CELEX: 31973R1734
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1734/73 of the Commission of 26 June 1973 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 176/ 14                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            30. 6. 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1734/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 26 June 1973
                           fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  culating the levy on products processed from cereals
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     and rice and for the advance fixing of the levy for
                                                                  some of these products, as last amended by Regula­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                tion (EEC) No 1047/73 (8), provides that the levy
 pean Economic Community ;                                        thus determined, increased by the fixed component,
                                                                  is valid in general for one month but is altered
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                   where the levy applicable to the basic product con­
 EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  cerned differs by not less than 0-25 units of account
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the levies
 the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession           calculated as described above ;
of new Member States to the European Economic
 Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                    Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
 munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and               ( EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation
 in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                           (EEC) No 1080/68 , the levy on certain processed
                                                                  products must be reduced by an amount equal to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                    the production refund granted in respect of basic
 EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  products for processing ;
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the
 Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new                Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
Member States to the European Economic Com­                       in Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 ;
munity and the European Atomic Energy Community,                  Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
 signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in                    interests of the Associated African States and Mada­
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                              gascar and of the Overseas Countries and Territo­
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the                ries, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
                                                                  Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
variable component of the import levy on products
                                                                  levy relating to them in respect of certain products
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                  processed from cereals must be reduced by the
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;
                                                                  amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
                                                                  some of these products, by part of the variable com­
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1052/68 (5) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export
                                                                  ponent ; whereas this reduction must be made in ac­
                                                                  cordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation
system for products processed from cereals and rice,              (EEC) No 522/70 (9) of 17 March 1970 on the treat­
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (9),
                                                                  ment to be accorded to products processed from
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                 cereals and rice originating in the Associated African
these products of the levies applicable to their basic            States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries
products should be calculated on the basis of the                 and Territories, and Article 1 of Council Regulation
 average of the levies applicable to these basic prod­            ( EEC) No 653 /71 ( 10) of 30 March 1971 on the treat­
 ucts for the first twenty-five days of the month pre­
                                                                  ment to be accorded to products processed from
ceding that of importation ; whereas this average,                cereals and rice originating in the United Republic of
 adjusted on the basis of the threshold price valid for          Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda or the Republic
the basic products iin question during the month of               of Kenya, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1036/
importation, is calculated on the basis of the quanti­            72 (») ;
ties of basic products considered to have been used
in the manufacture of the processed product or the               Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
competing product which serves as a reference for                 1052/68 provides that the levy to be charged on the
processed products not containing cereals ;                       products listed in the Annex to that Regulation
                                                                  under heading No 07.06 A is limited, with effect from
"Whereas      Commission        Regulation      (EEC)   No        the date of entry into force of the Geneva Protocol
 1080/68 (7) of 26 July 1968 on the procedure for cal­            ( 1967) annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs
                                                                  and Trade, to the amount resulting from application
  *) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.                         of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;
  *) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
  «) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5 .
  *) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .                             (8)   OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973 , p . 30.
  «) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8 .                             (9)   OJ No L 65 , 21 . 3 . 1970, p . 10.
  •) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 30.                            ( 10) OJ No L 76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p . 2.
  i) OJ No L 181, 27. 7. 1968, p. 6.                              (»)   OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p . 18
 ---pagebreak---   30. 6. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 176/ 15
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                        in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                       Customs Tariff :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
       relation to each other, at any given moment,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
       within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange
       based on their effective parity ;                                                            Article 1
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on                            The import levies to be charged on the products
       the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates                         listed in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
       of each of these currencies recorded for a given                     and in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/
       period, in relation to the Community currencies                      EEC and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
       referred to in the previous subparagraph ;                           are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­
                                                                            lation .
Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee
was requested ;                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July
tion No 120/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for                           1973 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 26 June 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                                                                 Levies in u. a. /100 kg
                                                                                                          Third countries
                                                                                                            (other than       AASM , OCT,
      CCT heading No                              Nomenclature in simplified wording                        AASM and              Tanzania ,
                                                                                                          OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                                                                                                            Uganda and              Kenya
                                                                                                               Kenya )
07.06 A                   Manioc, arrowroot, salep and other similar roots and tubers                          0-348 (')           0-228 (')
                          with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C                   Barley flour ('-)                                                                    3-978               3-478
11.01 D                   Oat flour ( 2 )                                                                      3-578               3-078
11.01 EI                  Mai / e flour , of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (2 )                2-314                1-814
11.01 Ell                 Maize flour , of a fat content exceeding 1-5 n/o by weight (*-)                      1-278                1-028
11.01 F                   Rice flour (-)                                                                      0-250                   0
11.01 G                   Buckwhcat flour ( 2 )                                                               0-500                   0
11.01 H                   Millet flour ( 2 )                                                                  2-479                2-229
11.01 IJ                  Canary seed flour ( 2 )                                                             0-250                   0
11 . 01 K                 Grain sorghum flour (-')                                                            2-167                2-017
11.01 I.                  Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, mesiin , rye . barley , oats,            0-250                   0
                          mai /e . rice , buckwheat , miller, canary seed or grain sorghum (-)
11 . 02 A ir              Rye groats and meal (-)                                                             9-016                8-516
11.02 A HI                Rarley groats and meal (*)                                                          3-9 "7 S             3-478
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                                                                                                      Levies in u. a./100 kg
                                                                                               Third countries
                                                                                                 (other than       AASM , OCT ,
    CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                      A ASM and            Tanzania ,
                                                                                               OCT, Tanzania ,      Uganda and
                                                                                                Uganda and              Kenya
                                                                                                    Kenya )
11.02 A IV          Oat groats and meal (2)                                                         3-578              3-078
11.02 A V a) 1      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by                0-500                  0
                    weight, for the brewing industry (2)
11.02 A V a) 2      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by                  2-314               1-814
                    weight, other than for the brewing industry (2)
11.02 A V b)        Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 %> by                     1-278               1-028
                    weight (2)
11.02 A VI          Rice groats and meal (2)                                                        0-250                  0
11.02 A VII         Buckwheat groats and meal (2)                                                   0-500                  0
11.02 A VIII        Millet groats and meal (2)                                                      2-479               2-229
11.02 A IX          Grain sorghum groats and meal (2)                                               2-267               2-017
11.02 AX            Cereals groats and meal , other than groats and meal of wheat,
                    mesiin , rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                    sorghum (2 )                                                                     0-250                  0
 11.02 B I a) 1     Hulled (shelled or husked ) barley (2)                                           3-341              3-091
 11.02 B I a) 2 aa)  Clipped oats                                                                    1-994               1-744
 11.02 B I a) 2 bb)  Hulled (shelled or husked ) oats other than clipped oats (2)                    3-328               3-078
 11.02 B I a ) 3     Hulled (shelled or husked ) buckwheat (-')                                      0-250                  0
 1 1.02 B I a ) 4    Hulled ( shelled or husked ) millet (2)                                         3-746               3-496
  11.02 B I b ) 1    Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') (2 )              3-341              3-091
  11.02 B I b ) 2    Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Griitze' or ' Grutten ') (2 )               3-328              3-078
  11.02 B I b ) 3    Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat (" Grütze' or ' Grutten ') (2 )           0-250                  0
  11.02 B I b ) 4    Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet (' Griitze' or ' Grutten ') (-)              3-746               3-496
  11.02 B II a )     Hulled ( shelled or husked ) wheat, whether or not sliced or                     4-378               4-128
                      kibbled (-)
  11.02 B II b )     Hulled ( shelled     or husked )     rye, whether or      not sliced   or        6-542               6-292
                      kibbled (-)
                      Hulled ( shelled or husked ) maize, whether or not sliced or                     1-863              1-613
   11.02 B U c)
                      kibbled (-)
   11.02 B II d )     Hulled (shelled or husked ) grain sorghum , whether or not sliced or             3-413              3-163
                      kibbled (-)
   11.02 B lì e)      Hulled (shelled or husked ) grains, whether or not sliced or                     0-250                 0
                      kibbled , other than those of wheat, rye . maize, barley , oats ,
                      buckwheat , millet or grain sorghum (-)
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                                                                                                   Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                         Third countries
                                                                                          ( other than          AASM , OCT,
    CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                AASM and                  Tanzania ,
                                                                                         OCT , Tanzania ,        Uganda and
                                                                                          Uganda and                   Kenya
                                                                                              Kenya )
11.02 C I          Pearled wheat (2 )                                                        5-216                    4-966
11.02 C II         Pearled rye ( 2)                                                          7-820                    7-570
11.02 C III        Pearled barley (2 )                                                        5-330                   4-830
11.02 C IV         Pearled oats ( 2 )                                                        2-986                    2-736
11.02 C V          Pearled maize ( L> )                                                       1 - 863                  1-613
11.02 C VI         Pearled buckwheat ( 2 )                                                   0-250                       0
11.02 C VII        Pearled miller (-')                                                       3-746                    3-496
11.02 C VIII       Pearled grain sorghum ( 2 )                                               3-413                    3-163
11.02 C IX         Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize,     0-250                       0
                   buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum ( 2 )
11.02 D I          Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                              3-416                    3-166
11.02 D II         Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (-')                                5-076                    4-826
11.02 D III        Barley nor otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                               2-221                    1-971
11.02 D IV         Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled ( 2 )                                1 - 994                 1-744
11.02 D V          Maize nor otherwise worked than kibbled (-)                                 1 - 27S                 1-028
11.02 D VI         Buckwheat nor otherwise worked than kibbled ( ~ )                          0-250                      0
11.02 D VII        Millet not otherw ise worked than kibbled (-)                              2-479                   2-229
11.02 D VIII       Grain sorghum nor otherwise worked than kibbled {-)                        2-267                   2-017
