CELEX: 31974R3275
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3275/74 of the Commission of 27 December 1974 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 349 / 38                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                28 . 12. 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3275/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 27 December 1974
                      fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       feedingstuffs manufactured from cereals, as amended
COMMUNITIES,                                                         by Regulation (EEC) No 3103/74 (8), provides that the
                                                                     levy thus determined, increased by the fixed compo­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                nent, is valid in general for one month but is altered
Economic Community ;                                                 where the levy applicable to the basic product
                                                                     concerned differs by not less than 0-25 unit of
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                          account per 100 kilogrammes from the average of the
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   levies calculated as described above ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2), and in particular Article
14 (4) thereof ;                                                     Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          No 1579/74, the levy on certain processed products
67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­                tion refund granted in respect of basic products for
tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (4), and in particular Article 12             processing ;
(4) thereof ;
                                                                     Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         in Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 ;
Committee ;
Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­             Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
able component of the import levy on products                        interests    of   the   Associated       African States  and
processed from cereals and rice are laid down in                     Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­
Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and                 tories, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the
Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;                   Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya, the
whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     levy relating to them in respect of certain products
 1052/68 (5 ) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export               processed from cereals must be reduced by the
system for products processed from cereals and rice, as              amount of the fixed component and, in respect of
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (6),                     some of these products, by part of the variable compo­
provides that the incidence on the prime costs of                    nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­
these products of the levies applicable to their basic               dance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 products should be calculated on the basis of the                    522/70 (9) of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be
 average of the levies applicable to these basic products            accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
 for the first twenty-five days of the month preceding               originating in the Associated African States and
 that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on             Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territo­
 the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic                 ries, and Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 products in question during the month of importa­                    653/71 ( 10) of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be
 tion , is calculated on the basis of the quantities of               accorded to products processed from cereals and rice
 basic products considered to have been used in the                   originating in the United Republic of Tanzania, the
 manufacture of the processed product or the                          Republic of Uganda or the Republic of Kenya, as
 competing product which serves as a reference for                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1036/72 ( n );
 processed products not containing cereals ;
                                                                      Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                               pre* ; des that the levy to be charged on the products
 1 579/74 (7) of 24 June 1974 on the procedure for                    listed in the Annex to that Regulation under heading
 calculating the import levy on products processed                    No 07.06 A is limited , with effect from the date of
 from cereals and from rice and for the advance fixing                entry into force of the Geneva Protocol ( 1967)
 of this levy for these products and for compound                     annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
                                                                      Trade, to the amount resulting from application of the
 (')  OJ  No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .
 (2)  OJ  No L 209 , 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 .                             rate of duty bound within GATT ;
 (3)  OJ  No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
 (4)  OJ  No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                           (8) OJ No L 331 , 11 . 12. 1974, p. 7 .
 (5 ) OJ No  L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .                           (9) OJ No L 65, 21 . 3 . 1970 , p. 10 .
 (6)  OJ No  L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .                            ( 10) OJ No L 76, 31 . 3 . 1971 , p. 2.
  7)  OJ No  L 168 , 25 . 6 . 1974, p. 7 .                            (>') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 18 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                      Article 1
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                              The import levies to be charged on the products listed
                                                              in Article 1 (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC and in
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the          Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC and
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         subject to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 are hereby
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in      fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­                                 Article 2
tion No 120/ 67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
Customs Tariff,                                               1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 27 December 1974.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                      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                o       n               O (')
                   with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes
11.01 C            Barley flour (l)                                                           0-500                   0
11.01 D            Oat flour (*)                                                              0-500                   0
11.01 E I          Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight (*)          0-500                   0
11.01 E II         Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 %> by weight (*)               0-250                   0
11.01 F            Rice flour (*)                                                             0-250                   0
11.01 G            Buckwheat flour (')                                                        0-500                    0
11.01 H            Millet flour (*)                                                            0-250                   0
11.01 1 J          Canary seed flour (')                                                       0-250                   0
 11.01 K           Grain sorghum flour (*)                                                     0-250                   0
11.01 L            Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, mesiin, rye, barley, oats,       0-250                   0
                   maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (l)
 11.02 A II        Rye groats and meal (*)                                                      1-861                1-361
11.02 A III        Barley groats and meal (*)                                                  0-500                   0
 11.02 AIV          Oat groats and meal (*)                                                    0-500                   0
 11.02 A Va) 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 °/o by            0-500                   0
                   weight, other than for the brewing industry (2)
 11.02 A V b)      Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1-5 °/o by                0-250                   0
                    weight (2)
 11.02 A VI         Rice groats and meal (*)                                                   0-250                   0
 11.02 A VII        Buckwheat groats and meal (*)                                              0-500                   0
 11.02 A VIII       Millet groats and meal (*)                                                 0-250                   0
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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 A IX           Grain sorghum groats and meal (2)                                           0-250                   0
11.02 AX             Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat,               0-250                   0
                     mesiin , rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain
                     sorghum (2)
11.02 B I a) 1       Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (*)                                       0-250                   0
11.02 B I a ) 2 aa ) Clipped oats                                                                0-250                   0
11.02 B 1 a) 2 bb )  Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (2)                 0-250                   0
11.02 B I a ) 3      Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (2)                                    0-250                   0
1 1.02 B I a ) 4     Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (2)                                        0-250                  0
11.02 B I b ) 1      Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)             0-250                   0
