CELEX: 31975R1969
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1969/75 of the Commission of 30 July 1975 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

31 . 7 . 75                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 200/ 23
                                  REGULATION ( EEC) No 1969/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                of 30 July 1975
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            from cereals and from rice and for the advance fixing
COMMUNITIES,                                                              of this levy for these products and for compound
                                                                          feedingstuffs manufactured from cereals, as amended
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     by Regulation ( EEC) No 31 03/ 74 (8), provides that the
Economic Community ;                                                      levy thus determined, increased by the fixed compo­
                                                                          nent, is valid in general for one month but is altered
                                                                          where the levy applicable to the basic product
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                               concerned differs by not less than 0-25 unit of
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                       account per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                    levies calculated as described above ;
lation ( EEC) No 665/75 (2 ), and in particular Article
 14 (4) thereof ;
                                                                          Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359 /
67/ EEC (•') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                      ( EEC) No 1052/ 68 and Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC)
tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­                      No 1579 / 74, the levy on certain processed products
tion ( EEC) No 476/ 75 (4 ), and in particular Article 12                  must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
(4) thereof ;                                                              tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
                                                                           processing ; whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1921 / 75 (9)
                                                                           laid down certain transitional measures in respect of
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                              starches ;
Committee ;
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­
                                                                          Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
able component of the import levy on products
                                                                           in Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/ 68 ;
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120 / 67/ EEC and
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC ;
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                          Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
 1052/68 (5 ) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export                     interests of the African , Caribbean and Pacific States
system for products processed from cereals and rice, as                    or in the ' overseas countries and territories', the levy
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 980 / 75 (b),                         relating to them in respect of certain products
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                          processed from cereals must be reduced by the
these products of the levies applicable to their basic                     amount of the fixed component and , in respect of
products should be calculated on the basis of the                          some of these products , by part of the variable compo­
average of the levies applicable to these basic products                   nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
for the first twenty-five days of the month preceding                      dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation ( EEC)
that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on                    No 1 599 / 75 ( l0 ) of 24 June 1975 on the arrangements
the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                       applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
products in question during the month of importa­                          resulting from the processing of agricultural products
tion , is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                     originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific
basic products considered to have been used in the                         States or in the 'overseas countries and territories' ;
manufacture of the processed product or the
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
 1 579 /74 ( 7) of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for                       No 07.06 A is limited , with effect from the date of
calculating the import levy on products processed                          entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
                                                                           annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
  ') Of No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 .                             Trade , to the amount resulting from application of the
  -) O") No L 72, 20. 3 . 1975, p . 14.                                    rate of duty bound within GAIT ;
  ') O'j No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 4)  OJ  No    L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975 ,- p . 31 .
  s) OJ  No   L  179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .                            ( s ) 0 | No 1 . 331 , II . 12 . 1974 , p . 7 .
 ")  OJ  No   L  95 , 17 . 4 . 1975, p . 1 .                              (") O'j No L 1 95, 26 . 7 . | 975 . p . 25 .
  7) OJ  No   L  168 , 2 5 . 6 . 1974, p . 7 .                            ( IC ) Ò | No 1 . 166, 28 . 6 . 1975, p . 67 .
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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
                                                                                     Article 1
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    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
                                                             in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC and in
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the         Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359 /67/ EEC and
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         subject to Regulation ( EEC) No 10.52/ 68 are hereby
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in      fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    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             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
Customs Tariff,                                               1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 July 1975 .
