CELEX: 31988R2408
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2408/88 of 29 July 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

30. 7. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 205/ 111
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2408/88
                                                          of 29 July 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
  Economic Community,                                                     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                          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 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                          previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
                                                                     28 July 1988 ;
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,           Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
                                                                     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
 exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
 common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu­            from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
 lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3            of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
 thereof,                                                            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (10) 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 2350/88 0 ;                                                                           Article 1
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (8) as                  The import levies to be charged on products processed
 amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (9) 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                 2350/88 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 , August 1988.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 29 July 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
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(8) OJ  No  L 182,   3. 7. 1987, p. 49.
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                                                            ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 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 20 10 (2)                                    275,09                       269,05
              1102 20 90 (2)                                    155,48                        152,46
               1102 90 90 0                                     163,98                        160,96
               1103 13 11 (2)                                   266,09                       260,05
               1103 13 19 (2)                                   275,09                       269,05
               1103 13 90 (2)                                    155,48                       152,46
               1103 19 90Q                                       163,98                       160,96
               110329400                                        275,09                       269,05
               1103 29 90 0                                      163,98                       160,96
               1104 19 50 0                                     275,09                        269,05
               1104 19 99 0                                     290,08                        284,04
               1104 23 10 0                                     242,17                   '    239,15
               1104 23 30 0                                     242,17                        239,15
               1104 23 90 0                                      155,48                       152,46
               1104 29 10*30 0 0                                 255,50                       252,48
               1104 29 10*40 00                                  255,50                       252,48
               1104 29 10*90 0('°)                               255,50                       252,48
               1104 2930*30 0 0                                  255,50                       252,48
               1104 29 30*40 0 0                                 255,50                       252,48
               1104 29 30*90 0 (10)                              255,50                       252,48
               1104 29 99 0                                      163,98                       160,96
               1104 30 90                                        118,14                       112,10
               1106 20 91                                        253,15                       228,97 0
               1106 20 99                                        261,20                       237,02 0
               1108 12 00                                        253,15                       232,60
               1108 13 00                                        253,15                       232,60
               1108 14 00                                        253,15                       116,300
               1108 19 90                                        253,15                       116,30
               1702 3091 0                                       400,11                       303,39
               1702 30 99 0                                      299,09                       232,60
               1702 40 90 0                                      299,09                       232,60
               1702 90 50                                        299,09                       232,60
               1702 90 75                                        414,55                       317,83
               1702 90 79                                        287,53                       221,04
               2106 90 55                                        299,09                       232,60
               2302 10 10                                          60,91                        54,91
               2302 10 90                                         123,67                       117,67
               2302 20 10                                          60,91                        54,91
               2302 20 90                                         123,67                       117,67
               2302 30 10                                          60,91                        54,91
               2302 30 90                                         123,67                       117,67
               2302 40 10                                          60,91                        54,91
               2302 40 90                                         123,67                       117,67
               2303 10 11                                        470,28                        288,94
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           (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 , 11 02, 1 1 03 and 1 1 04 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.
           (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the customs treatment in respect of glucose and glucose syrup of
               subheadings 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 shall also apply to glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings
               1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59.
           0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­
                nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories :
                — arrow-root falling within subheading 0714 90 10,
                — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20,
                — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90.
           (8) Taric code : millet.
           0 Taric code : sorghum.
          (10) Taric code : others.                                                          '