CELEX: 31987R2669
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2669/87 of 2 September 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

3 . 9 . 87                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 252/ 19
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2669/87
                                                          of 2 September 1987
                          altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                                          No 1676/85, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                              1636/87,
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                  1 September 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)
 No 1907/87 (4) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,               calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                        coefficients ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11
 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 (6), and in particular Article 3               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (10) the levies
 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                                              Article 1
 (EEC) No 2579/87 0";
 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
                                                                        2579/87 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 :
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                                         Article 2
       tion to each other at any given moment within a band             This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 September
       of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central             1987 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 2 September 1987.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 2 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 D (2)                                               244,25                               238,21
             11.02 A IV (2)                                            244,25                               238,21
             1 1 .02 B I a) 2 aa)                                      138,01                               134,99
             1 1 .02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                                  241,23                               238,21
             1 1 .02 B I b) 2 (2)                                      241,23                               238,21
             11.02C IV (2)                                             214,76                               211,74
             11.02 D IV (2)                                            138,01                               134,99
             11.02 EI a) 2 (2)                                         138,01                               134,99
             11.02 E lb) 2 (2)                                         270,72                               264,68
             11.02 F IV (2)                                            244,25                               238,21
             (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 1 1.02 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.