CELEX: 31988R1281
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1281/88 of 10 May 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

11 . 5. 88
                                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 121 /55
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1281/88
                                                              of 10 May 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
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
   Economic Community,                                                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                              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 1097/88 (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
  of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                       Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
  market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 9 May 1988 ;
  No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,               Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11                    calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                          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 1 636/87 (6), and in particular Article 3              of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
  thereof,                                                               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (10) 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 1141 /88 (7) ;                                                                           Article 1
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (8) as                      The import levies to be charged on products processed
 amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (9) as                   from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
 regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10,                    2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­                     1141 /88 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the
 clature ;                                                               Annex.
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies                                        Article 2
 should be calculated on the following basis :                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May 1988 .
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States .
                      Done at Brussels, 10 May 1988 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 10 May 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)                                             329,34                              323,30
              1102 20 90 0                                              186,22                              183,20
              1103 13 11 (2)                                            311,34                              305,30
              1103 13 19 (2)                                            329,34                              323,30
              1103 13 90 (2)                                            186,22                              183,20
              1103 29 40 (2)                                            329,34                              323,30
              1104 19 50 (2)                                            329,34                              323,30
              1104 23 10 (2)                                            290,40                              287,38
              1104 23 30 (2)                                            290,40                              287,38
              1104 23 90 (2)                                            186,22                              183,20
              1104 30 90                                                140,75                              134,71
              1106 20 91                                                293,62                              269,44 0
              1106 20 99                                                309,72                              285,54 0
              1108 1200                                                 293,62                              273,07      1
              1108 13 00                                                293,62                              273,07
              1108 14 00                                                293,62                               136,53(5)
              1108 19 90                                                293,62                              136,53
              1702 30 91 (3)                                            452,90                              356,18
              1702 30 99 (3)                                             339,56                             273,07
              1702 40 90 (3)                                             339,56                             273,07
              1702 <90 50 (3)                                            339,56                             273,07
              1702 90 75                                                 469,86                             373,14
              1702 90 79                                                 325,99                              259,50
              2106 90 55                                                 339,56                              273,07
              2303 10 11                                                 520,56                              339,22
               (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 products falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59
                   are subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 1702 30 91 and 1702 30 99.
               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 .