CELEX: 31988R1871
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1871/88 of 30 June 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 168/8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 7. 88
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1871/88
                                                          of 30 June 1988
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          goods offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                     this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in
                                                                     Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (8), as last amended by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (»), and (EEC) No 2734/75,
Economic Community,                                                  or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
                                                                     coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No
                                                                      158/67/EEC (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    2124/87 ("), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (,2);
Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                      basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
No 1097/88 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,              tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
                                                                      in relation to Rotterdam ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1 676/85 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (13), last
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (M), lays down
policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4),            the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                  certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                      products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                      States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Having regard to the opinion of the .Monetary Committee,
                                                                      Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regu­           (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                  Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),           ture ;
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;
                                                                      Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                      should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices
for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
on 1 July 1988 ; whereas the price factors determined
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1914/88 0, should                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of                   of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
the levies in order to ensure that the import arrangements                 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
continue to operate in the sector concerned ;                              the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                           tion (EEC) No 1676/85,
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                     for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
67/EEC (% as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
31 /76 Q, and in particular the most favourable purchasing                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
opportunities on the world market among those which                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
are most representative of the real trend of the market,
account being taken in particular of the need to prevent
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29
on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the                  June 1988 ;
(') OJ  No   L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.                            (8) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(2) OJ  No   L  110,  29. 4.   1988, p. 7.                            O OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L  164,  24. 6.   1985, p. 1.                            H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(4) OJ  No   L  153,  13. 6.   1987, p. 1.                            (") OJ No L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22.
Is) See page 119 of this Official Journal.                            H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
(«) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                               (,3) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0 OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18.                                      H OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,        set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                 altered only where variations in the components used to
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of          calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from              them by 0,73 ECU or more,
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and
Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in
 the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied
 pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy                                       Article 1
 should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
 down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into                The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 account the situation with regard to market prices in           Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain       shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
 between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;                                           Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
 abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1988.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
V) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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                                                                 ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                               wheat or rye flour, groats arid meal
                                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                      Levies
                               CN code
                                                                  Portugal                            Third country
                             0709 90 60                               12,38                              131,09
                             0712 90 19                               12,38                              131,09
                             1001 10 10                              24,08                               156,56 ('JO
                             1001 10 90                              24,08                               156,56 (')O
                             1001 90 91                                0,00                              138,32
                             1001 90 99                                0,00                              138,32
                             1002 00 00                              25,83                               100,77 0
                             1003 00 10                               19,52                              118,07
                             1003 00 90                               19,52                              118,07
                             1004 00 10                              76,15                                 50,55
                             1004 00 90                              76,15                                 50,55
                             1005 10 90                               12,38                              131,0900
                             1005 90 00                               12,38                              131,09 0 0
                             1 007 00 90                             35,85                               136,61 0
                             1008 10 00                               19,52                               30,03
                             1008 20 00                             " 19,52                                82,90 0
                             1008 30 00                               19,52                                 o o
                             1008 90 10                                0                                    0
                             1008 90 90                               19,52                                 0
                             1101 00 00                                7,18                              206,65
                             1102 10 00                              49,16                               154,08
                             1103 11 10                               50,32                              255,67
                             1103 11 90                                7,75                              223,19
             (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                 levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
             (2) 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'.
             (3) 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 % .
             0 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.
             (') 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
             0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).