CELEX: 31994R2346
Language: en
Date: 1994-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2346/94 of 29 September 1994 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 254/48                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                30. 9 . 94
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2346/94
                                                        of 29 September 1994
                          fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           1 740/78 f7), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                      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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                levies calculated as described above :
 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 1992 on the common organization of the
                                                                      relating to them in respect of certain products processed
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)            from cereals must be reduced by the amount of the fixed
 No 1 866/94 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (3) 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No             from the processing of agricultural products originating in
 1869/94 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,               the ACP States (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                      235/94 (9);
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable
component of the import levy on products processed                     whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 1 1 (1 ) (A) of       3763/91 (10), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of                (u), allows that within the limit of an annual quantity of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 ; whereas Article 2 of                   8 000 tonnes, the levy shall not be applied to imports into
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 of 25 June                     the French department of Reunion of wheat bran falling
 1993 on the import and export system for products                    within CN code 2302 30 from the African, Caribbean and
processed from cereals and rice (*), provides that the inci­          Pacific (ACP) States ;
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
basic products for the first 25 days of the month                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
preceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for the            overseas countries and territories with the European
basic products in question during the month of importa­               Economic Community (12) no levies shall apply on
tion is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic            imports of products originating in the overseas countries
products considered to have been used in the manufac­                 and territories ;
ture of the processed product or the competing product
which serves as a reference for processed products not
containing cereals ;
                                                                      Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
                                                                      December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
                                                                      agricultural products originating in developing countries
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of                     (u), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3668/93 (14),
24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import              reduces by 50 % the levy or importation into the
levy on products processed from cereals and from rice                 Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00, within
and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products            the limit of a fixed amount of 5 000 tonnes a year ;
and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
cereals (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      O OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978 , p. 8 .
                                                                      (8) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
O   OJ No    L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                             H OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.
(2) OJ No    L 197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 1 .                              o OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ No    L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              (") OJ No L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23.
(4) OJ No    L 197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 7.                               (,2) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
O   OJ No    L 155,  26. 6. 1993, p. 29 .                             H OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
(4 OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.                                    H OJ No L 338 , 31 . 12. 1993, p. 22.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March                Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1994 (') has opened Community tariff quotas for certain              1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 f), as
agricultural products and fixed the levies to be applied on          amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (8), are used to
 imports of those products ; whereas Commission Regula­              convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 tion (EC) No 1 897/94 (2) has established the detailed rules        and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 of the import regime for cereals laid down in Regulation            conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
(EC) No 774/94 ;                                                     whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                     tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9                      lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (9), as amended by Regulation
 February 1987 concerning the import arrangements appli­             (EC) No 547/94 (10),
cable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 and
0714 90 originating in certain third countries (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/92 (4), lay down
the terms on which the import levy is limited to 6 % ad              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 valorem ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29                                                 Article 1
October 1975 on glucose and lactose ^, as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (6), stipulates that the treat­
ment provided for glucose and glucose syrup falling
within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90               The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 it is to be extended to               Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
glucose and glucose syrup falling within CN codes                    Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 ; whereas consequently the                subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 shall be as set
                                                                     out in the Annex hereto.
levy fixed for products falling within CN codes
 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 2
tion is properly applied, these products and the levy
thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
levies ;                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 September 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Rene STEICHEN
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L 91 , 8 . 4. 1994, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 194, 29. 7. 1994, p. 4.
