NoL354/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.12.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3985/88
of21December1988
fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon20
December1988;
Whereastheaforesaidcorrectivefactoraffectstheentire
calculationbasisforthelevies,includingtheequivalence
coefficients ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthedetailedrules
containedinRegulation(EEC)No2401/88totoday's
offerpricesandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thattheleviesatpresentinforceshouldbealteredtothe
amountssetoutintheAnnexhereto,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
2221/88(2),andinparticularArticle13(5)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85
of11June1985onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy(3),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87(4),andinparticularArticle3
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary ,Committee,
Whereastheimportleviesoncereals,wheatandryeflour,
andwheatgroatsandmealwerefixedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2401/88(*)andsubsequentamend­
ingRegulations ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviestobechargedonproductslistedin
Article1(a),(b)and(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22December
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(*)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.16.
(3)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(4OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.0OJNoL205,30.7.1988,p.96.

22.12.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL354/9
ANNEX
todieCommissionRegulationof21December1988fixingtheimportleviesoncerealsand
onwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
Levies
CNcode
Portugal Thirdcountry
07099060
07129019
10011010
10011090
10019091
10019099
10020000
10030010
10030090
10040010
10040090
10051090
10059000
10070090
10081000
10082000
10083000
10089010
10089090
11010000
11021000
11031110
110311900,34
0,34
31,98
31,98
0,00
0,00
35,82
29,59
29,59
85,40
85,40
0,34
0,34
24,28
29,59
29,59
29,59
0
29,59
0,41
63,20
62,89
0,72127,52
127,52
183,4600
183,46(l)0
128,09
128,09
113,810
122,23
122,23
72,74
72,74
127,5200
127,5200
136,84(4)
41,21
116,110
0,00o
0
0,00
193.17
173.18
297,68
207,72
(')WheredurumwheatoriginatinginMoroccoistransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,the
levyisreducedby0,60ECU/tonne.
(*)InaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No486/85theleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe'overseascountriesand
territories'.
(3)WheremaizeoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyisreducedby1,81
ECU/tonne.
(4)WheremilletandsorghumoriginatingintheACPorOCTisimportedintotheCommunitythelevyisreduced
by50%.
0WheredurumwheatandcanaryseedproducedinTurkeyaretransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytothe
Community,the.levyisreducedby0,60ECU/tonne.
OTheimportlevychargedonryeproducedinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommu­
nityislaiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77andCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2622/71.
0Thelevyapplicabletoryeshallbechargedonimportsoftheproductfallingwithinsubheading10089010(triti­
cale).