                                                                       For the Com mission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX
                                                                                               Levies in u.a. / l 000 kg
                                                                                         Third countries
    CCT heading No                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                  (other than           ACP and
                                                                                             ACP and              OCT (*)
                                                                                             OCT) (*)
07.06 A            Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar roots and tubers                 7-83 I 1 )          6-33 (i )(«)
                   with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 c            Barley flour (*)                                                           83-30                78-30
11.01 D            Oat flour (*)                                                              68-70                63-70
11.01 EI           Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (*)          48-49                43-49
11.01 E II         Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (l)              27-14                24-64
11.01 F            Rice flour (*)                                                              2-50                  0
11.01 G            Buckwheat flour (*)                                                        37-90                32-90
11.01 H            Millet flour (*)                                                           10-71                 8-21
11.01 I J          Canary seed flour (*)                                                       2-50                  0
11.01 K            Grain sorghum flour (*)                                                    42-33                39-83
11.01 L            Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, meslin, rye, barley, oats,       2-50                  0
                   maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (')
11.02 All          Rye groats and meal (*)                                                    97-11                92-11
11.02 A III        Barley groats and meal (*)                                                 83-30                78-30
11.02 A IV         Oat groats and meal (*)                                                    68-70                63-70
11.02 A V a ) 1    Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by             48-49                43-49
                   weight, for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A V a ) 2    Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by           48-49                43-49
                   weight, other than for the brewing industry (*)
11.02 A Vb )       Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 % by                 27-14                24-64
                   weight (l)
11.02 A VI         Rice groats and meal (*)                                                    2-50                  0
11.02 A VII        Buckwheat groats and meal (*)                                              37-90                32-90
11.02 A VIII       Millet groats and meal (■)                                                 10-71                 8-21
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                                                                                                 Levies in u .a ./l 000 kg
                                                                                           Third countries
     OCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                (other than            ACP and
                                                                                              ACP and               OCT (*)
                                                                                              OCT) N
11.02 A IX           Grain sorghum groats and meal (*)                                         42-33                 39-83
11.02 AX             Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,               2-50                  0
                     meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                     sorghum (2)
11.02 B I a) 1       Hulled ( shelled or husked ) barley (*)                                   72-10                 69-60
11.02 B I a ) 2 aa ) Clipped oats                                                              38-60                 36-10
11.02 B I a ) 2 bb ) Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (2)               66-20                 63-70
11 .02 B I a ) 3     Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (2)                                  31-75                 29-25
1 1.02 B I a ) 4     Hulled (shelled or husked ) millet (l)                                     15-38                12-88
                     Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') (2)         72-10                69-60
11.02 Bib ) 1
                     Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') ( 2 )         66-20                63-70
11.02 Bib) 2
                     Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)       31-75                29-25
11.02 Bib ) 3
                     Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)          15-38                12-88
11.02 Bib ) 4
                     Hulled (shelled or husked ) wheat, whether or not sliced or                61-25                58-75
11.02 B II a )
                     kibbled (2)
                     Hulled    (shelled or husked)       rye, whether or not sliced or          70-56                68-06
11.02 B II b )
                     kibbled (2 )
                                                                                                41-16                38-66
11.02 B II c)        Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or
                     kibbled (2)
                                                                                                64-98                62-48
11.02 B II d )       Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or
                     kibbled (2)
                     Hulled (shelled or husked) grains, whether or not sliced or                 2-50                   0
11.02 B If e)
                     kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, barley, oats,
                     buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
                     Pearled wheat (*)                                                          73-17                70-67
 11.02 CI
                     Pearled rye (*)                                                            84-37                81-87
 11.02 C II
                     Pearled barley (2)                                                       113-75                108-75
 11.02 CHI
 11.02 CIV           Pearled oats (2)                                                           59-12                56-62
 1 1.02 C V          Pearled maize (2)                                                          41-16                38-66
 11.02 C VI          Pearled buckwheat (2 )                                                     31-75                29-25
 11.02 C VII         Pearled millet (*)                                                         15-38                12-88
 11.02 C VIII        Pearled grain sorghum (*)                                                  64-98                62-48
 11.02 C IX          Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,       2-50                  0
                     buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
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\\                                                                                         Levies in u. a. /1000 kg
                                                                                     Third countries
     CCT heading No                     Nomenclature in simplified wording             (other than           ACP and
                                                                                        ACP and              OCT (*)
                                                                                         OCT) (*)
1 1.02 D I          Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                           47-55               45-05
 1 1.02 D II        Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (*)                             54-69               52-19
                    Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                          46-87               44-37
 11.02 D III
11.02 D IV          Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                            38-60               36-10
11.02 D V           Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                          27-14               24-64
11.02 D VI          Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (z )                      21-15                18-65
 11.02 D VII        Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                          10-71                 8-21
 1 1.02 D VIII      Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                   42-33                39-83
 11.02 D IX         Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled, other than grains of          2-50                 0
                    wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet or grain sor­
                    ghum ( 2 )
                    Rolled barley (f)                                                     46-87                44-37
 11.02 EI a ) 1
                    Rolled oats (2)                                                       38-60                36-10
