CELEX: 31988R0974
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 974/88 of 14 April 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

15. 4. 88                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 98 / 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 974/88
                                                         / of 14 April 1988
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                           the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           No 1676/85,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Economic Community,                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                           these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 Portugal,
                                                                       Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 13
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   April 1988 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
3989/87 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                       calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                       coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and                Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 4047/87 to today's
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­               offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3               that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
thereof,                                                               amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 4047/87 (*) and subsequent amen­
ding Regulations ;
                                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                          The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                       Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­              shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                                                        Article 2
(2) OJ  No  L  377,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(*) OJ  No  L  153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
$ OJ No L 378, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 99.                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 1988.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 14 April 1988 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 14 April 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                            14,54                                 174,10
                           0712 90 19                            14,54                                 174,10
                           1001 10 10                            71,19                                 258,97(')0
                           1001 10 90                            71,19                                 258,97 0 O
                           1001 90 91                             9,43                            i    190,81
                           1001 90 99                             9,43                                 190,81
                           1002 00 00                            49,73                                 167,52 0
                           1003 00 10                            43,41                                 174,69
                           1003 00 90                            43,41                                 174,69
                           1004 00 10                            99,87                                 147,51
                           1004 00 90                            99,87                                 147,51
                           1005 10 90                            14,54                                 174,10 00
                           1005 90 00                            14,54                                 174,10 00
                         . 1007 00 90                            38,03                                 184,12 0
                           1008 l'OOO                            43,41                                  99,53
                           1008 20 00                            43,41                                 144,03 0
                           1008 30 00                            43,41                                  62,02 0
                           1008 90 10                             0                                      0
                           1008 90 90                            43,41                                  62,02
                           1101 00 00                            28,19                                 281,17
                           1102 10 00                            84,61                                 249,15
                           1103 11 10                           124,11                                 415,16
                           1103 11 90                            28,27                                 301,49
          (') 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 % .
          (*) 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.
          (') 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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
          0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
              cale).