CELEX: 31987R2554
Language: en
Date: 1987-08-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2554/87 of 25 August 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

26. 8 . 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 242/29
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2554/87
                                                         of 25 August 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,
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Portugal,                                                                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,            Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 24 August 1987 ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
No 1907/87 (4) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,             coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11                 Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the                from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                 of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
common agricultural policy (*), as amended by Regulation             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (10) the levies
(EEC) No 1636/87 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,           at present in force must therefore be altered to the
                                                                     amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on products processed from                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2266/87 0 ;                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (8) as                   The import levies to be charged on products processed
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (9) as                from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the            2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Common Customs Tariff ;                                               1906/87, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2266/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           Annex.
should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                                                Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band            This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 August 1987.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 25 August 1987.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 2) 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 .
(«) OJ  No  L  153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
o   OJ  No  L 208 ,  30 . 7. 1987, p. 26.
(8) OJ  No  L  182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 49.
 9) OJ  No  L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            10 OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
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No L 242/30                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                               26 . 8 . 87
                                                                    ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 25 August 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 E I (2)                                             333,15                               327,1 1
              11.01 E II (2)                                            188,38                               185,36
              1 1 .02 A V a) 1 (2)                                      315,15                               309,11
              1 1.02 A V a) 2 (2)                                       333,15                               327,1 1
            . 11.02 A Vb)(2)                                            188,38                               185,36
              11.02 B II c)(2)                                          293,79                               290,77
              1 1.02 C V (2)                                            293,79                               290,77
              1 1 .02 D V (2)                                           188,38                               185,36
              1 1 .02 E II c) (2)                                       333,15                               327,1 1
              11.02 FV (2)                                              333,15                               327,1 1
              11.02 Gil                                                 142,34                               136,30
              1 1.04 C II a)                                            297,04                               272,86 0
              11.04 C lib)                                              313,14                               288,96 0
              11.08 A I                                                 297,04                               276,49
              11.08 A IV                                                297,04                               276,49
              11.08 A V                                                 297,04                               138,24 0
              17.02 B II a) (3)                                         457,35                               360,63
              17.02 B II b) (3)                                         342,98                               276,49
              17.02 F II a)                                             474,53                               377,81
              17.02 F II b)                                             329,24                               262,75
              21.07 F II                                                342,98                               276,49
              23.03 A I                                                 524,80                               343,46
              (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.
              (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 1 7.02 B I is subject to the same
                   levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II.
              (*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origina­
                   ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                   — arrowroot falling within subheading ex 07.06 A,
                   — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheading 11.04 C,
                   — arrowroot starch falling within subheading ex 11.08 A V.