CELEX: 31988R3924
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3924/88 of 16 December 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

17. 12. 88                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 348/3
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3924/88
                                                       of 16 December 1988
                     fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Economic Community,
                                                                          tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 15
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 December 1988 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,              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,
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 (*) and subsequent amend­
                                                                                                 Article 1
ing Regulations ;
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
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                       Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)         This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December
     No 1676/85,                                                       1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 16 December 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
 (■) 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.
 («) OJ  No  L 153,  13. 6.   1987, p. 1.
 (5) OJ No L 205, 30. 7. 1988, p. 96.
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 16 December 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                                1,10                                 129,76
                           0712 90 19                                1,10                                 129,76
                            1001 10 10                             31,98                                  186,20 (')O
                            1001 10 90                             31,98                                  186,20 (')O
                            1001 90 91                              0,00                                  129,80
                            1001 90 99                              0,00                                  129,80 '
                            1002 00 00                             35,82                                  115,88 (6)
                            1003 00 10                             29,59                                  124,15
                            1003 00 90                   ^         29,59                                  124,15
                            1004 00 10                             85,40                                   75,38
                            1004 00 90                             85,40                                   75,38
                            1005 10 90                               1,10                                 129,76 00
                            1005 90 00                               1,10                                 129,76 (2)0
                            1007 00 90                             24,28                                  138,52 (4)
                            1008 10 00                             29,59                                   44,48
                            1008 20 00                             29,59                                  118,14 ( 4)
                            1008 30 00                             29,59                                     0,00 o
                            1008 90 10                              0                                        0
                            1008 90 90                             29,59                                     0,00
                            1101 00 00                              0,41                                  195,57
                            1102 10 00                             63,20                                  176,08
                            1103 1110                              62,89                                  302,87
                            1103 1190                               0,72                                  210,31
           (') 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 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 SO % .
           0 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.
           (') 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 .
           Q The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
               cale).