2302 40 90                                    122,07                                128,07
                     2303 10 11                                    287,88                                469,22
            (') 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 71 5/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­
                nating 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 foiling 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.
            0 Taric code : CN code 1104 2210, 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.
            0 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.
            (8) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                No 3808/90.
            0 No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
           (10) 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.
           (") 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.1 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.