CELEX: 31988R3913
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3913/88 of 15 December 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 347/52                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                16. 12. 88
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3913/88
                                                       of 15 December 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 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 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                 14 December 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)              calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
No 2229/88 (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
                                                                     from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu­
                                                                     of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (u), as last
thereof,                                                             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (12), 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 3689/88 Q, as last amended by Regulation                                              Article 1
(EEC) No 3900/88 (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
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as               2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10,                    (EEC) No 3689/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set
2302 20, 2302 30 and • 2302 40 ;                                     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 16 December
     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, 15 December 1988 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
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(«) OJ  No  L  153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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(») OJ  No  L  346,  15. 12. 1988, p. 45.
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 15 December 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)
                    1103 21  00 (2)                                  241,37                             235,33
                    1104 19  10 (2)                                  241,37                             235,33
                    1 104 29 10*10 (2) (6)                           176,90                              173,88
                    1 104 29 30 * 10 00                              212,20                             209,18
                    1104 29  91 (2)                                  136,37                              133,35
                    1104 30 10                                       104,10 '                             98,06
                    1107 10 11                                       243,60                             232,72
                    1107 10 19                                       184,76                              173,88
                    1108 11 00                                   ,   292,78                             272,23
                    1109 00 00                                       676,30                             494,96
                   2302 10 10                                         60,18                               54,18
                   2302 10 90                                        122,10                              116,10
                   2302 20 10                                         60,18                               54,18
                    2302 20 90                                       122,10                              116,10
                    2302 30 10                                        60,18                               54,18
                   2302 30 90                                        122,10                              116,10
                   2302 40 10                                         60,18    ■                          54,18
                   2302 40 90                                        122,10                              116,10
           (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 , 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,
               — 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.
           (') Taric code : wheat.