CELEX: 31988R2589
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2589/88 of 18 August 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

19 8 88                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 230/29
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2589/88
                                                          of 18 August 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
                                                                            tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       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,
                                                                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 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                  Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     17 August 1988 ;
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2229/88 (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 (6), and in particular Article 3              of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
 thereof,                                                               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") 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
 cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 (EEC) No 2350/88 (7), as last amended by Regulation                                               Article 1
 (EEC) No 2573/88 (8) ;
                                                                        The import levies to be charged on products processed
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as                     from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No
  amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as                2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation
  regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10,                  (EEC) No 2350/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set
  2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­                   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 19 August 1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 18 August 1988 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
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No L 230/30                                Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                                    ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 18 August 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 90 90 (2)                                            154,73                               151,71
               1103 1 9 90 (2)                                            154,73                              151,71
               1103 29 90 (2)                                             154,73                              151,71
               1104 19 99 (2)                                            273,77                               267,73
               1104 29 10*30 (2)(8)                                      241,00                               237,98
               1104 29 10*40 (2)(9)                                       241,00                              237,98
               1104 29 10*90 (2)(10)                                      241,00                              237,98
               1104 29 30 * 30 (2) (8)                                    241,00                            4 237,98
               1104 2930*40 (2)(')                                        241,00                              237,98
               1104 29 30*90 (2)(10)                                      241,00                              237,98
               1104 29 99 (2)                                             154,73                              151,71
                (2) 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 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 % for other cereals.
                    Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked of ground, falls in all cases within heading Nos 1103 and 1104.
                (8) Taric code : millet.
                (') Taric code : sorghum.
               (I0) Taric code : others.