11.02 D IX         Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled , other than grams of             ()- 25(i                   0
                   wheat, rve. barlev , oats , maize , buckwheat, millet or gram sor­
                   ghum (-)
11.02 E I a ) 1    Rolled barley (l )                                                         2-221                    1-971
                   Rolled oats (-)                                                             I - 994                 1-744
11.02 E I a ) 2
                   Rolled buckwheat (-;                                                       0-250                      0
11.02 E I a ) 3
                   Rolled millet (-')                                                         2-4^9                    i.n9
11.02 E I a ) 4
11.02 E I b ) 1    Naked barlev                                                               4· ìii4                 3-S64
11.02 E 1 h ) 2    Naked oats (-;                                                              1-920                   1-420
                   F laked buckwheat (*}                                                      0-500                      n
11.02 E I b ) 3
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                                                                                               Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                         Third countries
                                                                                          (other than      AASM, OCT,
    CCT heading No                     Nomenclature in simplified wording                 AASM and            Tanzania,
                                                                                         OCT, Tanzania ,    Uganda and
                                                                                          Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                             Kenya)
11.02 E I b) 4     Flaked millet (2)                                                         4-433             3-933
11.02 E II a)      Rolled or flaked wheat (2)                                                6-087             5-587
11.02 E II b)      Rolled or flaked rye (2)                                                  9-016              8-516
11.02 E II c)      Rolled or flaked maize (2)                                                2-314              1-814
11.02 E II d)      Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (2)                                        4-059              3-559
11.02 E II e) 1    Flake rice (2)                                                            0-500                0
11.02 E II e) 2    Rolled or flaked grains other than grains of wheat, rye, barley,          0-500                0
                   oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum, excluding
                   flaked rice (2)
11.02 FI           Wheat pellets (2)                                                         6-087              5-587
11.02 F II         Rye pellets (2)                                                           9-016              8-516
11.02 F III        Barley pellets (2)                                                        3-978              3-478
11.02 F IV         Oat pellets (2)                                                           3-578              3-078
11.02 F V          Maize pellets (2)                                                         2-314              1-814
11.02 F VI         Rice pellets (2)                                                          0-250                0
11.02 F VII        Buckwheat pellets (2)                                                      0-500               0
11.02 F VIII       Millet pellets (2)                                                         2-479             2-229
11.02 F IX         Grain sorghum pellets (2)                                                  2-267             2-017
11.02 F X           Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice,      0-250               0
                    buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)
11.02 G I          Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                                2-828             2-328
 11.02 G II        Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground          1-256             0-756
 11.06 A           Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                 0-598             0-168
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    for the manufacture of starches
 11.06 B I         Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,               1-700               0
                   salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    for the manufacture of starches
 11.06 B II         Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,              3-323             1-443
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    other than for the manufacture of starches
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                                                                                            Levies in a.a ./100 kg
                                                                                      Third countries
                                                                                       (other than      AASM, OCT,
    CCT heading No                     Nomenclature in simplified wording              AASM and             Tanzania,
                                                                                      OCT, Tanzania,      Uganda and
                                                                                       Uganda and             Kenya
                                                                                          Kenya)
11.07 A I a)       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour              6-425              5-525
11.07 A I b)       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of         5-028               4-128
                   flour
11.07 A II a)       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form      4-339               3-439
                    of flour
11.07 A II b)      Unroasted malt, other thain that obtained from wheat, in the form      3-470               2-570
                    in the form of flour
11.07 B            Roasted malt                                                           3-895               2-995
11.08 A I          Maize starch                                                            1-700                0
11.08 A II         Rice starch                                                            2-550                 0
11.08 A III        Wheat starch                                                            1-700                0
 11.08 A IV        Potato starch                                                           1-700                0
11.08 A V          Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch                 1-700                0
11.09 A            Dried wheat gluten                                                    15-000                 0
11.09 B            Wheat gluten, other than dried                                        15-000                 0
17.02 B II a)      Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o or     8-000                 0
                   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 %       5-500                 0
                   or more by weight of the pure product (3), 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        8-000                 0
                   powder, whether or not agglomerated
17.05 B II         Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of         5-500                 0
                   white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated
23.02 A 1 a;       Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling     0-604              0-604
                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                   35 %» by weight
23.02 A I b) 1     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling     0-967              0-967
                   or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                   35 % but not exceeding 45 %> by weight, and having undergone a
                   denaturing process
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                                                                                                                        Levies in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                                                 Third countries
                                                                                                                   (other than      AASM, OCT,
     CCT heading No                                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                        AASM and            Tanzania,
                                                                                                                OCT, Tanzania,       Uganda and
                                                                                                                   Uganda and            Kenya
                                                                                                                     Kenya)
 23.02 A I b) 2                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                    1-934              1-934
                                 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 °/o
                                 by weight
23.02 A II a)                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                  0-484               0-484
                                 or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                 content does not exceed 28 % 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 II b)                   Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                   1-934               1-934
                                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                       15000                  0
                                concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on
                                the dry product, exceeding 40 °/o by weight
(*) This levy is limited to 6 •/# 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 polanmetric 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.
0 Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .