CELEX: 31988R0659
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 659/88 of 11 March 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 67/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  12. 3. 88
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 659/88
                                                      of 11 March 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 on 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
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            10 March 1988 ;
No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,         Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                  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 1636/87 {% and in particular Article 3            of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
thereof,                                                          Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (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
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 516/88 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                      Article 1
No 628/88 (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 subheadings 2302 10,              (EEC) No 516/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­               out in the Annex.
clature ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 1988.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 11 March 1988.'
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 11 March 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 OCT)
            1103 19 10 0                                               307,38                              301,34
            1103 29 10 (2)                                             307,38                              301,34
            1104 19 30 (2)                                             307,38                              301,34
            1104 29 10*20 (2)Q                                         225,68                              222,66
            11 04 29 30*20 Of)                                         270,88                              267,86
            1104 29 95 (2)                                             173,78                              170,76
             (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.
             f) Taric code : rye.