CELEX: 31987R1885
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1885/87 of 2 July 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

3 . 7. 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 179/ 15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1885/87
                                                         of 2 July 1987
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                   should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Economic Community,                                                     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Portugal,                                                               the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        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 1579/86 (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 1
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            July 1987 ;
No 1449/86 (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
common agricultural policy (5), as amended by Regulation           Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
(EEC) No 1 636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof,         from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
                                                                    of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
                                                                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (n) the levies
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             at present in force must therefore be altered to the
                                                                    amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the import levies on products processed from
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1850/87 0 ; -
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for
the 1987/88 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­
cable on 30 June 1987 should be laid down pursuant to                                         Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1826/87 of 29 June
1987 on precautionary measures and the suspension of
advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (8) ;                The import levies to be charged on products processed
                                                                    from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1588/86Q as                     1588/86, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as              1850/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the
regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the           Annex hereto and will be adjusted, where appropriate, on
Common Customs Tariff ;                                             the basis of the decisions taken in respect of prices for the
                                                                    1987/88 marketing year.
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 1 .                                                           Article 2
0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 174, 1 . 7. 1987, p. 38.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 July 1987.
(") OJ No L 173, 30. 6. 1987, p. 7.
0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 47.
(10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            (») OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 2 July 1987.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                ANNEX          .
          to the Commission Regulation of 2 July 1987 altering the import levies on products
                                                 processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                     Import levies
                         CCT heading No                         Third countries
                                                                                                     ACP or OCT 7)
                                                         (other than ACP or OCT) Q
          11.01 EI (2)                                               325,88                               319,84
          11.01 E II 0                                               184,26                               181,24
          1 1.02 A V a) 1 0                                          307,88                               301,84
           11.02AVa)2 (2)                                            325,88                               319,84
          1 1 .02 A V b) (2)                                         184,26                               181,24
           11.02 B II c) (2)                                         287,32                               284,30
           1 1 .02 C V (2)                                           287,32                               284,30
           11.02 D V (2)                                             184,26                               181,24
           1 1 .02 E II c) (2)                                       325,88                               319,84
           11.02 F V (2)                                             325,88                               319,84
           11.02 Gil                                                 139,31                               133,27
           11.04 C II a)                                             290,53                               266,35 0
           11.04 C li b)                                          ' 306,63                                282,45 0
           11.08 A I                                                 290,53                               269,98
           11.08 A IV                                                290,53                               269,98
           11.08 A V                                                 290,53                               134,99 0
           17.02 B II a) (3)                                         448,87                               352,15
           17.02 B II b) (3)                                         336,47                               269,98
           17.02 F II a)                                             465,64                               368,92
           17.02 F lib)                                              323,06                               256,57
          21.07 F II                                                 336,47                               269,98
          23.03 A I                                                  516,72                               335,38
          (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.
          (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is subject to the same
                levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II.
          (*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origina­
                ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                — arrowroot falling within subheading ex 07.06 A,
                — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheading 11.04 C,
                — arrowroot starch falling within subheading ex 11.08 A V.
          Q These amount will be adjusted, where appropriate, on the basis of the decisions taken in respect of prices for the
                1987/88 marketing year.