NoL321/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.11.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3688/88
of25November 1988
alteringtheimportleviesonproductsprocessedfromcerealsandrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,1
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2221/88(2),andinparticularArticle14(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2229/88(4),andinparticularArticle12(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1676/85of11
June1985onthevalueoftheunitofaccountandthe
exchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy0,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87(6),andinparticularArticle3
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereastheimportleviesonproductsprocessedfrom
cerealsandricewerefixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3384/88Q,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3674/88(8);
WhereasCouncil'Regulation (EEC)No1906/87(9)as
amendedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75(10)as
regardsproductsfallingwithinCNcodes230210,
230220,230230and230240;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinabandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon
24November1988;
Whereastheaforesaidcorrectivefactoraffectstheentire
calculationbasisforthelevies,includingtheequivalence
coefficients ;
Whereasthelevyonthebasicproductaslastfixeddiffers
fromtheaveragelevybymorethan3,02ECUpertonne
ofbasicproduct;whereas,pursuanttoArticle1of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1579/74(n),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1740/78(12),thelevies
atpresentinforcemustthereforebealteredtothe
amountssetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviestobechargedonproductsprocessed
fromcerealsandricecoveredbyRegulation(EEC)No
2744/75asfixedintheAnnextoamendedRegulation
(EEC)No3384/88areherebyalteredtotheamountsset
outintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28November
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25November1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.16.
(3OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(4)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.30.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.0OJNoL299,1.11.1988,p.1.
(8)OJNoL318,25.11.1988,p.35.0OJNoL182,3.7.1987,p.49.
(I0)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.(u)OJNoL168,25.6.1974,p.7.
(12)OJNoL202,26.7.1978,p.8.

26.11.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL321/27
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25November1988alteringtheimportleviesonproducts
processedfromcerealsandrice
(ECU/tonne)
Importlevies
CNcode
PortugalThirdcountries
(otherthanACPorOCT)ACPorOCT
11023000(2)
11031400(2)
11032950(2)
11041991(2)
11081910(2)130,62
130,62
130,62
222,72
204,69127,60
127,60
127,60
216,68
173,86
(2)Forthepurposeofdistinguishing betweenproductsfallingwithinheadingNos1101,1102,1103and1104andthosefalling
withinsubheadings230210,230220,230230and230240,productsfallingwithinheadingNos1101,1102,1103and1104shall
bethosemeetingthefollowingspecifications :
—astarchcontent(determinedbythemodifiedEwertpolarimetricmethod),referredtodrymatter,exceeding45%byweight,
—anashcontent,byweight,referredtodrymatter(afterdeductionofanyaddedminerals),notexceeding 1,6%forrice,2,5%
forwheat,3%forbarley,4%forbuckwheat,5%foroatsand2%forothercereals.
Germofcereals,whole,rolled,flakedorground,fallsinallcaseswithinheadingNos1103and1104,