CELEX: 31987R3701
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3701/87 of 10 December 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 347/ 54                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11 . 12. 87
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3701 /87
                                                        of 10 December 1987
                      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 1 900/87 (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                  9 December 1987 ;
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)
No 1907/87 (4) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,               calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                       coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11
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 0, as last amended by Regu­                 of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (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
                                                                       amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on products processed from
 cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation                                            Article 1
(EEC) No 3574/87 Q, as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 3657/87 (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 (,0) as                2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the              1906/87, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
 Common Customs Tariff ;                                               (EEC) No 3574/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set
                                                                       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 11 December
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band              1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels , 10 December 1987 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 10 December 1987 altering the import levies on products
                                                      processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                         Import levies
                            CCl heading No                           Third countries
                                                                                                          ACP or OCT
                                                               (other than ACP or OCT)
              11.01 D (2)                                                263,28                              257,24
              11.02 A IV P)                                              263,28                              257,24
              1 1 .02 B I a) 2 aa)                                       148,79                              145,77
              1 1.02 B I a) 2 bb) (;)                                    260,26                              257,24
              11.02 Bib) 2 0                                             260,26                              257,24
              11.02 C IV 0                                               231,68                              228,66
              1 1 .02 D IV (2)                                           148,79                              145,77
              11.02 EI a) 2 (2)                                          148,79                              145,77
              1 1 .02 E I b) 2 (2)                                       291,86                              285,82
              1 1.02 F IV (2)                                            263,28                              257,24
              (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling
                   within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the
                   following specifications :
                   — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers 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 No 11.02.