CELEX: 31988R0501
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 501/88 of 25 February 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 52/8                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                26. 2. 88
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 501/88
                                                        of 25 February 1988
                      fixing the import levies on.cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Economic Community,
                                                                         these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                         tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 24
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 February 1988 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
3989/87 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,               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 4047/87 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,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 4047/87 (*) and subsequent amen­
ding 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
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­             shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
    of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central                                        Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)         This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February
     No 1676/85,                                                      1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 25 February 1988 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 377,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
¥) OJ No L 378, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 99.
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                                                              ANNEX                  ^     r
          to the Commission Regulation of 25 February 1988 fixing die import levies on cereals and -
                                           on wheat or rye. flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                (.ECU/tonne)
                                                                                    Levies
                            CN code
                                                               Portugal                            Third country
                          0709 90 60                             10,36                                 167,15
                          0712 90 19                             10,36                                 167,15
                          1001 10 10                             65,54                                251,66 00
                           1001 10 90                            65,54                                251,66 00
                           1001 90 91                              5,23                                185,38
                           1001 90 99                              5,23                                185,38
                           1002 00 00                            45,58                                 161,49 0
                           1003 00 10                            39,26                                 172,96
                           1003 00 90                            39,26                                 172^6
                           1004 00 10                            95,79                                 137,32
                           1004 00 90                            95,79                                 137,32
                           1005 10 90                             10,36                                167,15 00
                           1005 90 00                            10,36                                 167,15 00
                           1007 00 90                            33,88                                 175,96 0
                           1008 10 00                            39,26                                  95,46
                           1008 20 00                            39,26                                 118,98 0
                           1008 30 00                            39,26                                  57,94 0
                           1008 90 10                              O                                     0
                           1008 90 90                            39,26                                  57,94
                           1 101 00 00                           21,87                                 274,08
                           110210 00                             78,36                                 241,53
                           1103 1110                            115,18                                 403,66
                           1103 1190                              21,93                                295,05
           (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
               levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
           (J) In accordance with Council 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
               countries and territories'.
           0 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 reduced
               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.
           0 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 .
           Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
               cale).