31981R2689

No L 263/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 9 . 81

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2689/81 of 16 September 1981 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — in the case of currencies which are maintained in COMMUNITIES, relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European their effective parity, Economic Community, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ these currencies in relation to the Community zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by currencies referred to in the previous indent ; Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on Article 14 (4) thereof, 15 September 1981 ; 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 organization differs from the average levy by more than 3-02 ECU of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of per tonne of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Accession of Greece (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9), the 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ tural policy ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 2543/73 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof, The import levies to be charged on products processed Having regard to the advice of the Monetary from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No Committee, 2744/75 (l0), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1783/81 ("), as fixed in the Annex to amended Regula­ Whereas the import levies on products processed from tion (EEC) No 2499/81 , are hereby altered to the cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No amounts set out in the Annex hereto . 2499/81 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2663/81 (8); Article 2

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 levies should be calculated on the following basis : September 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 September 1981 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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17 . 9 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 263/31

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 16 September 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 F o 31-83 28-81 1 1.02 A VI (2) 31-83 28-81 1 1.02 E II d) 1 (2) 54-96 48-92 1 1.02 F VI (2) 31-83 28-81 11.08 All 39-89 9-06

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.