CELEX: 31988R2733
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2733/88 of 31 August 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 241 / 118                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                      1 . 9 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2733/88
                                                       of 31 August 1988
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Economic Community,
                                                                         of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                         rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Portugal,                                                                No 1676/85,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               — for other currencies, an exchange rate hased on the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  30 August 1988 ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                   calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11               coefficients ;
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 1 636/87 (6), and in particular Article 3           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (") the levies
thereof,
                                                                    at present in force must therefore be altered to the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the import levies on products processed from                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
                                                                                               Article 1
(EEC) No 2350/88 Q, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2665/88 (8) ;                                              The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as                  from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as
regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10,                (EEC) No 2350/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set
                                                                    out in the Annex.
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­
clature ;                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
should be calculated on the following basis :                        1988 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 31 August 1988 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
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                                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                             No L 241 / 119
                                                                    ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1988 altering the import levies on products
                                                    processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                      Import levies
                               CN code
                                                                   Third countries
                                                                                                        ACP or OCT
                                                            (other than ACP or OCT)
            0714 10 10                                                  114,28                              109,45 0
            0714 10 90
                                                                        111,26 (')                          109,45 (■) 0
            0714 90 10
                                                                        111,26 (')                          109,45 (') 0
             1102 90 10 (2)                                             206,31                             200,27
             1103 19 30 (2)                                             206,31                             200,27
             1103 29 20 (2)                                             206,31                             200,27
            1104 11 10 0                                                116,51                              113,49
            1104 11 90 (2)                                              228,56                             222,52
            1104 21 10 (2)                                              181,04                             178,02
            1104 21 30 (2)                                              181,04                             178,02
            1104 21 50 (2)                                             284,19                              278,15
            1104 21 90 (2)                                              116,51 <                           113,49
            1106 20 10                                                  114,28                             107,63 0
            1107 10 91
                                                                       208,92 0                            198,04
            1107 10 99                                                 158,86                              147,98
            1107 20 00
                                                                       183,33 (4)                          172,45
            (') 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 1 101 , 1 102, 1 103 and 1 104 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 Ewert polarimetric method), referred to dry matter exceeding
                     45 % by weight,                                                                                             8
                 — 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.
           (4) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5,44 ECU/tonne for products origina­
                ting in Turkey.
           (*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on (he following products origi­
                 nating 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 1108 19 90.