CELEX: 31988R3384
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3384/88 of 28 October 1988 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 11 . 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 299/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3384/88
                                                         of 28 October 1988
                            fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products
                                                                       considered to have been used in the manufacture of the
                                                                       processed product or the competing product which serves
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 as a reference for processed products not containing
 Economic Community,                                                   cereals :
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
 Portugal,                                                            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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,            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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 basic product concerned differs by not less than 3,02 ECU
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              described above :
 No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1579/74, the levy on certain processed products must be
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable           reduced by an amount equal to the production refund
component of the import levy on products processed                    granted in respect of basic products for processing ;
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of        whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (9), as
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12.(1 ) (a) of               amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (10), laid down
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Arttele 2 of                    certain transitional measures in respect of starches ;
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October
 1975 on the import and export system for products
processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (6), provides that the inci­              Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies              Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accordance
applicable to their basic products should be calculated on            with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 ("), as last
the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3794/85 (12), the vari­
basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­              able component of the levy on certain processed products
ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted             must be reduced by the incidence of the production
on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic               refund granted in respect of basic products intended for
products in question during the month of importation is               processing ;
(')  OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           O OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
0    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.                             H 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.
(«)  OJ   No  L 182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                              H OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.
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Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­                    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific- States and of                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
them in respect of certain products processed from cereals                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component                        tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
variable component ; whereas this reduction must be                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
made in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regula­                       these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
tion (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arran­                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
gements applicable to agricultural products and certain                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
States or in the overseas countries and territories ('), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (2);                           (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                       Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
Whereas, in respect of products falling within subheading              ture,
07.06 A of the Common Cuxtoms Tariff, Council Regula­
tion (EEC) No 430/87 of 9 February 1987 concerning the
 import arrangements applicable to products falling within
 subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 coming from third countries and amending Regulation
 (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3) lays
 down the terms on which the import levy is limited to
 6 % ad valorem ; whereas account should be taken of the                                          Article 1
 introduction on 1 January 1988 of the new tariff nomen­
 clature laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No                      The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical                 Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
 nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (4), as                 Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1471 /88 (*), and to               subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75, shall be as set
 that end former subheading 07.06 A should be replaced                  out in the Annex hereto.
 by the corresponding subheadings 0714 10 90 and
 071490 10 of the new nomenclature ;
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally levies                                         Article 2
  should be calculated on the following basis :
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
       tion to each other at any given moment within a band             1988 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                     Done at Brussels, 28 October 1988 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                                                                            f
   (') OJ No L 61 , 1. 3. 1985, p. 4.
   V)  OJ  No  L  172, 30. 6. 1987, p., 102.
   (3) OJ  No  L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.                                  («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
   O   OJ  No  L  256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
   (*) OJ  No  L  134, 31 . 5. 1988, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 28 October 1988 fixing the import levies on products
                                            processed from cereals dnd rice
                                                                                                   (ECU/tonne)
                   CN code
                                 I                                  Import levies
                                                                   Third countries
                                            Portugal                                     ACP or OCT
                                                             (other than ACP or OCT)
            0714 10 10                        29,32                    120,35               115^52 0
            0714 10 90                        26,30                    117,33 (')           115,52(')0
            0714 90 10                        26,30                    117,33 (»)           115,5200
            1102 20 10 (2)                     6,04                    220,04              214,00
            1102 20 90 (2)                     3,02                    124,29               121,27
            1102 30 00 0                       3,02                    117,82               114,80
            1102 90 10 (2)                    53.38                    217,23              211,19
            1102 90 30 (2)  •                154,70                     94,38                88,34
            1102 90 90 (2)                    24.39                    137,02               134,00
            1103 12 00 (2)                   154,70                     94,38                88,34
            1103 13 11 (2)                     6,04                    211,04              205,00
            1103 13 19 (2)                     6,04                    220,04              214,00
            1103 1 3 90 (2)                    3,02                    124,29               121,27
            1103 14 00 (2)                     3,02                    117,82               114,80
            1103 19 10 (2)                    64,68                    202,22               196.18
            1 103 19 30 (2)                   53.38                    217,23              211.19
            1103 19 90 (2)                    24.39                    137,02               134,00
            1103 21 00 (2)                     6,04                    230.19              224,15
            1103 29 10 (2)                    64,68                    202,22               196.18
            1103 29 20 (2)                    53.38                    217,23              211.19
            1103 29 30 (2)                   154,70                     94,38                88,34
            1103 29 40 (2)                     6,04                    220,04              214,00
            1103 29 50 (2)                     3,02                    117,82               114,80
            1103 29 90 (2)                    24.39                    137,02               134,00
            1104 11 10 (2)                    29,85                    122,70               119,68
            1104 11 90 (2)                    58,64                    240,70              234,66
            1104 12 10 (2)                    87,26                     53,08                50,06
            1104 12 90 (2)                   171,22                    104.20                98,16
            1104 19 10 0                       6,04                    230,19              224,15
            1104 19 30 (2)                    64,68                    202,22               196,18
            1104 19 50 (2)                     6,04                    220,04              21-4,00
            1104 19 91 (2)                     6,04                    200,98               194,94
            1 1 04 1 9 99                     43,75                    242,51              236,47
            1104 21 10 (2)                    45,10                    190,75               187,73
            1104 21 30 (2)                    45,10                    190,75               187,73
            1104 21 50 (2)                    71,79                    299,37              293,33
            1104 21 90 (2)                    29,85                    122,70               119,68
            1104 22 10 (2)                   151,68                     91,36                88,34
            1104 22 30 (2)                   151,68                     91,36                88,34
            1104 22 50 (2)                   135,16                     81,55                78,53
            1104 22 90 (2)                    87,26                     53,08                50,06
            1104 23 10 (2)                     3,02                    193,24               190,22
            1104 23 30 (2)                     3,02                    193,24               190,22         1
            1104 23 90 (2)                     3,02                    124,29               121,27
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                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                                                      Import levies
                 CN code
                                                                    Third countries     ACP or OCT
                                            Portugal          (other than ACP or OCT)
           1104 29 10*10 (2)(6)                3,02                      168,64           165,62
           1104 29 10*20 (2)0                46,35                       147,98           144,96
           1 104 29 10*30 (2) (8)             36,54                      213,21           210,19
           110429 1 0*40 (2) (9)              36,54                      213,21           210,19
           1104 29 10*90 (2)(10)              36,54                      213,21           210,19
           1104 29 30*10 (2)(6)                 3,02                -    202,27           199,25
           1 104 29 30*20 (2) 0               55,15                      177,40           174,38
           1104 29 30*30 (2)(8)               36,54                      213,21           210,19
           1 104 29 30*40 (2) 0               36,54                      213,21           210,19
           1 104 29 30*90 (2) (,0)            36,54                      213,21           210,19
           1104 29 91 (2)                       3,02                     130,04            127,02
           1104 29 95 (2)                     36,25                      114,19            111,17
            1104 29 99 (2)                    24,39                      137,02            134,00
            1104 30 10                          6,04                       99,44            93,40
            1104 30 90                          6,04                       95,21             89,17
            1106 20 10 ,                      29,32                       120,35           113,70 0
            1106 20 91                        20,55                      203,91            179,73 0
            1106 20 99                        20,55    -                 211,96            187,78 O
            1107 10 11                         10,88                     232,54            221,66
            1107 10 19                         10,88                      176,50           165,62
            1107 10 91                         57,69                      219.73 (4)       208.85
            1107 10 99                        45,86                       166,93           156,05
            1107 20 00                         51,65                      1 92.74 (4)      181.86
            1108 11 00                         20,55                      279,12           258,57
            1108 1200                          20,55                      203,91           183,36
            1108 13 00                         20,55                      203,91            183,36
            1108 14 00                         20,55                      203,91             91,68 0
             1108 19 10                        30,83                      186,33            155,50
             1108 19 90                        20,55                      203,91             91,68
             1109 00 00                      181,34                       651,46           470,12
                                               96,72                      335,89            239,17
             1702 30 91 (3)
                                               66,49                      249,85            183,36
             1702 30 99 (3)
                                               66,49                       249,85           183,36
             1702 40 90 (3)
             1702 90 50                         66,49                      249,85           183,36
             1702 90 75                         96,72                      347,28           250,56
             1702 90 79­                        66,49                      240,74           174,25
             2106 90 55                         66,49                      249,85           183,36
             2302 10 10                           9,68                       56,51            50,51
             2302 10 90                         13,89                       114,23           108,23
             2302 20 10                           9,68                       56,51            50,51
              2302 20 90                        13,89                       114,23           108,23
              2302 30 10                          9,68                       56,51            50,51
              2302 30 90                         13,89                      114,23           108,23
              2302 40 10                          9,68                       56,51            50,51
              2302 40 90                         13,89                      114,23           108,23
              2303 10 11                       181,34                       409,12           227,78
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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.
             0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1 180/77 this levy is reduced by 5,44 ECU/tonne for products originating in Turkey.
             0 I" 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 1 1 08 1 9 90.
             (') Taric code : wheat.
             0 Taric code : rye.
             (8) Taric code : millet.
             (') Taric code : sorghum.
            (10) Taric code : others.