Regulation (EEC) No 2729/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the import levies on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice
Modified by
Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94of 22 December 1994on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, 31994R3290, December 31, 1994
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007of 22 October 2007establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), 32007R1234, November 16, 2007
Regulation (EEC) No 2729/75 of the Councilof 29 October 1975on the import duties on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken riceTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof;Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;Having regard to the Opinion of the European ParliamentOpinion delivered on 16 October 1975 (not yet published in the Official Journal).;Whereas, to ensure the proper working of the duty system applicable to imports of cereals, rice and broken rice from third countries introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75See page 1 of this Official Journal. of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals, and Council Regulation No 359/67/EECOJ No 174, 31. 7. 1967, p. 1. of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 668/75OJ No L 72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 18., suitable rules should be applied to trade in mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice;Whereas the import duty on such mixtures results from their tariff classification, which is normally determined in accordance with the general rules for the interpretation of the Common Customs Tariff;Whereas, in the case of mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice, the tariff classification may give rise to difficulties if determined in accordance with these rules; whereas in fact such classification sometimes results in a low import duty being charged on mixtures which, however, contain a substantial proportion of products subject to a high import duty;Whereas, in order to avoid such difficulties, special provisions should be adopted for determining the import duty on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: