CELEX: 31987R2690
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2690/87 of 4 September 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 254/ 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                      5. 9. 87
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2690/87
                                                       of 4 September 1987
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Economic Community,                                                       the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                          No 1676/85, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        1636/87,
Portugal,                                                           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    3 September 1987 ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
No 1907/87 (4) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,             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                Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                 from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu­             of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") the levies
thereof,                                                             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                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2579/87 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                                              Article 1
No 2669/87 (8);                                                      The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (®) as                   from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as               2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the             1906/87, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
Common Customs Tariff ;                                              (EEC) No 2579/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set
                                                                     out in the Annex.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                                                   Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­            This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 September
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band            1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 4 September 1987.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 40.
 (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 51 .
 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 244, 28. 8. 1987, p. 18 .
 (8) OJ No L 252, 3. 9. 1987, p. 19.
 0 OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 49 .
 (10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                             (") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
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                                                                  ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 4 September 1987 altering the import levies on products
                                                  processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                      Import levies
                          CCT heading No                          Third countries
                                                                                                       ACP or OCT
                                                            (other than ACP or OCT)
           11.01 GO                                                   193,43                               190,41
            11.02 A VII (2)                                           193,43                               190,41
            11.02 B II d)(2)                                          301,71                               298,69
            1 1 .02 C VI (2)                                          301,71                               298,69
            1 1 .02 D VI (2)                                          193,43                               190,41
            1 1 .02 E II d) 2 (2)                                     342,06                               336,02
            1 1.02 F VII (2)                                          193,43                               190,41
           (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling
                 within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 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 No 11.02.