CELEX: 31988R3799
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3799/88 of 6 December 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

7. 12. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 335/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3799/88
                                                     of 6 December 1988
                    fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                       rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                       the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 1676/85,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community*                                                    for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Portugal,                                                              previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                   Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 5
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               December 1988 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,            Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                   calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                   coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and            Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the           contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 to today's
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­           offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3           that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
thereof,                                                           amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 (*) and subsequent amend­
ing Regulations ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies         The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                      Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                   shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                                              Article 2
[') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December
f5) OJ No L 205, 30 . 7. 1988 , p. 96.                             1988 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 6 December 1988 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 6 December 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                              on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                       Levies
                               CN code
                                                                   Portugal                             Third country
                             0709 90 60                                 i;io                                137,18
                             0712 90 19                                 1,10                                137,18
                              100110 10                               32,91                             •   188,29 0 0
                              1001 10 90                              32,91                                 188,29 0 0
                              1001 90 91                                0,00                                135,75
                              1001 90 99                                0,00                                135,75
                              1002 00 00                              35,82                                 117,470
                              1003 00 10                              29,59                                 125,10
                              1003 00 90                              29,59                                 125,10
                              1004 00 10                              85,40                                   77,40
                              1004 00 90                              85,40                                   77,40
                              1005 10 90                                 1,10                               137,18 (2)0
                              1005 90 00                                 1,10                               137,18 (2)0
                              1007 00 90                              24,28                                 144,13 (4)
                              1008 10 00                              29,59                                   46,94
                           •  1008 20 00                              29,59                                  119,69 (4)
                              1008 30 00                              29,59                                    0,00 (5)
                              1008 90 10                                0                                      0
                               1008 90 90                              29,59                                   0,00
                               1101 00 00                                1,50                                203,90
                               1102 10 00                              64,00                                 178,31
                               1103 1110                               64,33                                 305,17
                               1103 11 90                                0,72                                219,31
             (1) Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                  levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
             (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas
                  departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countnes and
                  territories'.
             f) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81
                  ECU/tonne.
             (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduce?}
                  by 50 % .
             (*) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the
                   Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
              (®) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Commu­
                   nity is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
              0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
                   cale).