(3  OJ   No L 43, 13 . 2. 1987, p. 9 .                               0 OJ No L 387,      31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 394, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 23.                             (8) OJ No L 320,    22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
0   OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20 .                           0 OJ No L 108,      1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(6) OJ   No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                (I0) OJ No L 69,   12. 3 . 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 1994 fixing the import levies on products
                                                  processed from cereals and rice
                                                      (ECU/tonne)                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                  Import levies Q                                               Import levies f)
     CN code                                                              CN code
                                              Third countries                                               Third countries
                            ACP                                                           ACP
                                             (other than ACP)                                              (other than ACP)
  0714 10 10 0              91,97                   98,62              1104 23 90         94,59                   97,61
  0714 10 91                95,60 (2)0              95,60              1104 29 11         88,82                   91,84
  0714 10 99                93,79                   98,62
                                                                       1104 29 15        140,39                  143,41
  0714 90 11                95,60 (2)0              95,60
                                                                       110429 19         152,56                  155,58
  071490 19                 93,79 (2)               98,62
  110220 10                166,93                  172,97
                                                                       1104 29 31        106,85          '       109,87
  1102 20 90                94,59                   97,61              1104 29 35        168,90                  171,92
  1102 30 00               124,97                  127,99              1104 29 39        152,56                  155,58
  1102 90 10               172,08                  178,12              1104 29 91         68,12                   71,14
  1102 90 30               168,05                  174,09
                                                                       1104 29 95 "      107,67                  110,69
  1102 90 90                97,26                  100,28
                                                                       1104 29 99         97,26                  100,28
  1103 1200                168,05                  174,09
                                                                       110430 10          50,09                   56,13
  1103 13 10               166,93                  172,97
  1103 1390                 94,59                   97,61              1104 30 90         69,56                   75,60
  1103 14 00               124,97                  127,99              110620 10          91,97 (2)               98,62
  1103 19 10               190,01                  196,05              1106 20 90        145,68 (2)              169,86
  1103 19 30               172,08                  178,12              1108 11 00        146,92     "            167,47
  1103 1990                 97,26                  100,28
                                                                       1108 12 00        149,31                  169,86
  1103 21 00               120,20                  126,24
  1103 29 10               190,01                  196,05
                                                                       1108 13 00        149,31                  169,86 0
  1103 29 20               172,08                  178,12              1108 1400          74,65                  169,86
  1103 29 30               168,05                  174,09              1108 19 10        179,21                  210,04
  1103 29 40               166,93                  172,97              1108 19 90         74,65 0                169>86
  1103 29 50               124,97                  127,99              1109 00 00        267,12                  448,46
  1103 29 90                97,26                  100,28
                                                                       1702 30 51        194,75                  291,47
  1104 11 10                97,51                  100,53
                                                                       1702 30 59        149,31                  215,80
  1104 11 90               191,20                 197,24
  1104 12 10                95,23                   98,25              1702 30 91        194,75                  291,47
  1104 1290                186,72                 192,76               1702 30 99        149,31                  215,80
  1104 19 10               120,20                 126,24               1702 40 90        149,31                  215,80
  1104 19 30               190,01                 196,05               1702 90 50        149,31                  215,80
  1104 1950                166,93                 172,97               1702 90 75        204,03                  300,75
  1104 19 91               212,22                 218,26
                                                                       1702 90 79        141,89                  208,38
  1104 19 99               171,63                 177,67
                                                                       2106 90 55        149,31                  215,80
  110421 10                152,96                 155,98
  1104 21 30               152,96                 155,98               2302 10 10         35,72                   41,72
  1104 21 50               239,00                 245,04               2302 10 90         76,54                   82,54
  1104 21 90                97,51                 100,53               2302 20 10         35,72                   41,72
  1104 22 10 10 (3)         95,23                   98,25              2302 20 90         76,54                   82,54
  1104 22 10 90 (4)        168,05                 171,07
                                                                       2302 30 10         35,72 (8)               41,72
  1104 22 30               168,05                 171,07
                                                                       2302 30 90         76,54 (8)               82.54
  1104 22 50               149,38                 152,40
  1104 22 90                95,23                   98,25              2302 40 10         35,72                   41,72
  1104 23 10               148,38                 151,40               2302 40 90         76,54                   82,54
  1104 23 30               148,38                 151,40               2303 10 11        185,48                  366,82
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(') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions.
(2) 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.
(3) Taric code : clipped oats.
(4) Taric code : CN code 11042210, other than 'clipped oats'.
Is) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90, the levy on importation into the Community of products of CN code 1108 13 00 is reduced under the
    conditions provided for in this Regulation.
(') 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.
Q No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
(8) 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.
(') For imported products falling within these codes, the levy applicable is restricted within the conditions provided for in Council Regulation (EC)
    No 774/94.