11.02 B I b) 2       Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze' or 'Grutten') (2)               0-250                  0
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 (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2)            0-250                   0
11.02 B II a)        Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or                   0-250                  0
                      kibbled (2 )
 11.02 B II b )       Hulled (shelled or husked )          rye, whether or not sliced    or       1-255                1-005
                      kibbled ( 2 )
11.02 B II c)        Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or                   0-250                   0
                      kibbled (2)
11.02 B II d )        Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or          0-250                   0
                      kibbled (2)
11.02 B II 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 (2)
 11.02 C I            Pearled wheat (2 )                                                          0-250                   0
 11.02 C II           Pearled rye (2)                                                              1-460                1-210
 11.02 C III          Pearled barley (2)                                                          0-500                   0
 11.02 C IV           Pearled oats (2 )                                                           0-250                   0
 1 1.02 C V           Pearled maize (2)                                                           0-250                   0
  11.02 CVI           Pearled buckwheat ( 2)                                                      0-250                   0
 11.02 C VII          Pearled millet (2)                                                          0-250                   0
 11.02 C VIII         Pearled grain sorghum (*)                                                   0-250                   0
  11.02 C IX          Pearled grains, other than grains of wheat , rye, barley, oats, maize,      0-250                   0
                      buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)
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                                                                                                Levies in i. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                         Third countries
                                                                                          (other than        AASM , OCT ,
     CCT heading No                     Nomenclature m simplified wording                  AASM and              Tanzania ,
                                                                                        OCT , Tanzania ,       Uganda and
                                                                                          Uganda and                Kenya
                                                                                             Kenya )
11.02 D I           Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                             0-250                    0
11.02 D II          Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                                 1-021                 0-771
11.02 D III         Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                            0-250                    0
11.02 D IV          Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled H                                 0-250                    0
11.02 D V           Alaize not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                             0-250                     0
11.02 D VI          Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                         0-250                     0
11.02 D VII         Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )                             0-250                    0
11.02 D VIII        Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)                       0-250                    0
11.02 D IX          Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled, other than grains of            0-250                    0
                    wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet or grain sor­
                    ghum (2 )
11.02 EI a ) 1      Rolled barley (*)                                                         0-250                    0
11.02 E I a ) 2     Rolled oats ( 2 )                                                         0-250                    0
11.02 E I a ) 3     Rolled buckwheat (2 )                                                     0-250                    0
11.02 E I a ) 4     Rolled millet (2 )                                                        0-250                    0
1 1.02 E I b ) 1    Flaked barley (2 )                                                        0-500                    0
11.02 E I b ) 2     Flaked oats (2 )                                                          0-500                    0
11.02 E I b ) 3     Flaked buckwheat (l )                                                     0-500                    0
 11.02 E I b ) 4    Flaked millet ( 2 )                                                       0-500                    0
 11.02 E II a )     Rolled or flaked wheat ( l )                                              0-500                    0
 1 1.02 E II b )    Rolled or flaked rye ( 2 )                                                 1-861                 1-361
 11.02 E II c)      Rolled or flaked maize ( 2 )                                              0-500                    0
 11.02 E II d )     Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (*)                                        0-500                    0
 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 (*)                                                         0-500                    0
 11.02 F II          Rye pellets (2)                                                           1-861                 1-361
 11.02 FUI           Barley pellets (*)                                                I      0-500                    0
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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
                                                                                          Ug-.nda and              Kenya
                                                                                             Kenya)
11.02 F IV          Oat pellets (2)                                                           0-500                  0
11.02 F V           Maize pellets (2)                                                         0-500                  0
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)                                                        0-250                  0
11.02 F IX          Grain sorghum pellets (2)                                                 0-250                  0
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                               0-500                  0
11.02 G II          Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled, flaked or ground         0-500                  0
11.06 A             Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot,                0-250                  0
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    for the manufacture of starches
11.06 D 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,              1-700                  0
                    salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06,
                    other than for the manufacture of starches
11.07 A I a)        Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour                 0-900                  0
11.07 A I b )       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of            0-900                  0
                    flour
11.07 AU a )        Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form          0-900 (4 )             0
                    of flour
11.07 Ail b )       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in        0-900                  0
                    the form of flour
11.07 B             Roasted malt                                                              0-900 (4 )             0
11.08 AI            Maize starch                                                              1-700                  0
 11.08 Ail          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, ricc, wheat or potato starch                   1-700                  0
 1 1.09 A           Dried wheat gluten                                                      15-000                   0
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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)
  11.09 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 (8), 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 °/o                      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 J a ;                   Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                        0                  0
                                 or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding
                                 35 °/o by weight
23.02 A I b )                    Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                        0                  0
                                 or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding
                                 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, and having undergone a
                                 denaturing process
 23.02 A I b ) 2                 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                        0                  0
                                 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 %>
                                 by weight
23.02 A II a )                   Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling                        0                  0
                                 or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch
                                 content does not exceed 28 °/o by weight, and of which the percen­
                                 tage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0-2 mm
                                 does not exceed 10 °/o 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                        0                  0
                                 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                         15-000                 0
                                 concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on
                                 the dry product, exceeding 40 °/o by weight
(') This levy is limited to 6 ®/o 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 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 Vo 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.
  (*) 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 .
(4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3375/73 this levy is reduced by 0-45 u.a. /lOO kg for products originating in Turkey.