 11.02 EI a ) 2
                    Rolled buckwheat (l)                                                  21-15                18-65
 11.02 EI a ) 3
                    Rolled millet (2)                                                      10-71                8-21
11.02 EI a ) 4
 1 1.02 E lb ) 1    Flaked barley (l)                                                      92-00               87-00
  11.02 E lb) 2     Flaked oats (*)                                                        75-78               70-78
  11.02 E I b ) 3   Flaked buckwheat (*i                                                   37-90               32-90
  11.02 E lb ) 4                                                                           19-49               14-49
                    Flaked millet (2)
  11.02 Ella )      Rolled or flaked wheat (*)                                             84-51               79-51
  1 1.02 E lib )    Rolled or flaked rye (2)                                               97-11               92-11
  11.02 E II c)     Rolled or flaked maize (2)                                             48-49               43-49
  11.02 EH d )      Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (*)                                     75-29               70-29
  11.02 E II e ) 1  Flake rice (2 )                                                         5-00                 0
  11.02 E II c) 2   Rolled or flaked grains other than grains of wheat, rye, barley,        5-00                 0
                    oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum, excluding
                    flaked rice (2 )
   11.02 F I        Wheat pellets (*)                                                      84-51               79-51
   11.02 F II        Rye pellets (*)                                                       97-11               92-11
   11.02 Fill        Barley pellets (*)                                                    83-30               78-30
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                                                                                                  Levies in u.a. / l 000 kg
                                                                                           Third countries
      CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                 (other than            ACP and
                                                                                               ACP and               OCT (*)
                                                                                               OCT) O
11.02 F IV           Oat pellets (l )                                                           68-70                 63-70
1 1.02 F V           Maize pellets ( l)                                                         48-49                 43-49
11.02 F VI           Rice pellets (2)                                                             2-50                   0
11.02 F VII          Buckwheat pellets (*)                                                      37-90                 32-90
11.02 F VIII         Millet pellets ( 2 )                                                        10-71                  8-21
11.02 FIX            Grain sorghum pellets (*)                                                  42-33                 39-83
11.02 FX             Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice ,        2-50                   0
                     buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2 )
11.02 G I            Wheat germ , whole, rolled , flaked or ground                               38-13                 33-13
11 . 02 G II         Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled flaked or ground            23-12                 18-12
11.06 A              Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc , arrowroot ,                10-33                  4-83 (5 )
                     salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                     for the manufacture of starches
1 1 . 06  i          Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                39-80                 19-80 ( 5)
                     salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                     for the manufacture of starches
 1 1.06 B II         Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                55-90                 35-90 ( 5)
                     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                   87-62                 78-62
 1 1.07 A I b )      Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of              67-75                 58-75
                     flour
 11.07 A II a )       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form           86-43 (4 )            77-43
                      of flour
  11.07 All b )      Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in          66-86                 57-86
                     the form of flour
  11.07 B             Roasted malt                                                               76-43 (4 )            67-43
  11.08 A I           Maize starch                                                               39-80                 22-80
  11.08 All           Rice starch                                                                25-50                    0
  11.08 A III         Wheat starch                                                               78-31                 61-31
  11.08 A IV          Potato starch                                                              39-80                 22-80
  11.08 A V           Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch                     39-80                11-40 (5)
  11.09 A             Dried wheat gluten                                                        261-48                111-48
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                                                                                                                          Levies in u.a. /l 000 kg
                                                                                                                    Third countries
        CCT heading No                                    Nomenclature in simplified wording                          (other than           ACP and
                                                                                                                       ACP and              OCT (*)
                                                                                                                        OCT) (*)
 11.09 B                          Wheat gluten , other than dried                                                      261-48               111-48
 17.02 B II a )                   Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o or                   109-74                29-74
                                  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 °/«                     77-80               22-80
                                  or more by weight of the pure product (s), 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                      109-74                29-74
                                  powder, whether or not agglomerated
 17.05 B II                       Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of                         77-80 '             22-80
                                  white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
 23.02 A 1 a ;                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     11-19               11-19
                                  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                     17-90               17-90
                                  or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                  35 °/o 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                     35-78               35-78
                                  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 %
                                  by weight                                           •
23.02 A II a )                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                      8-94                8-94
                                  or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                  content does not exceed 28 °/o 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
23.02 A 11 b )                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                     35-78               35-78
                                  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                       178-32                28-32
                                  concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on
                                  the dry product, exceeding 40 °/o by weight
 (*) Subject to the application of the provisions of Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75.
 (') This levy is limited to 6 '/o of the value for customs purposes .
  (*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings 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 •/« by weight
       — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1-6 °/o 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 product* falling
      within subheading No 17.02 B II .
(4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3375/73 this levy is reduced by 0-45 u.a. /100 kg for products originating in Turkey .
(5) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating in the countries
      and territories :
     — arrow-root falling within sub-heading ex 07.06 A
     — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within sub-headings ex 11.06 A , ex 11.06 B I and II
     — arrow-root starch falling within sub-heading ex 11.08 A V.