31975R0449

26 . 2. 75 No L 50/ 9 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 449/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 25 February 1975

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 31 03/74 (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 ( 1 ) 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 85/75 (2), and in particular Article 14 Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (4) thereof ; (EEC) No 1052/68 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1579 /74, the levy on certain processed products Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ must be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­ 67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ tion refund granted in respect of basic products for tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­ processing ; tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (4), and in particular Article 12 (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, in order that account may be taken of the Whereas the rules to be applied to calculating the vari­ interests of the Associated African States and able component of the import levy on products Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­ processed from cereals and rice are laid down in tories, and of the United Republic of Tanzania, the Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 359 /67/ EEC ; Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya , the levy relating to them in respect of certain products whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No processed from cereals must be reduced by the 1052/68 (5) of 23 July 1968 on the import and export amount of the fixed component and, in respect of system for products processed from cereals and rice, as some of these products, by part of the variable compo­ last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (6), nent ; whereas this reduction must be made in accor­ provides that the incidence on the prime costs of these products of the levies applicable to their basic dance with Article 1 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 522/70 (9 ) of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be products should be calculated on the basis of the 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 Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territo­ that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted on ries, and Article 1 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic products in question during the month of importa­ 653 /71 ( 10) of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be accorded to products processed from cereals and rice tion , is calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products considered to have been used in the originating in the United Republic of Tanzania , the Republic of Uganda or the Republic of Kenya , as manufacture of the processed product or the competing product which serves as a reference for last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 241 /75 (") ; processed products not containing cereals ;

Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/68 Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No provides 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 . rate of duty bound within GATT ; (2) OJ No L 1 1 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (4 ) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 . (s ) OJ No L 331 , 11 . 12 . 1974, p . 7 . (5 ) Oj No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . H 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 26, 31 . 1 . 1975 , p . 5 .

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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 ;

Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regula­ 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 March Customs Tariff, 1975 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 25 February 1975 .

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 0.046 (*) 0 O with high starch content, excluding sweet potatoes

11.01 C Barley flour (•) 0.961 0.461

11.01 D 2-268 1.768 Oat flour (*)

11.01 EI Maize flour, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5 °/o by weight (*) 3.718 3-218

11.01 E II Maize flour, of a fat content exceeding 1.5 % by weight (f) 2-074 1-824

11.01 F Rice flour (*) 0 0.250

11.01 G Buckwheat flour (•) 0 0.500

11.01 H Millet flour (*) 0.250 0

11.01 1 J Canary seed flour (*) 0.250 0

11.01 K 2-387 Grain sorghum flour (*) 2-637

11.01 L 0 Cereals flours, other than flour of wheat, meslin, rye, barley, oats, 0.250 maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, canary seed or grain sorghum (*)

11.02 A II Rye groats and meal (») 3.883 4.383

11.02 A III Barley groats and meal (*) 0-461 0.961

11.02 A IV Oat groats and meal (') 1.768 2-268

11.02 A V a) 1 0 Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5 % by 0.500 weight, for the brewing industry (2)

11.02 A V a) 2 3-218 Maize groats and meal, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5 °/o by 3.718 weight, other than for the brewing industry (*)

11.02 A Vb) Maize groats and meal, of a fat content exceeding 1.5 % by 1.824 2-074 weight (2)

11.02 A VI Rice groats and meal (*) 0 0.250

11.02 A VII Buckwheat groats and meal (*) 0 0.500

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 (*) 2-637 2-387

11.02 AX 0.250 0 Cereals groats and meal, other than groats and meal of wheat, meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)

11.02 B I a) 1 0.660 0.410 Hulled (shelled or husked) barley (*)

11.02 B I a) 2 aa) 1-252 . 1.002 Clipped oats

2-018 1.768 11.02 B I a) 2 bb) Hulled (shelled or husked) oats other than clipped oats (*)

0.250' 0 11.02 B I a) 3 Hulled (shelled or husked) buckwheat (f)

0.250' o 1 1.02 B I a) 4 Hulled (shelled or husked) millet (*)

0.410' Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') (*) 0.660 11.02 Bib) 1

2-018 1.768 11.02 Bib ) 2 ■ Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') (l)

0.250 0 Hulled and sliced or kibbled buckwheat (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (2) 11.02 Bib) 3

Hulled and sliced or kibbled millet (' Grütze' or ' Grutten') (*) 0-250 0 11.02 Bib) 4

3.505 3-255 11.02 B II a) Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or kibbled (2)

3-119 2-869 1.02 B II b ) Hulled (shelled or husked) rye, whether or not sliced or kibbled (*)

3-111 2-861 1.02 B lie) Hulled (shelled or husked) maize, whether or not sliced or kibbled (2)

3.994 3.744 Hulled (shelled or husked) grain sorghum, whether or not sliced or 1.02 B II d ) kibbled (*)

