CELEX: 31988R0568
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 568/88 of 29 February 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 54/80                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 3. 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 568/88
                                                     of 29 February 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
                                                                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Economic Community,                                                     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 3989/87 (*), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,        N      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
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                  26 February 1988 ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                   calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11               coefficients ;
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 (*), and in particular Article 3           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (,0) 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               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 516/88 0 ;                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (*) as                 The import levies to be charged on products processed
amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (') 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 Regulation (EEC) No
2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­                516/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the
                                                                   Annex.
clature ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1988.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 February 1988.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                             ,                                    Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 February 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 OCI)
          1103 21 00                                                355,98 0                           349,94 0
          110419 10                                                 355,98 0                            349,94 0
          1104 29 10*10                                             261,59 0(0                          258,57 0 0
          1104 29 30*10                                             314,08 0 ^                          311,06 00
          1104 29 91                                                201,32 0                            19830 0
          1104 30 10                                                151,85                              145,81
          110710 11                                                 356,93                              346,05
          110710 19                                                 269,45                              258,57
          1108 11 00                                                417,45                              396,90
          1109 00 00                                                902,98                              721,64
           0 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 ^hall 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 : wheat.