CELEX: 31988R2665
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2665/88 of 26 August 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   27. 8 . 88
No L 237/30
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2665/88
                                                          of 26 August 1988
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                            tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Economic Community,                                                         rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                          the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Portugal,                                                                   No 1676/85,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                            previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     ,25 August 1988 ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,              Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                       calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11                   coefficients ;
June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the
exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                   Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
common agricultural policy 0, as last amended by Regu­                 from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
 lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3              of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
 thereof,                                                              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (u) 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 2350/88 0, as last amended by Regulation                                                Article 1
 (EEC) No 2589/88 (8) ;
                                                                       The import levies to be charged on products processed
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 Q 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 subheadings 2302 10,                  (EEC) No 2350/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set
  2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­                   out in the Annex.
  clature ;
                                                                                                   Article 2
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
  should be calculated on the following basis :                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August 1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 26 August 1988 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 August 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)
           1102 20 10 (2)                                              258,78                              252,74
           1 102 20 90 (2)                                             146,24                              143,22
           1103 13 11 (2)                                              249,78                              243,74
           1103 13 19 (2)                                              258,78                              252,74
           1103 13 90 (2)                                              146,24                              143,22
           1103 29 40 (2)                                              258,78                              252,74
           1104 1950 (2)                                               258,78                              252,74
           1104 23 10 (2)                                              227,68                              224,66
           1 104 23 30 (2)                                             227,68                              224,66
           1 104 23 90 (2)                                             146,24                              143,22
           1104 30 90                                                  111,35                              105,31
           1106 20 91                                                  238,56 -                            214,38 Is)
           1106 20 99                                                  246,61                              222,43 0
           1108 1200                                                   238,56                              218,01
           1108 13 00                                                  238,56                              218,01
           1108 14 00                                                  238,56                              109,00 0
           1108 19 90                                                  238,56                              109,00
           1702 30 91 (3)                                              381,08                              284,36
           1702 30 99 (3)                                              284,50                              218,01
           1702 40 90 0                                                284,50                              218,01
           1702 90 50                                                  284,50                              218,01
           1702 90 75                                                  394,62                              297,90
           1702 90 79                                                  273,67                              207,18
           2106 90 55                                                  284,50                              218,01
           2303 10 11                                                  452,16                              270,82
           (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.
           (3) 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 .
           0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No. 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­
                nating 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.