CELEX: 31988R3108
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3108/88 of 7 October 1988 fixing the amount of the reduction applicable under the special arrangements for maize and sorghum imports into Spain

No L 277/36                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 10 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3108/88
                                                       of 7 October 1988
                 fixing the amount of the reduction applicable under the special arrangements
                                        for maize and sorghum imports into Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
                                                                   delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
                                                                   chairman,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of
maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 ('), and
in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/87 of
16 October 1987 laying down detailed rules for the                 The reduction in the levy provided for in Article 3 of
application of the special arrangements for imports of              Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 shall be :
maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3106/88 (3), lays              — 70 ECU per tonne for maize imported in October and
down the framework of detailed rules to ensure that the                 November 1988 ,'
                                                                       I
purposes of the said Regulation are respected
                                                                   — 74 ECU per tonne for maize imported in December
                                                                         1988 ,
Whereas the amount of the reduction in the import levy
on maize and grain sorghum imported into Spain should              — 76 ECU per tonne for maize imported in January and
be fixed at a level enabling the quantities provided for                February 1989,
under the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the United States of America (4) to be               — 78 ECU per tonne for maize imported in March 1989,
imported and avoiding any disturbance of the Spanish
cereals market ;                                                   — 10 ECU per tonne for grain sorghum originating in
                                                                        the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of               26      — 70 ECU per tonne for grain sorghum imported from
February 1985 on the arrangements applicable                to          other countries in October and November 1988 ,
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from     the
processing of agricultural products originating in         the      — 74 ECU per tonne for grain sorghum imported from
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas                other countries in December 1988,
countries and territories (*), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1 821 /87 (6), provides, in particular, for a 50 %         — 76 ECU per tonne for grain sorghum imported from
reduction in the levy on grain sorghum ; whereas the                    other countries in January and February 1989.
combination of this advantage with the reduction
provided for under this Regulation is likely to disturb the
Spanish market for cereals ; whereas this difficulty can be
overcome by setting a special reduction of the levy on                                      Article 2
grain sorghum imported under this Regulation ;
                                                                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2474/88 (J) is hereby
                                                                    repealed.
Whereas the reduction on maize imported into Spain
must be adjusted if the quantities laid down are to be met
within the time limit agreed ;
                                                                                            Article 3
(') OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
    OJ No L 294, 17. 10 . 1987, p. 15.
(3) See page 28 of this Official Journal.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 October 1988 .
(<) OJ  No L 98, 10. 4. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(«) OJ  No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p, 102.                              O OJ No L 213, 6. 8 . 1988 , p. 16.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 7 October 1988 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President