CELEX: 31988R3618
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3618/88 of 21 November 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

22. 11 . 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 315/23
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3618/88
                                                     of 21 November 1988
                      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,                                                      the last paragraph of Article 3.(1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                         No 1 676/85,
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 2221 /88 (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               18 November 1988 ;
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)
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,          calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                   coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11
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 Q, 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 (n), as last
thereof,                                                           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 740/78. (I2), the levies
                                                                   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
(EEC) No 3384/88 Q, as last amended by Regulation                                              Article 1
(EEC) No 3605/88 (8) ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as                 The import levies to be charged on products processed
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as              from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10,
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 ;                                     (EEC) No 3384/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set
                                                                    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 22 November
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band           1988 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 21 November 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSE^
                                                                                    Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.
0 OJ' No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 30 .
0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(6) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 299, 1 . 11 . 1988 , p. 1 .
(8) OJ No L 313, 19 . 11 . 1988, p. 29.
O OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 49.                                  (") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            (12) OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 21 November 1988 altering 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)
                  1102 90 30 (2)                                                        132,44                          1 26,40
                  1103 12 00Q            \                                              132,44                          126,40
                  1103 29 30 0           l                                              f32,44                          126,40
                  1104 12 10 0           II                                              74,64                            71,62
                  1104 12 90f)           ||                                             146,48                          140,44
                  1104 22 10 (2)         \                                              129,42                          126,40
                  1104 22 30 0           \                                             .129,42                          126,40
                  1104 22 50 0           Il                                             115,37                          112,35
                  1104 22 90 0                                                           74,64                            71,62
        (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1102, 1103 and 1104 and those falling
            within subheadings 2302 10, 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40, products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1 102, 1 103 and 1 104 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,
            — 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.