31979R2165

No L 250/ 16 4. 10 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2165/79 of 3 October 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 ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Economic Community, of these currencies in relation to the Community Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No currencies referred to in the previous subpara­ 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ graph ; zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, for the period 26 September to 2 October 1979 ;

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 organiza­ differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­ per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to lation (EEC) No 1552/79 (4), and in particular Article Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9), the 12 (4) thereof, levies at present in force must therefore be altered to 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 be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 ( u ), as fixed in the Annex to No 2097/79 (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No amended Regulation (EEC) No 2097/79, are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto. 2137/79 (»); 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 4 October 1979 . relation to each other at any given moment within

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

Done at Brussels, 3 October 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 . 4) 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 . (9) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7. 7) OJ No L 245, 28 . 9 . 1979 , p. 15 . ( 10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65. 8) OJ No L 246, 29 . 9 . 1979, p. 72. (»») OJ No L 273, 29. 9. 1978 , p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 October 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) 98·34 95.32 11.02 CI (2) 117.69 114-67 11.02 D I (2) 76.12 73.10 11.02 E II a) (2) 135-05 129-01 11.02 F I (2) 135.05 129-01 11.02 G I 59.79 53.75 11.07 A I a) 138-45 127-57 11.07 A lb) 106.20 95-32 11.08 A III 113.61 93.06 11.09 350-54 169-20

(*) 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 °/o for rice , 2.5 °/o for wheat , 3 °/o for barley , 4 */o 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 .