CELEX: 31988R2858
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-17
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2858/88 of 16 September 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

17. 9 . 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 257/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2858/88
                                                       of 16 September 1988
                        fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                          rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                          the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    No 1676/85,
 Economic Community,                                                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                         these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Portugal,                                                               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 15
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 September 1988 ;
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                     calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                      coefficients :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the            contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 to today's
 common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­            offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3           that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
 thereof,                                                            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 cereals, wheat and rye flour,
 and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 (*) and subsequent amend­
 ing Regulations ;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                        Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                     shall be as set 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
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ   No  L 197,  26. 7.   1988, p. 16.
(3) OJ   No  L 164,  24. 6.   1985, p. 1.
(4) OJ   No  L 153,  13. 6.   1987, p. 1.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September
0 OJ No' L 205, 30. 7. 1988, p. 96.                                   1988 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 16 September 1988 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 16 September 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals
                                          and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                     Levies
                             CN code
                                                                 Portugal                            Third country
                           0709 90 60                              13,63                                135,54
                           0712 90 19                              13,63    •                           135,54
                           100110 10                              27,27                                 170,72 (') 0
                           1001 10 90                             27,27                                  1 70,72 (')O
                           1001 90 91                               0,00                                 123,05
                           1001 90 99                               0,00                                 123,05
                           1002 00 00                              29,86                                 103,86 (6)
                           1003 00 10                              23,59                                 107,89
                           1003 00 90                              23,59                                 107,89
                           1004 00 10                              79,80                                   43,33
                           1004 00 90                              79,80                                   43,33
                           1005 10 90                              13,63                                 135,54 (2)(3)
                           1005 90 00                              13,63                                 135,54 00
                           1007 00 90                              36,96                                 143,02 (4)
                           1008 10 00                              23,59                                   26,88
                           1008 20 00                              23,59                                   89,35 O
                            1008 30 00                             23,59                                    0,00 o
                            1008 90 10                              0                                       0
                            1008 90 90                             23,59                                    0,00
                            1101 00 00                              4,29                                  184,88
                            1102 10 00                             55,14                                  158,74
                            1103 1110                              55,40                                 277,74
                            1103 11 90                               4,99                                 199,31
            (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
            (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied to imports into the French
                overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
                countries and territories'.
            (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81
                ECU/tonne.
            (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced
                by 50 % .
            (5) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the
                Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
            (6) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Commu­
                nity is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
             0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
                 cale).