CELEX: 31985R0274
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 274/85 of 31 January 1985 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 2 . 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 28 /49
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 274/85
                                                       of 31 January 1985
                    altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
COMMUNITIES,                                                               provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      No 974/71 (10), as last amended by Regulation
Economic Community,                                                        (EEC) No 855/84 ("),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                    these currencies recorded over a given period in
Regulation (EEC) No 1018 /84 (2), and in particular                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                                    in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
                                                                           cient ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation            30 January 1985 ;
(EEC) No 1025/84 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4)              Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
thereof,
                                                                    differs from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the                   per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to              Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (12), the
be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­                  levies at present in force must therefore be altered to
tural policy ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the advice of the Monetary                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Committee,
"Whereas the import levies on products processed from                                           Article 1
 cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
 208/85 0 ;                                                         The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1027/84 of                      from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
 31 March 1984 (8) amended Regulation (EEC) No                      2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2744/75 (9) as regards products falling within sub­                 1027/84, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
 heading 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;                     No 208 /85 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
      relation to each other at any given moment within             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on                 1985 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 31 January 1985.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
 (') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 O   OJ   No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ   No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
  4  OJ   No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 .
 O   OJ   No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
 (6) OJ   No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .
 0   OJ   No  L 24, 29 . 1 . 1985, p. 5.                             ( 10) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
 (8) OJ   No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 15.                            (") OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1985 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 F (2)                                         67,28                          64,26
            11.02 A VI (2)                                      67,28                          64,26
             11.02 E II d) 1 (2)                               115,16                         109,12
            1 1.02 F VI (2)                                     67,28                          64,26
            11.08 A II                                          86,63                          55,80
            (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.