CELEX: 31988R0026
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-07
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 26/88 of 6 January 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 4/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    7. 1 . 88
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 26/88
                                                        of 6 January 1988
                       altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 Economic Community,                                                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                         rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
 Portugal,                                                               No 1676/85,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 No 3989/87 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the '
                                                                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             5January 1988 ;
 No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,           Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11                calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                     coefficients ;
 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the
 exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
 common agricultural policy ^, as last amended by Regu­              from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
 lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (6), and in particular Article 3            of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
 thereof,                                                            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (") the levies
                                                                     at present in force must therefore be altered to the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the import levies on products processed from
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 4013/87 Q, as last amended by Regulation                                               Article 1 .
(EEC) No 9/88 (8) ;
                                                                    The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as                   from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (l0) as               2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
regards products falling within . subheadings 2302 1 0,             (EEC) No 4013/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­                 out in the Annex.
clature ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 January 1988 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 6 January 1988 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission ■ Regulation of 6 January 1988 altering the import levies on products
                                                 processed2 from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                                Import levies
                                         CN code
                                                                                                   Portugal
          0714 10 10                                                                                 40,87
          0714 10 90                                                                                 37,85
          0714 90 10                                                                              . 37,85
          1102 20 10                                                                                 22,37
          1102 20 90 (2)                                                                             12,27
          1102 90 10 (2)                                                                             74,17
          1103 13 11 (2)                                                                             22,37
          1103 13 19 (2)                                                                             22,37
          1103 1 3 90 (2)                                                                            12,27
          1103 19 30 (2)                                                                             74,17
          1103 29 20 0                                                                           . 74,17
          1103 29 40 (2)                                                                             22,37
          1 104 1110 0                                                                               41,63
          1 104 11 90 (2)                     :                                                      81,74
          1104 19 50 (2)                                                                             22,37
          1104 21 10 (2)                                                                             63,58
          1104 21 30 (2)                                                                             63,58
          1104 21 50 0                                                                              100,67
          1104 21 90 0                                                                               41,63
          1104 23 10 .(2)                                                                            17,53
          1104 23 30 0                                                                               17,53
          1104 23 90 0                                                                               12,27
          1104 30 90                                                                                 12,84
          1106 20 10                                                                                 40,87
          1106 20 91                                                                                 35,15
          1106 20 99                                                                                 35,15
          1 107, 10 91      -                                                                        78,25
          1107 10 99                                                                                 61,22
          1107 20 00                                                                                 69,55
          1108 12 00                                                                                 35,15
          1108 13 00                                                                                 35,15
          1108 14 00                                                                                 35,15
          1108 19 90                                                                                 35,15
          1702 30 91 0                                                                              115,77
          1702 30 99 (3)                                                                             81,09
          1702 40 90 (3)                                                                             81,09
          1702 90 50 0                                                                               81,09
          1702 90 75                                                                                116,67
          1702 90 79                                                                                 80,37
          2106 90 55                                                                                 81,09
          2303 10 11                                                                                199,48
           (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within- heading Nos 1 101 , 1102, 1 103 and 1 104 and
                those falling whithin subheadings 2302 10, 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40, products failing within heading Nos
                1101 , 1102, 1103 et 1104 shall be those meeting the following specifications :
                — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewert polarimetric method), referred to dry matter, exceeding
                    45 % by weight,
               .— an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                    1,6 % for rice, 2,5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 % for other cereals.
                Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading Nos 1103 and 1104.
           (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the products falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59
                are subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 1702 30 91 and 1702 30 99.