CELEX: 31981R2405
Language: en
Date: 1981-08-21
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2405/81 of 20 August 1981 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 235 / 24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              21 . 8 . 81
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2405/81
                                                         of 20 August 1981
                    altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
COMMUNITIES,                                                              their effective parity,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community,                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                          these currencies in relation to the Community
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by               19 August 1981 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                               Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
                                                                      differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9), the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of              levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 12 (4)             the amounts set out in the Annex hereto ;
thereof,                                                              Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1784/81 incorporated
                                                                      products within subheading 17.02 F II within the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to                cereals sector ; whereas the coefficients for calculating
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                    the levies on these products were defined in Regula­
                                                                      tion (EEC) No 1783/81 ( l0),
tural policy (■'), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the advice of the Monetary                                                    Article 1
Committee,
                                                                      The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas the import levies on products processed from                  from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                    2744/75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2150/81 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    1783/81 , as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
2367/81 ("),                                                          (EEC) No 2150/81 , are hereby altered to the amounts
                                                                      set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                          Article 2
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 August
      relation to each other at any given moment within                1981 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 August 1981 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 August 1981 altering the import levies on products
                                               processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                        (ECU/tonnc)
                                                                             Import levies
                         CCT heading No                      Third countries
                                                                                             ACP or OCT
                                                       (other than ACP or OCT)
             11.01 G (2)                                          65-05                         62-03
             11.02 A VII 0                                        6505                          62-03
             1 1.02 B II d) (2)                                  100-32                         97-30
             1 1.02 C VI o                                       100-32                         97-30
             1 1.02 D VI (2)                                      65-05                         62-03
             1 1.02 E II d) 2 (2)                                115-50                        109-46
             1 1.02 F VII (2)                                     65-05                         62-03
              (2) 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 1 1.01 and 1 1.02
                  shall be those meeting the following specifications :
                  — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers pblarimetric 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 % for rice, 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % 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.