CELEX: 31988R2573
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2573/88 of 17 August 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

18 . 8 . 88
                                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 229/31
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2573/88
                                                            of 17 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
    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
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
   of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
   market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               16 August 1988 ,-
   No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of II                  calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
  June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the                  coefficients ;
   exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the                  Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs
  common agricultural policy (J), as last amended by Regu­               from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne
  lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (6), and in particular Article 3              of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of
  thereof,
                                                                         Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") the levies
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                at present in force must therefore be altered to the
                                                                        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 Q, as last amended by Regulation
  (EEC) No 2494/88 (8) ;                                                                          Article 1
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (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 2302 40 of the combined nomen­                    (EEC) No 2350/88 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 :                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 August 1988.
                      This
                      States.
                              Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      Done at Brussels, 17 August 1988 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                                     ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 17 August 1988 altering the import levies on products
                                                     processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
            l                    CN code
                                                                                       Import levies
                                                                     Third countries
                                                                                                          ACP or OCT
                                                              (other than ACP or OCT)
              1103 19     10 (2)                                          192,72                              186,68
              1103 29     10 (2)                                          192,72                              186,68
              1 104 19    30 (2)                                          192,72                              186,68
              1104 29     10*20 (2)f)                                     140,95                              137,93
              1 104 29    30*20 (2) 0                                     168,96                              165,94
              1104 29     95 (2)                                          108,80                              105,78
               (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 , 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.
               f7) Taric code : rye.