CELEX: 31988R4011
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4011/88 of 21 December 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

22. 12. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 354/53
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4011/88
                                                     of 21 December 1988
                      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 2221 /88 (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               20 December 1988 ;
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 2229/88 (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 (% 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 ("), as last
thereof,                                                           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (,2), the levies
                                                                   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 3689/88 (*), as last amended by Regulation                                          Article 1
(EEC) No 3913/88 (8) ;
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on products processed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as             from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
regards products falling within CN codes 2302 10,                  2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 ;
                                                                   (EEC) No 3689/88 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 22 December
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band          1988 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 21 December 1988 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(4 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30.
O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 321 , 26. 11 . 1988, p. 28.
(8) OJ No L 347, 16. 12. 1988, p. 52.
(9) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                (") OJ No L 168, 25 . 6. 1974, p. 7.
(,0) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                           H OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 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 90 30 0                                 138,72                              132,68
                          1103 12 00 0                                 138,72                              132,68
                          110329300                                    138,72                              132,68
                          1104 12 10 0                                  78,20                               75,18
                          1104 12 90 0                                 153,46                              147,42
                          1104 22 10 0                                 135,70                              132,68
                          1104 22 30 0                                 135,70                              132,68
                          1104 22 50 0                                 120,96                              117,94
                           110422900                                    78,20                               75,18
             (2) 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.