CELEX: 31988R2484
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2484/88 of 5 August 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

6 . 8 . 88
No L 213/46                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2484/88
                                                           of 5 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)
                                                                            No 1676/85,
 Portugal,                                                             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                       these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 No 2221/88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,                   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                      4 August 1988 ;
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
 No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,              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                  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 (*), as last amended by Regu­              of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
  lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (6), and in particular Article 3              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (») the levies
  thereof,
                                                                        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 Q, as last amended by Regulation                                                Article 1
  (EEC) No 2434/88 (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 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 6 August 1988.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 5 August 1988 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 5 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)                                             253,34                              247,30
           1102 20 90 0                                               143,16                              140,14
           1103 13 11 0                                               244,34                              238,30
           1103 13 19 0                                               253,34                              247,30
           1103 13 90 0                                                143,16                             140,14
           1103 29 40 (2)                                             253,34                              247,30
           1104 19 50 (2)                                             253,34                              247,30
           1104 23 10 0                                               222,84                              219,82
           1104 23 30 0                                               222,84                              219,82
           1104 23 90 0                                                143,16                             140.14
           1104 30 90                                                  109,08                             103,04
           1106 20 91                                                 233,70                              209,52 0
           1106 20 99                                                 241,75                              217,57 0
           1108 12 00                                                 233,70                              213.15      '
           1108 13 00                                                 233,70                              213,15
           1108 14 00                                                 233,70                              106,57 (5)
           1108 19 90                                                 233,70                              106,57
           1702 30 91 (3)                                             374,74                              278,02
           1702 30 99 0                                               279,64                              213,15
           1702 40 90 (3)                                             279,64                              213,15
           1702 90 50                                                 279,64                              213,15
           1702 90 75                                                 387,98                              291,26
           1702 90 79                                                 269,05                              202,56
          2106 90 55                                                  279,64                              213,15 .
          2302 10 10                                                    58,37                              52,37
          2302 10 90                                                  118,22                              112,22
          2302 20 10                                                    58,37                              52,37
          2302 20 90                                                  118,22                              112,22
          2302 30 10                                                    58,37                              52,37
          2302 30 90                                                  118,22                              112,22
          2302 40 10                                                    58,37                              52,37
          2302 40 90                                                  118,22                              112,22
          2303 10 11                                                  446,12                              264,78
           0 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,
              v — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20,
                — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90.