31992R2461

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2461/92 of 25 August 1992 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Economic Community, No 1676/ 85,

— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and average of the ecu rates published in the Official Portugal, Journal of the European Communities, C series, over a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ cient referred to in the preceding indent ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, 24 August 1 992 ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) coefficients ; No 674/92 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs from the average levy by more than ECU 3,02 per tonne Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 ("), as last the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (12), the levies common agricultural policy ([5) as last amended by Regula­ at present in force must therefore be altered to the tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (6), and in particular Article 3 amounts set out in the Annex hereto, thereof,

Whereas the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2319/92 Q, as last amended by Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 2370/92 (8) ;

Article 1 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 0, amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10), as regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10, The import levies to be charged on products processed 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 ; from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2197/92 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the Annex. Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis :

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 . Article 2 (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7. (0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 August 1992. O OJ No L 218 , 1 . 8. 1992, p. 9. (*) OJ No L 230, 13. 8 . 1992, p. 25. 0 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49. (") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7. (,0) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65. F) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 August 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 August 1992 altering die import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

(ECU/tonne) Import levies (*) CN code Third countries ACP (other than ACP)0

0714 10 10 (') 124,90 131,55 071410 91 128,53 00 128,53 0714 10 99 126,72 131,55 0714 90 11 128,53 00 128,53 0714 90 19 126,72 0 131,55 1102 90 10 231,35 237,39 1102 90 90 158,44 161,46 1103 19 30 231,35 237,39 1103 19 90 158,44 161,46 1103 29 20 231,35 237,39 1103 29 90 158,44 161,46 1104 11 10 131,10 134,12 1104 11 90 257,06 263,10 1104 1 9 99 279,59 285,63 1104 21 10 205,65 208,67 1104 21 30 205,65 208,67 1104 21 50 32133 327,37 1104 21 90 131,10 134,12 1104 29 19 248,53 251,55 1104 29 39 248,53 251,55 1104 29 99 158,44 161,46 1106 20 10 1 24,90 0 131,55 1107 1091 228,78 239,66 0 1107 10 99 170,94 181,82 (") 1107 20 00 199,22 210,10 0

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(') 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions. (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by ECU 5,44 per tonne for products originating in Turkey. P) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­ nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States : — products falling within CN code ex 0714 10 91 , — products falling within CN code 0714 90 11 and arrow-root falling within CN code 0714 90 19, — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within CN code 1 1 06 20, — arrow-root starch falling within CN code 1 1 08 1 9 90. I7) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levies are not applied to products imported directly into the French overseas departments originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States. (8) On importation into Portugal, the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90. (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. (") Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic or Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.