31981R2367

No L 232/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 8 . 81

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2367/81 of 17 August 1981 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 of Economic Community, these currencies in relation to the Community Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No currencies referred to in the previous indent ; 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by 14 August 1981 ; Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed Article 14 (4) thereof, differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9), the of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of levies at present in force must therefore be altered to Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) the amounts set out in the Annex hereto ; thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1784/81 incorporated products within subheading 17.02 F II within the Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the cereals sector ; whereas the coefficients for calculating value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to the levies on these products were defined in Regula­ be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ tion (EEC) No 1783/81 (10), tural policy ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the advice of the Monetary Article 1 Committee , The import levies to be charged on products processed Whereas the import levies on products processed from from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2150/81 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1783/81 , as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation 2359/81 (8), (EEC) No 2150/81 , 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 August relation to each other at any given moment within 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 August 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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18 . 8 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 232/25

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 August 1981 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 G (2) 61-97 58-95 1 1 .02 A VII (z) 61-97 58-95 1 1.02 B II d) 0 95-48 92-46 1 1.02 C VI o 95-48 92-46 1 1.02 D VI 0 61-97 58-95 11.02 E II d) 2 (J) 110-06 104-02 1 1.02 F VII (2) 61-97 58-95

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.