CELEX: 31988R0148
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 148/88 of 20 January 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

21 . 1 . 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 16/27
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 148/88
                                                       of 20 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 oh 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
                                                                   Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  19 January 1988 ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof,
                                                                   calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11               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 1 636/87 {% and in particular Article 3            of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
thereof,                                                           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (u) 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               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 4013/87 (J), as last amended by Regulation                                           Article 1
(EEC) No 134/88 (8);                                               The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 0 as                   from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as             2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10,               (EEC) No 4013/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set
                                                                   out in the Annex.
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­
clature ;                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies         This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January
should be calculated on the following basis :                       1988 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                 Done at Brussels, 20 January 1988 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
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(«) OJ No L 15, 20. 1 . 1988, p. 11 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 1988 altering the import levies on products
                                                 processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                                Import levies
                                         CN code
                                                                                                   Portugal
           1103 21 00 (2)                                                                            22,19
           1104 19 10 (2)                                                                            22,19
           1104 29 10*10 (2)(«)                                                                      14,95
           1104 29 30*10 (2)(*)                                                                      17,37
           1104 29 91 (2)                                                                            12,17
           1104 30 10                                                                                12,77
           1107 10 11                                                                                26,85
           1107 10 19                                                                                22,81
           1108 1100                                                                                 40,28
           1109 00 00                                                                              217,22
           2302 10 10                                                                                12,98
           2302 10 90                                                                                20,96
           2302 20 10                                                                                12,98
           2302 20 90                                                                                20,96
           2302 30 10                                                                                12,98
           2302 30 90                                                                                20,96
           2302 40 10                                                                                12,98
           2302 40 90                                                                                20,96
            (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1102, 1 103 and 1104 and
                those falling whithin subheadings 2302 10, 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40, products falling 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.
            0 Taric code : wheat.