CELEX: 31979R2771
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2771/79 of 10 December 1979 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

11 . 12. 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 315/ 13
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2771/79
                                                       of 10 December 1979
                     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
zation of the market in cereals (!), as last amended by             Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Regulation (EEC) No 1547/79 (2), and in particular                  7 December 1979 ;
Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        differs from the average levy by more than 3 02 ECU
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                    per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­            Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9), the
lation (EEC) No 1 552/79 (4), and in particular Article             levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
12 (4) thereof,                                                     the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­
tural policy (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                           Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        The import levies to be charged on products
Committee,                                                          processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
Whereas the import levies on products processed                     (EEC) No 2744/75 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                (EEC) No 2245/78 (n), as fixed in the Annex to
No 2628/79 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 amended Regulation (EEC) No 2628/79, are hereby
                                                                    altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto .
No 2738/79 («) ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                            Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 This Regulation shall enter into force on            11
     relation to each other at any given moment within              December 1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 10 December 1979 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No  L  188 , 26. 7 .  1979, p. 1.
(3) OJ  No  L  166,  25. 6.   1976, p. 1.
(«) OJ  No  L  188,  26. 7 .  1979, p. 9.
(5) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(«) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                              H OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(?) OJ No L 303, 29 . 11 . 1979 , p. 15.                            (10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
(8) OJ No L 310, 6. 12. 1979, p. 14.                                (») OJ No L 273, 29. 9 . 1978, p. 1 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 10 December 1979 altering the import levies on products
                                                      processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                      Levies in ECU/tonne
                         CCT heading No                               Third countries
                                                                                                          ACP or OCT
                                                                (other than ACP or OCT)
              11.02 B II a) (2)                                           104.19                           101.17
              11.02 C I (2)                                               124.73                           121.71
              11.02 D I (2)                                                 80.61                           77.59,
              11.02 E II a ) (2)                                          142.97                           136.93
              11.02 F I (2)                                               142.97                           136.93'
              11.02 G I                                                     63.09                           57.05
              11.07 A I a )                                              /146.28                           135.40
              11.07 A lb )                                                1 12.05                          101.17
              11.08 A III                                                 123'- 29                         102.74
              11.09                                                       368.14                           186.80
              (*) 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 polametric 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 °/» for barley, 4 •/• for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 % for
                      other cereals .
                  Germ of cereals , whole, rolled, flaked or ground, tails in all cases within heading No 11.02.