CELEX: 31979R1262
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-28
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1262/79 of 27 June 1979 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

28 . 6 . 79                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 160 /23
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1262/79
                                                               of 27 June 1979
                         fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           factured from cereals (7), as last amended by Regula­
  COMMUNITIES,                                                            tion (EEC) No 1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus
                                                                          determined, increased by the fixed component, is
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   valid in general for one month but is altered where
  Economic Community,                                                     the levy applicable to the basic product concerned
                                                                          differs by not less than 2-5 units of account per tonne
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            from the average of the levies calculated as described
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                         above ;
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular
                                                                          Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
 Article 14 (4) thereof,                                                  (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                          No 1 579/74, the levy on certain processed products
                                                                          must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                         processing ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9),
 tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­                 as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 241 5/75 ( 10), laid
 lation (EEC) No 1 260/78 (4 ), and in particular Article                 down certain transitional measures in respect of
  12 (4) thereof,                                                         starches ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                             Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
 Committee ,                                                              in Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accor­
                                                                          dance with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 ( n ), as last
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­                 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 127/78 ( 12), the
 able component of the import levy on products                            variable component of the levy on certain processed
 processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                         products must be reduced by the incidence of the
 Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and                  production refund granted in respect of basic products
 Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 ;                   intended for processing ;
 whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and                             Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
 export system for products processed from cereals and                    interests of the African , Caribbean and Pacific States
 rice (5 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
 2245/78 (6), provides that the incidence on the prime                    relating to them in respect of certain products
 costs of these products of the levies applicable to their                processed from cereals must be reduced by the
 basic products should be calculated on the basis of the                  amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
 average of the levies applicable to these basic products                 some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
 for the first 25 days of the month preceding that of                     nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
 importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on the                     dance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC)
 basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                         No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the arrangements
 products in question during the month of importa­                       applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
 tion , is calculated on the basis of the quantities of                   resulting from the processing of agricultural products
 basic products considered to have been used in the                      originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific
 manufacture of the processed product or the                             States or in the overseas countries and territories ( 13),
 competing product which serves as a reference for                       as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 198 /78 ( 14) ;
 processed products not containing cereals ;
                                                                         Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75
                                                                          provides that the levy to be charged on the products
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74                           listed in the Annex to that Regulation under
 of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the                    subheading 07.06 A is limited, with effect from the
 import levy on products processed from cereals and                      date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
 from rice and for the advance fixing of this levy for
 these products and for compound feedingstuffs manu­                     (7) OJ No L 168 , 25 . 6 . 1974, p. 7.
                                                                         (8) OJ No L 202, 26 . 7 . 1978 , p. 8 .
(')  OJ   No  L 281 , 1.11 .   1975,  p.  1.                             (9) OJ No L 195, 26 . 7 . 1975, p. 25 .
(2 ) OJ   No  L 156,  14 . 6 . 1978 , p.  1.                             ( 10) OJ No L 247, 23 . 9 . 1975, p . 22.
(3 ) OJ   No  L 166,  25 . 6 . 1976,  p.  1.                             (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
(4)  OJ   No  L 156,  14 . 6 . 1978 , p.  11 .                           ( ,2) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5 . 1978 , p. 24.
(5)  OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p.  65 .                           ( 13 ) OJ No L 85, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 2.
(b)  OJ   No  L 273 , 29 . 9 . 1978 , p.  1.                             ( 14) OJ No L 147, 3 . 6 . 1978 , p. 1 .
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 annexed to the General Agreement on tariffs and                Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­
 trade, to the amount resulting from application of the         tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided
 rate of duty bound within GATT ;                               for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                                Customs Tariff,
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
       relation to each other at any given moment within
       a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
       their effective parity ;                                                          Article 1
 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the          The import levies to be charged on the products listed
       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         in Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
       of these currencies recorded for a given period in       in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
       relation to the Community currencies referred to         and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 shall be
       in the previous indent ;                                 as set out in the Annex hereto .
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
 March 1979 (') laid down the coefficient for                                            Article 2
 expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
 ECU ;                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1979 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 27 June 1979 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
( t ) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 27 June 1979 fixing the import levies on products
                                                 processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                    (ECU I tonne )
                                                                                Imports
                           CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                                                        ACP or OCT
                                                        (other than ACP or OCT)
            07.06 A                                                 17-07 (»)             15-26 0 )( 5 )
                                                                  176-72                  170-68
             11.01 C (2)
                                                                  176-59                  170-55
             11.01 D (2)
                                                                  160-97                  154-93
             11.01 EI ( 2 )
                                                                   90-81                    87-79
             11.01 E II ( 2 )
                                                                   6.3-67                   60-65
             11.01 F (2)
                                                                   98-61                    95-59
             11.01 G ( 2 )
                                                                  179-49                  173-45
             11.02 All ( 2 )
                                                                  176-72                  170-68
             11.02 A III (2 )
                                                                  176-59                  170-55
             11.02 A IV ( 2 )
                                                                  123-98                  117-94
             11.02 A V a ) 1 ( 2 )
                                                                  160-97                   154-93
             11.02 A Va ) 2 ( 2 )
             11.02 A Vb ) ( 2 )                                     90-81                   87-79
             11.02 A VI ( 2 )                                       63-67                   60-65
             11.02 A VII ( 2 )                                      98-61                   95-59
             11.02 B I a ) 1 ( 2 )                                154-73­                  151-71
             11.02 B I a ) 2 aa )                                   99-67                   96-65
             11.02 B I a ) 2 bb ) (2 )                            173-57                  170-55
             11.02 Bib ) 1 ( 2 )                                  154-73                   151-71
             11.02 Bib ) 2 (2 )                                   173-57                   170-55
             11.02 B II a ) ( 2)                                  1 17-27                  114-25
             11.02 B lib ) (2 )                                   131-18                   128-16
             11.02 B II c ) (2 )                                  140-73                   137-71
             11.02 B II d ) (2 )                                  152-97                   149-95
             11.02 C I ( 2)                                       140-46                   137-44
             11.02 C II ( 2 )                                      157-20                  154-18
             11.02 C III ( 2 )                                    243-09                  237-05
             11.02 CIV ( 2 )                                       154-62                 151-60
             11.02 C V ( 2 )                                      140-73                   137-71
             11.02 C VI ( 2 )                                     152-97                   149-95
             11.02 D I (2 )                                         90-64                   87-62
             11.02 D II ( 2 )                                     1,01-31                   98-29
             11.02 D III ( 2 )                                      99-74                  96-72
             11.02 D IV ( 2 )                                       99-67                   96-65
             11.02 D V ( 2 )                                        90-81                   87-79
             11.02 D VI ( 2 )                                       98-61                   95-59
             11.02 E I a ) 1 ( 2 )                                  99-74                   96-72
             11.02 EI a ) 2 ( 2 )                                   99-67                   96-65
             11.02 E I b ) 1 (2 )                                 195-68                  189-64
             11.02 E lb ) 2 ( 2 )                                 195-54                  189-50
             11.02 Ella ) ( 2 )                                   160-66                  154-62
             11.02 E lib ) ( 2 )                                  179-49                  173-45
             11.02 E II c) (2 )                                   160-97                  154-93
             11.02 E II d ) 1 ( 2 )                               109-04                  103-00
             11.02 E II d ) 2 ( 2 )                               174-74                  168-70
             11.02 F I ( 2 )                                      1 60-66                 154-62
             11.02 F II ( 2 )                                     179-49                  173-45
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                                                                                                                              (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                               Imports
                          CCT heading No                                Third countries
                                                                 (other than ACP or OCT)                      ACP or OCT
             11.02 Fill (2)                                                 176-72                                 170-68
             11.02 F IV (2)                                                 176-59                                 170-55
             11.02 F V (2 )                                                 160-97                                154-93
             11.02 F VI (2)                                                  63-67                                  60-65
             11.02 F VII ( 2 )                                               98-61                                  95-59
             11.02 G I                                                       70-47                                 64-43
             11.02 G II                                                      70-59                                  64-55
            11.04 CI                                                         20-09                                  13-44 (5 )
             11.04 C II a )                                                 126-04                                10 :1-86 ( 5 )
            11.04 C II b)                                                   159-12                                 134-94 5)
             11.07 Ala)                                                     163-78                                152-90
            11.07 Alb )                                                     125-13                                114-25
             11.07 A II a )                                                 179-66 ( 4 )                          168-78
            11.07 All b)                                                    136-99                                126-11
            11.07 B                                                         157-85 ( 4 )                          1 46-97
            11.08 A 1                                                       126-04                                105-49
            11.08 A II                                                       79-41                                  48-58
            11.08 A III                                                    144-92                                 124-37
            11.08 A IV                                                     126-04                                 105-49
            11.08 A V                                                      126-04                                   52-74 («)
            11.09                                                          407-46                                 226-12
            17.02 B II a) (3)                                              234-31                                 137-59
            17.02 B II b) (3)                                              171-98                                 105*49
           21.07 F II                                                      171-98                                 105-49
            23.02 A I a)                                                     26-68                                  26*68
            23.02 A I b )                                                    85-37                                  85-37
            23.02 A II a)                                                    21-35                                  21-35
            23.02 A II b)                                                    »5-37                                  85-37
            23.03 A I                                                      312-38                                 131-04
           (*) This levy is limited to 6 •/o of the value for customs purposes.
           (*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
               falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading 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 °/o for barley , 4 % for buckwheat , 5 % for oats and 2 % for other cereals .
               Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .
           (') Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the (product ialling within subheading 17.02 B I is subject to the
               same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II .
           (*) In accordance with Regulation ( EEC ) No 1180 /77 this levy is reduced by 5*44 ECU /tonne for products
               originating in Turkey .
           (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 706/76 the levy shall not be charged on the following products
               originating in  the countries and territories :
               — arrowroot     falling within subheading ex 07.06 A ,
               — flours and    meal of arrowroot falling within subheadings ex 11.04 C I, ex 11.04 C II a) e b),
               — arrowroot     starch falling within subheading ex 11.08 A V.