CELEX: 31988R3797
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3797/88 of 5 December 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 334/20                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                     6. 12. 88
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3797/88
                                                        of 5 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                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Portugal,                                                                   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                 2 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 (EE|C)
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
                                                                      of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (% and in particular Article 3               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (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
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 3689/88 f7), as last amended by Regulation                                               Article 1
(EEC) No 3784/88 (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 (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
                                                                                                  Article 2
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­             This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 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, 5 December 1988 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 5 December 1988 altering the import levies on products
                                                  processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
          \                  CN code
                                                                                    Import levies
                                                                 Third countries
                                                                                                       ACP or OCT
                                                           (other than ACP or OCT)
                     1103 21 00 (2)                                    246,81                             240,77
                     1104 19 10 0                                      246,81                             240,77
                     1104 29 10*10 ^X6)                                180,92                             177,90
                     1104 29 30 * 10 00                                217,04                             214,02
                     1104 29 91 0                                      139,46                              136,44
                     1104 30 10                                        106,36                              100,32
                     11071011                                          248,97                             238,09
                     1107 10 19                                        188,78                              177,90
                     1108 11 00                                        299,42                             278,87
                     1109 00 00                                        688,38                             507,04
             (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1102, 1103 and 1104 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.
             0 Taric code : wheat.