CELEX: 31988R2488
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2488/88 of 8 August 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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  9 . 8 . 88                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 218/ 1
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                                                     (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2488/88
                                                               of 8 August 1988
                         fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                               the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                               No 1676/85,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  Economic Community,                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                               these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                           previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
  Portugal,
                                                                           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 5
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     August 1988 ;
  of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
  2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                           calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                           coefficients ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
  of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and                  Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
  the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 to today's
  common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­                 offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
  lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3                that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
  thereof,                                                                 amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
  Having .regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
  Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
  and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
  Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 (*) and subsequent amend­
  ing Regulations ;
                                                                                                      Article 1
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
  should be calculated on the following basis :                            The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                           Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
  (') OJ   No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 1.                                                         Article 2
  0   OJ   No  L  197,  26. 7.   1988 , p. 16.
  (3) OJ   No  L  164,  24. 6.   1985,  p. 1.
  (4) OJ   No  L  153,  13 . 6.  1987,  p. 1.
  0   OJ   No  L  205,  30 . 7.  1988 , p. 96 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 August 1988 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 8 August 1988 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX
            to sthe Commission Regulation of 8 August 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                               wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                      Levies
                             CN code
                                                                 Portugal .                           Third country
                            0709 90 60                             11,21                                 135,39
                            0712 90 19                             11,21                                 135,39
                            1001 10 10                             21,88                                 1 63,78 00
                            1001 10 90                             21,88                                 163,78 00
                            1001 90 91                               0,00                                128,89
                            1001 90 99                               0,00                                128,89
                            1002 00 00                             26,32                                   96,61 0
                            1003 00 10                             19,98                                 104,51
                            1003 00 90                             19,98                                 104,51
                            1004 00 10                             76,92                                   47,42
                            1004 00 90                             76,92                                   47,42
                            1005 10 90                             11,21                                 135,39 (2)0
                            1005 90 00                             11,21                                 135,39 0 0
                            1007 00 90                             34,79                                 145,66 (4)
                            1008 10 00                             19,98                                   25,45
                            1008 20 00                             19,98                                   59,81 O
                            1008 30 00                             19,98                                    0,00 o
                            1008 90 10                               0                                      0
                            1008 90 90                             19,98                                    0,00
                            1101 00 00                               6,74                                193,61
                            1102 10 00                             50,02                                 148,42
                            1103 11 10                             51,18                                 266,04
                            1103 11 90                               7,46                                208,92
            (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
            (^) 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 % .
            (*) 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.
            (6) 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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
            f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
                cale).