CELEX: 31988R0070
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 70/88 of 11 January 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 8 / 18                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    12. 1 . 88
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 70/88
                                                         of 11 January 1988
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION Or 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
Portugal,                                                            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                           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 3989/87 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     6 January 1988 ;
                                                                      7 the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire calcula­
market in rice (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,             tion basis for the levies, including the equivalence coeffi­
                                                                      cients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 1 1
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 Q, as last amended by Regu­                of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (<% and in particular Article 3               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") the levies
thereof,                                                              at present in force must therefore be altered to the
                                                                      amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the import levies on products processed from
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 4013/87 (" j. as last amended by Regulation
                                                                                                 Article 1
(EEC) No 45/88 (8) ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1 906/87 (9) as                  The import levies to be charged on products processed
amended by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2744/75 (10) 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 230 2 40 of the combined nomen­                  (EEC) No 4013/87 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 :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­             This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January
     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. 11 January 1988 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 11 January 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 30 00 (2)                                             203,54                             200,52
            1103 14 00 (l)                                             203,54                             200,52
            1103 29 50 0                                               203.54                             200,52
            1104 19 91 (2)                                             346.55                             340,51
            1108 19 10                                                 300,13                             269,30
            (*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1102, 1103 and 1104 and
                those falling whithin 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 °4 tor 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.