CELEX: 31988R2350
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2350/88 of 28 July 1988 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

29. 7. 88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 204/25
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2350/88
                                                         of 28 July 1988
                        fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
                                                                    24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
                                                                    levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
                                                                    and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
  Economic Community,
                                                                    cereals Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1740/78 (8), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                    increased by the fixed component is valid in general for
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
 Portugal,                                                          basic product concerned differs by not less than 3,02 ECU
                                                                    per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                    described above :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1579/74, the levy on certain processed products must be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               reduced by an amount equal to the production refund
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  granted in respect of basic products for processing ;
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 ('), as
 No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,          amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 (10), laid down
                                                                    certain transitional measures in respect of starches ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                   Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable        Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accordance
 component of the import levy on products processed                with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 ("), as last
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 (1 ) (A) of     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1623/88 (12), the vari­
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of            able component of the levy on certain processed products
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of                must be reduced by the incidence of the production
 Council Regulation (EEC) No - 2744/75 of 29 October               refund granted in respect of basic products intended for
 1975 on the import and export system for products                 processing ;
 processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (*), provides that the inci­
 dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies
 applicable to their basic products should be calculated on
 the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these
 basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­          Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
 ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted         rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
 on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic           the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
 products in question during the month of importation is           them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products        must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the             and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
 processed product or the competing product which serves           variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
as a reference for processed products not containing               made in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regula­
cereals ;                                                          tion (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the
(*) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            O OJ No L 168, 25. 6.      1974, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.                               0 OJ No L 202, 26. 7.      1978, p. 8.
0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                                 0 OJ No L 195, 26. 7.      1975, p. 25.
(4) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 15.                             (10) OJ No L 247, 23. 9.    1975, p. 22.
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                              (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 .  1975, p. 57.
(«) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                (,2) OJ No L 145, 11 . 6.   1988, p. 26.
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gements arrangements applicable to agricultural products                 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
and certain goods resulting from the processing of agri­                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
cultural products originating in the African, Caribbean                  tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territo­
                                                                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
ries ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (2) ;               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Whereas, in respect of products falling within subheading                these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
07.06 A of the Common Cuxtoms Tariff, Council Regula­                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
tion (EEC) No 430/87 of 9 February 1987 concerning the                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
import arrangements applicable to products falling within
subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff                      Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
coming from third countries and amending Regulation                  (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this .
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3) lays                Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
                                                                     ture,
down the terms on which the import levy is limited to
6 % ad valorem. ; whereas account should be taken of the
introduction on 1 January 1988 of the new tariff nomen­
clature laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (4), as
                                                                                              Article 1
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1471 /88 Q, and to
that end former subheading 07.06 A should be replaced
by the corresponding subheadings 0714 10 90 and                      The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
071490 10 of the new nomenclature ;                                  Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
                                                                     Article 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No , 1418/76 and
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally levies            subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75, shall be as set
should be calculated on the following basis :                        out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                     Article 2
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1988 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 28 July 1988 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
0)  OJ   No   L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ   No   L 172, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 102.
(3) OJ   No   L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.
(«) OJ   No   L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 .                             (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No   L 134, 31 . 5. 1988 , p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 28 July 1988 fixing the import levies on products
                                             processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                     Import levies
                      CN code
                                                                    Third countries
                                             Portugal                                    ACP or OCT
                                                              (other than ACP or OCT)
           0714 10 10                           23,83                    112,38             107,55 0
           0714 10 90                           20,81                   109,36 (')          107,55 0 0
           0714 90 10                           20,81                   109,36 (')          107,55 00
            1102 20 10 (2)                      27,91                   237,03              230,99
            1102 20 90 (2)                      15,41                   133,92              130,90
           1102 30 00 (2)                        3,02                   139,71              136,69
