31980R2639

16 . 10 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 272/ 13

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2639/ 80 of 15 October 1980 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the COMMUNITIES, arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies in relation to the Community Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European currencies referred to in the previous indent ; Economic Community, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 14 October 1980 ; 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ zation of the market in cereals ( 1 ), as last amended by Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed Regulation (EEC) No 1870/80 (2), and in particular differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU Article 14 (4) thereof, per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (9), the 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ levies at present in force must therefore be altered to tion of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regu­ the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, lation (EEC) No 1871 /80 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 Article 1 tural policy (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof, The import levies to be charged on products Whereas the import levies on products processed processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 2744/75 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation No 2472/80 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 2245/78 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to No 2631 /80 (8) ; amended Regulation (EEC) No 2472/80, 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 : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 2 relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 1980 . their effective parity ;

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 15 October 1980 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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No L 272/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 10 . 80

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 15 October 1980 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)

11.01 F (2) 40-83 37-81 11.02 A VI (2) 40-83 37-81 11.02 E II d) 1 (2) 70-25 64-21 11.02 F VI (J) 40-83 37-81 11.08 All 52-79 21-96

(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 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 % 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.