8.10.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL277/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3098/88
of7October1988
fixingtheamountbywhichthevariablecomponentofthelevyapplicableto
branandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisiamustbereduced
No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76providesthat,the
variablecomponentofthelevycalculatedinaccordance
withArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75
of29October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),aslast
modifiedbyRegulation(EEC)No1906/87(*),istobe
reducedbyanamountfixedbytheCommissioneach
quarter;whereasthisamountmustbeequalto60%of
theaverageofthevariablecomponentsoftheleviesin
forceduringthethreemonthsprecedingthemonth
duringwhichtheamountisfixed;
Whereasthevariablecomponentsapplicabletothe
productsfallingwithinsubheadings230230and230240
ofthecombinednomenclatureduringJuly,Augustand
September1988havebeentakenintoconsideration ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1512/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle22ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle15oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofTunisiaandconcerningtheimport
intotheCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatingin
Tunisia('),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph .of
paragraph3oftheexchangeofletters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1518/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle21ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle14oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeriaand
concerningtheimportintotheCommunityofbranand
sharpsoriginatinginAlgeria(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofparagraph3oftheexchangeof
letters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1525/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle23ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle16oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheKingdomofMoroccoandconcerningtheimport
intotheCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatingin
Morocco(3),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraphof
paragraph3oftheexchangeofletters,
WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchangeof
lettersannexed,toRegulations(EEC)No1512/76,(EEC)HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountreferredtointhesecondsubparagraph of
paragraph3oftheexchangeoflettersformingtheAgree­
mentannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No1512/76,(EEC)
No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76tol>edeductedfrom
thevariablecomponentapplicabletobranandsharps
originatinginTunisia,AlgeriaandMoroccorespectively,
shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2 >
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7October1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.19.
(*)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.37.
(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.53.(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.0OJNoL182,3.7.1987,p.49.

NoL277/12 OfficialJournalofth^EuropeanCommunities 8.10.88
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof7October1988fixingtheamountbywhichthevariable
componentofthelevyapplicabletobranandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,Moroccoand
Tunisiamustbereduced
CNcode ECU/tonne
23023010 33,67
23023090 72,16
23024010 33,67
23024090 72,16