CELEX: 31987R3729
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3729/87 of 11 December 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

12. 12. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 349/47
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3729/87
                                                     of 11 December 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,                                   1                 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                10 December 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
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 (% and in particular Article 3             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") 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,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on products processed from
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation                                          Article 1
(EEC) No 3574/87 Q, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3701 /87 (8) ;                                            The import levies to be charged on products processed
                                                                    from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as                  2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as              1906/87, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the           (EEC) No 3574/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set
Common Customs Tariff ;                                             out in the Annex.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                                                 Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 December
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band           1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 11 December 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 .
0 OJ No L 338, 28. 11 . 1987, p. 23.
(*) OJ No L 347, 11 . 12. 1987, p. 54.
0 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.
(,0) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            (") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 11 December 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 F (2)                                              202,42                               199,40
            11.02 A VI 0                                             202,42                               199,40
            11.02 E II d) 1 (2)                                      344,64                               338,60
            11.02 F VI (2)                                           202,42                               199,40
            11.08 All                                                298,52                               267,69
            (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.