CELEX: 31988R2974
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2974/88 of 28 September 1988 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 269/26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  29 . 9 . 88
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2974/88
                                                      of 28 September 1988
                        fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
                                                                    24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
                                                                    levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
                                                                    and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
Economic Community,                                                 cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                     increased by the fixed component is valid in general for
                                                                     one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
Having regard to " the Act of Accession of Spain and                 basic product concerned differs by not less than 3,02 ECU
Portugal,                                                            per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                     described above ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,           Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1 579/74, the levy on certain processed products must be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 reduced by an amount equal to the production refund
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    granted in respect of basic products for processing ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9), as
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 241 5/75 (l0), lai<3 down
                                                                     certain transitional measures in respect of starches ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                      Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable           Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accordance
 component of the import levy on products processed                   with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 ("), as last
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3794/85 (12), the vari­
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 ( 1 ) (a) of              able component of the levy on certain processed products
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                   must be reduced by the incidence of the production
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                    refund granted in respect of basic products intended for
 1975 on the import and export system for products                    processing ;
 processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­
 dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies
 applicable to their basic products should be calculated on
 the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these
 basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­             Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
 ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted             rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
 on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic               the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
 products in question during the month of importation is               them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
 calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products           must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
 considered to have been used in the manufacture of the                and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
 processed product or the competing product which serves               variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
 as a reference for processed products not containing                  made in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regula­
 cereals :                                                             tion (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the
 (') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              i7) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
 (2) OJ No  L 197,  26. 7. 1988, p. 16.                                (8) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
 (3) OJ No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                                O OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
 (4) OJ No  L  197, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 30.                               (10) OJ No L 247, 23 . 9 . 1975, p. 22.
 0   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                              (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
 (6) OJ No  L  182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49 .                                0 2) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.
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gements ' arrangements applicable to agricultural products                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 and certain goods resulting from the processing of agri­                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
 cultural products originating in the African, Caribbean                 tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
 and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territo­
                                                                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 ries ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 821 /87 (2) ;              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Whereas, in respect of products falling within subheading                 these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 07.06 A of the Common Cuxtoms Tariff, Council Regula­                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 tion (EEC) No 430/87 of 9 February 1987 concerning the                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 import arrangements applicable to products falling within
 subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff                     Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (!) of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided fof in this
 coming from third countries and amending Regulation
                                                                     Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
 (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3) lays
                                                                     ture,
 down the terms on which the import levy is limited to
 6 % ad valorem ; whereas account should be taken of the
 introduction on 1 January 1988 of the new tariff nomen­
 clature laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
 nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (4), as
                                                                                                Article 1
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1471 /88 (*), and to
 that end former subheading 07.06 A should be replaced
 by the corresponding subheadings 0714 10 90 and                     The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 0714 90 10 of the new nomenclature ;                                Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
                                                                     Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally levies            subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75, shall be as set
 should be calculated on the following basis :                       out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                      Article 2
      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1988 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 28 September 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ    No  L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ    No  L 172, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 102.
(3) OJ    No  L 43, 13 . 2. 1987, p. 9 .
0   OJ    No  L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 .                             (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
n   OJ    No  L 134, 31 . 5. 1988 , p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                      ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 28 September 1988 fixing the import levies on products
                                          processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                  Import levies
                   CN code
                                                                 Third countries
                                           Portugal                                       ACP or OCT
                                                           (other than ACP or OCT)
       0714 10 10                            27,40                     115,96                111,13 0
       0714 10 90                            24,38                     112,94 (')            111 , 1300
       0714 90 10                            24,38                   . 112,94 0              111,13 00
        1102 20 10 (2)                        6,04                     218,37               212,33
        1102 20 90 (2)                    ■   3,02                     123,34                120,32
        1102 30 00 (2)                        3,02                     118,86                115,84
        1102 90 10 (2)                       49,92                     209,33               203,29