Hulled (shelled or husked) grains, whether or not sliced or 0.250 0 1.02 Bile) kibbled, other than those of wheat, rye, maize, barley, oats , buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (*)

1.02 CI Pearled wheat (*) 4.165 3.915

1.02 C II Pearled rye (*) 3.701 3.451

1.02 CIII 1.140 01.640 Pearled barley (')

1.02 CIV Pearled oats (*) 1-821 1.571

1.02 CV Pearled maize (*) 3-111 2-861

1.02 C VI Pearled buckwheat (*) 0.250 0

1.02 C VII Pearled millet (*) 0.250 0

1.02 C VIII Pearled grain sorghum (*) 3.994 3-744

1.02 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 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 )

Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2) 2-746 2-496 11.02 D I

2-450 2-200 1 1.02 D II Rye not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )

•0.511 0.261 11.02 Dili Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)

11.02 D IV Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 ) 1-252 1.002

2-074 1-824 11.02 D V Maize not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)

0.250 0 11.02 D VI Buckwheat not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)

1 1.02 D VII 0.250 0 Millet not otherwise worked than kibbled (2)

1 1.02 D VIII 2-637 2-387 Grain sorghum not otherwise worked than kibbled (2 )

11.02 D IX 0.250 0 Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled , other than grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet or grain sor­ ghum ( 2 )

0.511 0.261 11.02 EI a ) 1 Rolled barley (•)

1-252 1.002 11.02 EI a) 2 Rolled oats (2)

0.250 0 11.02 EI a) 3 Rolled buckwheat (*)

0.250 0 11.02 EI a) 4 Rolled millet (2)

1.012 0.512 1 1.02 E lb) 1 Flaked barley (2)

2-464 1.964 11.02 E lb ) 2 Flaked oats (2)

0.5 GO 0 11.02 E lb) 3 Flaked buckwheat (•)

0.500 0 11.02 E l b) 4 Flaked millet (l)

11.02 E II a) 4-905 4.405 Rolled or flaked wheat (*)

11.02 E II b) 4.383 3-883 Rolled or flaked rye (2)

11.02 E II c) 3.718 3-218 Rolled or flaked maize (2)

11.02 E II d) 4.712 4-212 Rolled or flaked grain sorghum (*)

11.02 E II e) 1 0.500 Flake rice (2) 0

11.02 E II c) 2 0.500 0 Rolled or flaked grains other than grains of wheat, rye , barley , oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum , excluding flaked rice (2)

1 1.02 F I Wheat pellets (*) 4.905 4-405

11.02 F 11 Rye pellets (*) 4.383 3-883

11.02 Fill Barley pellets (*) 0.961 0.461

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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 F IV Oat pellets (2) 2-268 1-768

11.02 FV Maize pellets (*) 3.718 3-218

11.02 F VI Rice pellets (2) 0.250 0

11.02 F VII 0.500 0 Buckwheat pellets (*)

11.02 F VIII 0.250 0 Millet pellets (2)

11.02 FIX 2-637 2-387 Grain sorghum pellets (l)

11.02 F X 0.250 0 Pellets of cereals other than wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet or grain sorghum (2)

11.02 G I 2-335 1-835 Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground

11.02 G II 1-841 1-341 Germ of cereals other than wheat, whole, rolled flaked or ground

11.06 A Denatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot, 0.296 0 salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06, for the manufacture of starches

11.06 5 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

Undenatured flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot, 4-579 2-699 11.06 B II salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06, other than for the manufacture of starches

Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 5.256 4-356 11.07 A I a )

Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of 4-155 3-255 11.07 A lb ) flour

Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, in the form 1-356 (4 ) 0.456 11.07 A II a ) of flour

Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from wheat, other than in 1-240 0.340 11.07 A II b ) the form of flour

Roasted malt 1.297 (4) 0.397 11.07 B

11.08 A I Maize starch 1-700' 0

11.08 All Rice starch 2-550 0

Wheat starch 1-7IOO 0 11.08 A III

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 15 «000 0 Dried wheat gluten

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Levies in u.a ./100 kg

Third countries (other than AASM , OCT, OCT 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 o

17.02 B II a ) Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99% 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

0.450 0.450 23.02 A 1 a; Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight

23.02 A I b ) 0.719 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling 0-719 or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % but not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process

23.02 A I b) 2 1-437 1-437 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % but not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, not having undergone a denaturing process, or with a starch content exceeding 45% by weight

23.02 A II a) 0.359 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling 0.359 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 ) 1-437 1-437 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within subheading No 23.02 A II a )

23.03 A I 15.000 0 Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product, exceeding 40 % by weight

(') This levy is limited to 6 *h 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 •/• 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 */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 product* 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. /100 kg for products originating in Turkey.