CELEX: 31988R3687
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3687/88 of 25 November 1988 fixing the amount of the reduction applicable under the special arrangements for maize and sorghum imports into Spain

26. 11 . 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 321 /25
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3687/88
                                                      of 25 November 1988
                  fixing the amount of the reduction applicable under the special arrangements
                                         for maize and sorghum imports into Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         overcome by setting a special reduction of the levy on
                                                                    grain sorghum imported under this Regulation ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 Whereas the reduction on maize imported into Spain
                                                                    must be adjusted if the quantities laid down are to be met
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87                within the time limit agreed ;
of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of
maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 ('), and             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in particular Article 3 thereof,                                     in accordance with the opinion of Management
                                                                     Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/87 of
16 October 1987 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the special arrangements for imports of
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3106/88 (3), lays
down the framework of detailed rules to ensure that the                                       Article 1
purposes of the said Regulation are respected ;
                                                                    The reduction in thd levy provided for in Article 3 of
Whereas the amount of the reduction in the import levy               Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 shall be :
on maize and grain sorghum imported into Spain should
be fixed at a level enabling the quantities provided for            — 0 ECU per tonne for maize,
under the Agreement between the European Economic                   — 0 ECU per tonne for grain sorghum originating in the
Community and the United States of America (4) to be                     African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries,
imported and avoiding any disturbance of the Spanish
cereals market ;                                                    —- 0 ECU per tonne for grain sorghum imported from
                                                                         other countries.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of                26
February 1985 on the arrangements applicable                 to
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from      the                               Article 2
processing of agricultural products originating in          the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3108/88 Q is hereby
countries and territories (*), as last amended by Regulation         repealed.
(EEC) No 1821 /87 (6), provides, in particular, for a 50 %
reduction in the levy on grain sorghum ; whereas the                                          Article 3
combination of this advantage with the reduction
provided for under this Regulation is likely to disturb the          This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 November
Spanish market for cereals ; whereas this difficulty can be           1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 25 November 1988 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L 170, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 294, 17. 10 . 1987, p. 15.
(3) OJ  No  L 277, 8 . 10. 1988, p. 28 .
(4) OJ  No  L 98 , 10 . 4. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
(6) OJ  No  L 172, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 102.                             0 OJ No L 277, 8 . 10 . 1988 , p. 36.