CELEX: 31988R3900
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3900/88 of 14 December 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

15. 12. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 346/45
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3900/88
                                                      of 14 December 1988
                       altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Economic Community,                                                       the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                          No 1676/85,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 13 December 1988 ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
                                                                    Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,           calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                    coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11
June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the               Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                 from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu­             of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (% and in particular Article 3               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (u), as last
thereof,                                                             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (12), 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 3689/88 0, as last amended by Regulation                                               Article 1
(EEC) No 3872/88 (8);
                                                                     The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (») 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 CN codes 2302 10,                    (EEC) No 3689/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 ;                                       out in the Annex.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                                                   Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­            This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 December
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band           1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 14 December 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 14 December 1988 altering the import levies on products
                                                  processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                     Import levies
                              CN code
                                                                  Third countries
                                                                                                       ACP or OCT
                                                            (other than ACP or OCI)
                             1102 20 10 0                              244,74                              238,70
                             1102 20 90 (2)                            138,28                              135,26
                             1103 13 110                               235,74                              229,70
                             1103 1319 0                               244,74                              238,70
                             1103 13 90 0                              138,28                              135,26
                             1103 29 40 0                              244,74                              238,70
                             110419 50 0                               244,74                              238,70
                             1104 23 10 0                              215,20                              212,18
                             1104 23 30 0                              215,20                              212,18
                             110423900                                 138,28                              135,26
                             1104 3a 90                                 105,50                              99,46
                             1106 20 91                                226,00                              201,82 0
                             1106 20 99                                234,05                              209,87 0
                             1108 12 00                                226,00                              205,45
                             1108 13 00                                226,00                              205,45
                             1108 14 00                                226,00                              102,72 0
                             1108 19 90                                226,00                              102,72
                             1702 30 91 0                               364,70                             267,98
                             1702 30 99 (3)                             271,94                             205,45
                             1702 40 90 0                               271,94                             205,45
                             1702 90 50                                 271,94                             205,45
                             1702 90 75                                 377,46                             280,74
                             1702 90 79                                 261,73                             195,24
                             2106 90 55                                 271,94                             205,45
                             2303 10 11                                 436,56                             255,22
            (*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1 101 , 1 102, 1 103 and 1 104 and
                  those falling within subheadings 2302 10, 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40, products falling within heading Nos
                  1101 , 1102, 1103 and 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 customs treatment in respect of glucose and glucose syrup of
                 subheadings 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 shall also apply to glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings
                 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59.
             0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­
                  nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                  — arrow-root foiling within subheading 0714 90 10,
                  — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20,
                  — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90.