CELEX: 31988R3167
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3167/88 of 14 October 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 282/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15. 10 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3167/88
                                                       of 14 October 1988
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                      1               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
                                                                         these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
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                 13 October 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)              calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,            coefficients ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11                 Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the                from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                 of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
common agricultural policy ^, as last amended by Regu­               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 ("), as last
lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1740/78 (12), the levies
thereof,                                                             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
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 2974/88 f7), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3075/88f);                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (,0) as               The import levies to be charged on products processed
regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10,                 from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­                  2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
clature ;                                                            (EEC) No 2974/88 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
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band           This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 October
      of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central            1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 14 October 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
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                                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                           No L 282/21
                                                                   ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 14 October 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)
           i
             1102 90 30 (2)                                             95,45                               89,41
            1103 12 00 (2)                                              95,45                               89,41
            1103 19 10 (2)                                             200,96                              194,92
            1103 29 10 0                                               200,96                             194,92
            1103 29 30 (2)                                              95,45                               89,41
           1104 1210 (2)                                                53,68                               50,66
           1104 12 90 (2)                                              105,38                               99,34
           1104 19 30 (2)                                              200,96                             194,92
           1104 22 10 (2) ,                                             92,43                               89,41
           1104 22 30 (2)                                               92,43                               89,41
           1104 22 50 (2)                                               82,49                               79,47
           1104 22 90 0                                                 53,68                               50,66
           1104 29 10*20 (2)O                                          147,05 '                           144,03
           1104 29 30*20 00                                          ' 176,28                             173,26
           U04 29 95Q                                  j               113,48                             110,46
           w 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.
           0 Taric code : rye.