CELEX: 31988R2401
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2401/88 of 29 July 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 205/96                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30 . 7. 88
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2401/88
                                                           of 29 July 1988
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          goods offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                     this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in
                                                                     Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (n), as last amended by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (12), and (EEC) No 2734/75,
Economic Community,                                                  or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
                                                                     coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No
                                                                     158/67/EEC C3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   2124/87 (H), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (15);
Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,            tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
                                                                     in relation to Rotterdam :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (16), last
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 821 /87 (17), lays down
policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4),          the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
and in particular Article 3 thereof,                                 certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                     products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                     /
                                                                     States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                 (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                     Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),          ture ;
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal ,
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat              should be calculated on the following basis :
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for
the 1988/89 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No                   -— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
2734/75 0, (EEC) No 2222/88 (6), (EEC) No 2228/88 0                       tion to each other at any given moment within a band
and (EEC) No 2390/88 (8) ;                                                of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                          rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                          the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used               tion (EEC) No 1676/85,
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into
account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/
67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
31 /76 (10) and in particular the most favourable purchasing              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
opportunities on the world market among those which                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
are most representative of the real trend of the market,                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
account being taken in particular of the need to prevent                  previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances
on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the
                                                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 28
 l) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              July 1988 ;
 j  OJ  No   L 197,  26. 7.   1988, p. 16.
 3) OJ  No   L 164,  24. 6.   1985, p. 1.
 j  OJ  No   L 153,  13. 6.   1987, p. 1.                            (")  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
 ^  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                           (u)  OJ  No  L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 j  OJ  No   L 197,  26. 7.   1988, p. 18.                           H    OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
 ^  OJ  No   L 197,  26. 7.   1988, p. 28.                           (14) OJ  No  L 197, 18. 7. 1987, p. 22.
 8) See page 74 of this Official Journal.                            (,5) OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
 9) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.                              H    OJ  No  L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4. .
 ,0) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .                                H    OJ  No  L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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 Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,        set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
 the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                 altered only where variations in the components used to
 must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of          calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from              them by 0,73 ECU or more,
 Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
 in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 to trade in agricultural products between Spain and
 Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in
 the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied
 pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy                                        Article 1
should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into                  The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
account the situation with regard to market prices in             Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain         shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;                                            Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1988.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 July 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(») OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 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                               11,21                                 149,43
                            0712 90 19                              11,21                                 149,43
                            1001 10 10                              22,59                                 163,56(')0
                            1001 10 90                              22,59                                 163,56 0 0
                            1001 90 91                               0,00                                 135,91
                            1001 90 99                               0,00                                 135,91
                            1002 00 00                              24,82                                 102,05 0
                            1003 00 10                              18,48                                 104,31
                            1003 00 90                              18,48                                 104,31
                            1004 00 10                              75,41                                   47,75
                            1004 00 90                              75,41                                   47,75
                            1005 10 90                              11,21                                 149,43 0 0
                            1005 90 00                              11,21                                 149,43 0 O
                            1007 00 90                              34,79                                 156,78 (4)
                            1008 10 00                              18,48                                 > 26,83
                            1008 20 00                              18,48                                   56,69 0
                            1008 30 00                              18,48                                    0,00 o
                            1008 90 10                               0                                       0
                            1008 90 90                              18,48                                    0,00
                            1101 00 00                                8,98                                203,27
                            1102 10 00                              47,75                                  155,87
                            1103 11 10                              48,02                                 266,52
                            1103 11 90                                9,70                                219,54
            (') 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 Council 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 50 % .
            (J) 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.
            0 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
            f7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
                cale).