           1102 90 10 (2)                      43,50                    202,89              196,85
           1102 90 30 (2)                     145,54                      97,64               91,60
           1102 90 90 (2)                      39,37                    142,41              139,39
           1103 1 2 00 (2)                    145,54                      97,64               91,60
           1103 13 11 (2)                      27,91                    228,03              221,99
           1103 13 19 (2)                      27,91                    237,03              230,99
           1103 13 90 (2)                       15,41                   133,92              130,90
           1103 14 00 (2)                        3,02                .  139,71              136,69
           1103 19 10 (2)                      54,87                    187,28              181,24
           1103 19 30 (2)                      43,50                    202,89              196,85
           1103 19 90 (2)                      39,37                    142,41              139,39
           1103 21 00 (2)                        6,04                   251,54             245,50
           1103 29 10 (2)                      54,87                    187,28              181,24
           1 103 29 20 (2)                     43,50                    202,89              196,85
           1103 29 30 (2)                    145,54                       97,64              91,60
           1103 29 40 (2)                      27,91                    237,03             230,99
           1 103 29 50 (2)                       3,02                   139,71             136,69
           1103 29 90 (2)                      39,37                    142,41             139,39
           1104 11 10 (2)                      24,25                    114,57             111,55
           1104 11 90 (2)                      47,66                   224,76              218,72
           1104 12 10 (2)                      82,07                     54,93               51,91
           1104 12 90 (2)                    161,04                     107,82             101,78
          1104 19 10 (2)                         6,04                  251,54              245,50
          1104 19 30 (2)                       54,87                    187,28             181,24
          1104 19 50 (2)                       27,91                   237,03              230,99
          1104 19 91 (2)                         6,04                  238,15              232,1 1
          1104 1 9 99 (2)                      70,19                   252,03              245,99
          1 104 21 10                         36,32                    178,00              174,98
          1104 21 30 (2)                      36,32                    178,00              174,98
          1104 21 50 (2)                      58,07                    279,44              273,40
          1104 21 90 (2)                      24,25                    114,57              111,55
          1104 22 10 (2)                     142,52                      94,62               91,60
          1104 22 30 (2)                     142,52                      94,62               91,60
          1104 22 50 (2)                     127,02                      84,44               81,42
          1104 22 90 (2)                      82,07                      54,93               51,91
          1104 23 10 (2)                      22,46                    208,35              205,33
          1 104 23 30 (2)                     22,46                    208,35              205,33
          1104 23 90 (2)                      15,41
                                                  '        1           133,92              130,90
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                                                                                           (ECU/tonne)
                                                                Import levies
                   CN code
                                                               Third countries
                                         Portugal                                ACP or OCT
                                                         (other than ACP or OCT)
       1104 29 10*10 00                      3,02                  184,42          181,40
       1 104 29 10*20 (2) 0                39,10                   136,94          133,92
       1 104 29 10*30 (2) (8)              60,04                   221,68          218,66
       1 104 29 10*40 (2) 0                60,04                   221,68          218,66
       1 104 29 10*90 (2) (10)             60,04                   221,68          218,66
       1104 29 30*10 (2)0                    3,02                  221,24          218,22
        1 104 29 30*20 (2) 0               46,43                   164,12          161,10
        1 104 29 30*30 (2) (8)             60,04                   221,68          218,66
        1 104 29 30*40 (2) (')             60,04                   221,68          218,66
        1 104 29 30*90 (2) (10)            60,04                   221,68          218,66
        1104 29 91 (2)                       3,02                  142,14          139,12
        1104 29 95 (2)                     30,69                   105,72          102,70
        1104 29 99 (2)                     39,37                   142,41           139,39
        1104 30 10                           6,04                  108,33           102,29
        1104 30 90                         15,15                   102,29            96,25
        1106 20 10                         23,83                   112,38           105,73 0
        1106 20 91                         40,11                   219,11           194,93 0
        1106 20 99                         40,11                   227,16          202,98 0
        1107 10 11                         10,88                   253,65          242,77
        1107.10 19                         10,88                    192,28          181,40
        1107 1091                          47,92                   205,54 (4)       194,66
        1107 10 99                         38,56                    156,33          145,45
        1107 20 00                         43,14                    180,39 (4)      169,51
        1108 1100                          20,55                   305,21          284,66
        1108 12 00                         40,1 1                  219,11           198,56
        1108 13 00                         40,11                   219,11           198,56
        1108 14 00                         40,11                   219,11             99,28 0
        1108 19 10                         30,83                   217,71           186,88
         1108 19 90                        40,1 1                  219,11             99,28
         1109 00 00                       181,34                    698,90          517,56
        1702 30 91 (3)                    122,24                    355,71          258,99
        1702 30 99 (3)                     86,05                    265,05          198,56
         1702 40 90 (3)                    86,05                    265,05          198,56
         1702 90 50 (3)                     86,05                   265,05          198,56
         1702 90 75                       123,45                    368,05          271,33
         1702 90 79                         85,08                   255,18          188,69
        2106 90 55                          86,05                   265,05          198,56
        2302 10 10                          10,82                    58,37            52,37
        2302 10 90                          16,34                   118,22           112,22
        2302 20 10                          10,82                    58,37            52,37
         2302 20 90                         16,34                   118,22           112,22
         2302 30 10                         10,82                    58,37            52,37
         2302 30 90                         16,34                   118,22           112,22
         2302 40 10                         10,82                    58,37            52,37
         2302 40 90                         16,34                   118,22           112,22
         2303 10 11                       205,64                    428,00           246,66
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            (') This levy is limited to 6% of the value for customs purposes, subject to certain conditions.
            (*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104 and those falling
                 within subheadings 230210, 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 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 Nos 1103 and 1104.
            (^ Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the customs treatment in respect of glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings
                 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 shall also apply to glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59.
            (■*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5,44 ECU/tonne for products originating in Turkey.
            (*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating 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.
            (*) Taric code : wheat.
            (*) Taric code : rye.
            (*) Taric code : millet.
            {*) Taric code : sorghum.
           (I0) Taric code : others.