CELEX: 31988R1491
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1491/88 of 30 May 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

31 . 5. 88
                                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 134/53
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1491/88
                                                           of 30 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
     Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
     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)           27 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 1 1             calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
    June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the              coefficients ;
    exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
    common agricultural policy (^ 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 (") 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              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    (EEC) No 1 141 /88 Q, amended by Regulation (EEC) No
    1281 /88 (8);                                                                               Article 1
   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as                 The import levies to be charged on products processed
    amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (l0) 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 amended Regulation
    2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­               (EEC) No 1141 /88 are .hereby altered to the amounts set
   clature ;                                                          out in the 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 31 May 1988.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 30 May 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
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No L 134/54                               Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 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)                             323,90                              317,86
                             110220900                                   183,14                             180,12
                             1103 13 11 (2)                             305,90                              299,86 ,
                             1103 13 19 (2)                              323,90                             317,86
                             1103 13 90 0                                183,14                             180,12
                             1103 29 40 (2)                              323,90                             317,86           '
                             1104 19 50 (2)                              323,90                             317,86
                                                                         285,56                             282,54
                             1104 23 10 (2)
                             1104 23 30 (2)                              285,56                              282,54
                             1104 23 90 (2)                              183,14                              180,12
                             1104 30 90                                  138,48                              132,44      \
                             1106 20 91                                  288,76                              264,58 0
                             1106 20 99                                  304,86                              280,68 0
                             1108 1200                                   288,76                              268,21
                             1108 13 00                                  288,76                              268,21
                              1108 14 00                                 288,76                              134,10 (5 )
                              1108 19 90                                 288,76                              134,10
                              1702 30 91 0                               446,56                              349,84
                              1702 30 99 (3)                              334,70                             268,21
                              1702 40 90 (3)                              334,70                             268,21
                               1702 90 50                                 334,70                             268,21
                              1702 90 75                                  463,22                             366,50
                              1702 90 79                                  321,37                             254,88
                              2106 90 55                                  334,70                             268,21
                              2303 10 11                                  514,52                             333,18
              I1) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1102, 1103 and 1104 an
                  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.
               P) 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,
                       flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20,
                       arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90.