        1102 90 30 (2)                      151,50                       90,01                 83,97
        1102 90 90 0                         22,42                     133,09                130,07
        1103 12 00 0 :                      151,50                       90,01                 83,97
        1103 13 11 (2)                        6,04                     209,37                203,33
        1 103 13 19 (2)                       6,04                     218,37                212,33
        1103 13 90 $                          3,02                     123,34                120,32
        1103 14 00 (2)                        3,02                     118,86                115,84
        1103 19 10 (2)                       59,19                     195,53                189,49
        1103 19 30 (2)                       49,92                     209,33                203,29
        1103 19 90 (2)                       22,42                     133,09                130,07
        1103 21 00 (2)                        6,04                     231,06                225,02
        1103 29 10 (2)                       59,19                     195,53                189,49
        1103 29 20 (2)                       49,92 '                   209,33                203,29
        1103 29 30 (2)                      151,50                       90,01                 83,97
        1103 29 40 (2)                        6,04                     218,37                212,33
        1103 29 50 (2)                        3,02                     118,86                115,84
        1103 29 90 (2)                       22,42                     133,09                130,07
        1104 11 10 (2)                       27,89                     118,22                115,20
        1104 11 90 (2)                       54,80                     231,92                225,88
        1104 12 10 (2)                       85,45                       50,60                 47,58
        1104 12 90 (2)                      167,65                       99,34                 93,30
        1104 19 10 (2)                         6,04                    231,06                225,02
        1104 19 30 (2)                       59,19                     195,53                 189,49
        1104 19 50 (2)                        6,04                     218,37                212,33
        1104 19 91 (2)                         6,04                    202,74                 196,70
        1104 19 99 (2)                       40,28                     235,58                229,54
        1104 21 10 (2)                       42,03                      183,72                180,70
        1104 21 30 (2)                       42,03                      183,72                180,70
        1104 21 50 (2)                       66,99                     288,39                282,35
         1104 21 90 (2)                      27,89                      118,22                115,20
         1104 22 10 (2)                     148,48                       86,99                 83,97
         1104 22 30 (2)                     148,48                       86,99                 83,97
         1104 22 50 (2)                     132,32                       77,66                 74,64
         1104 22 90 (2)                      85,45                        50,60                47,58
         1104 23 10 (2)                        3,02                     191,76                188,74
         1104 23 30 (2)                        3,02                     191,76                188,74
         1104 23 90 (2)                        3,02                     123,34                120,32
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                                                                                               (ECU/tonne)
                                                                  Import levies
                      CN code
                                                                 Third countries
                                           Portugal                                  ACP or OCT
                                                           (other than ACP or OCT)
            1104 29 10*10 (2)(6)              3,02                   169,28            1 66,26
            1104 29 10*20 00                 42,29                   143,03            140,01
            1104 29 10*30 00                 33,45                   207,05            204,03
            1104 29 10*40 (2)(9)             33,45                   207,05            204,03
            1104 29 10*90 OH                 33,45                   207,05'           204,03
            1104 29 30*10 00                  3,02                   203,04            200,02
            1104 29 30*20 0 0                50,27                   171,45            168,43
            1104 29 30*30 0 0                33,45                   207,05            204,03
            1104 29 30*40 00                 33,45                   207,05            204,03
            1104 29 30*90 0 ( 10)            33,45                   207,05            204,03
            1104 29 91 0                      3,02                   130,53            127,51
            1104 29 95 0                     33,14                   110,40            107,38
            1104 29 99 0                     22,42                   133,09            130,07
            1104 30 10                        6,04                    99,80              93,76
            1104 30 90                        6,04                    94,5 1*            88,47
            1106 20 10                       27,40                   115,96            109,31 0
            1106 20 91                       20,55                   202,42            178,24 0
            1106 20 99                       20,55                   210,47            186,290
            1107 10 11                       10,88                   233,40            222,52
            1107 10 19                       10,88                   177,14            1 66,26
            1107 1091                        54,28                   211,91 0          201,03
            1107 1099                        43,31                   161,09            150,21
            1107 20 00                       48,67                   185,940           175,06
            1108 11 00                       20,55                   280,17            259,62
            1108 1200                        20,55                   202,42            181,87
            1108 13 00                       20,55                   202,42            181,87
            1108 1400                        20,55                   202,42              90,93 0
            1108 19 10                       30,83                   187,82            156,99
            1108 19 90                       20,55                   202,42              90,93
            1109 00 00                      181,34                   653,38            472,04
            1702 30 91 0                     96,72                   333,94            237,22
            1702 30 99 0                     66,49                   248,36            181,87
            1702 40 90 0                     66,49                   248,36            181,87
            1702 90 50                       66,49                   248,36            181,87
            1702 90 75                       96,72                   345,23            248,51
            1702 90 79                       66,49                   239,32            172,83
            2106 90 55                       66,49                   248,36            181,87
            2302 10 10                        9,41                    55,83              49,83
            2302 10 90                       13,31                   112,77            106,77
            2302 20 10                        9,41                    55,83              49,83
            2302 20 90                       13,31                   112,77            106,77
            2302 30 10                        9,41                    55,83              49,83
            2302 30 90                       13,31                   112,77            106,77
            2302 40 10                        9,41                    55,83              49,83
            2302 40 90                       13,31                   112,77            106,77
            2303 10 11                     181,34                    407,26            225,92
                                                                                   '
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        (') This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes, subject to certain conditions.
        (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 Ewers 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.
        (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the customs treatment in respect of glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings
             1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 shall also apply to glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59.
         (4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1 180/77 this levy is reduced by 5,44 ECU/tonne for products originating in Turkey.
         0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating in the
             African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
             — arrow-root falling within subheading 0714 90 10,
             — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20,
             — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90.
         0 Taric code : wheat.
         I7) Taric code : rye.
         (8) Taric code : millet.
         (') Taric code : sorghum.
        (10) Taric code : others.