CELEX: 31981R2492
Language: en
Date: 1981-08-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2492/81 of 26 August 1981 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 244/32                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 8 . 81
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2492/81
                                                       of 26 August 1981
                  altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
COMMUNITIES,                                                             relation to each other at any given moment within
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Economic Community,                                                      their effective parity,
                                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                         these currencies in relation to the Community
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                  currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                            25 August 1981 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                differs from the average levy by more than 3*02 ECU
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of            per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 12 (4)          Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9), the
thereof,                                                            levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                   the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
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 ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                          Article 1
No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on products processed
Having regard to the advice of the Monetary                         from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
Committee ,                                                         2744/75 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the import levies on products processed from                1783/81 ("), as fixed in the Annex to amended Regula­
cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                  tion (EEC) No 2150/81 , are hereby altered to the
                                                                    amounts set out in the Annex hereto .
2150/81 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2475/81 (8),                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 August 1981 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
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(6) OJ No   L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                          0 OJ No L 168 , 25. 6 . 1974, p . 7.
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                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 August 1981 altering the import levies on products
                                              processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                                             Import levies
                        CCT heading No                     Third countries
                                                                                            ACP or OCT
                                                     (other than ACP or OCT)
           11.01 D (2)                                          44-83                          38-79
           1 1.02 A IV (2)                                     44-83                           38-79
           1 1 .02 B I a) 2 aa)                                 25-00                          21-98
           1 1.02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                              41-81                          38-79
            1 1 .02 B I b) 2 (2)                                41-81                          38-79
            1 1.02 C IV (2)                                     37-50                          34-48
            1 1.02 D IV (2)                                     25-00                          21-98
            1 1.02 E I a) 2 (2)                                 25-00                          21-98
            1 1 .02 E I b) 2 (2)                                49-14                          43-10
            1 1.02 F IV (2)                                     44-83                          38-79
            (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 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 % 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 .