CELEX: 31988R2340
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2340/88 of 28 July 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

29 . 7. 88
                                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 204/7
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2340/88
                                                              of 28 July 1988
                           fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
   Economic Community,                                                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                             tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
   Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
   Portugal,
                                                                         Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  July 1988 ;
   of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
   market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
   1097/88 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,                calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                  coefficients ;
  of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and
   the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
  common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 4047/87 to today's
  lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3              offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
  thereof,                                                               that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
                                                                         amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
  Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
  and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Regulation (EEC) No 1871 /88 (*) and subsequent amen­
  ding Regulations ;
                                                                                                   Article 1
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
  should be calculated on the following basis :                         The import levies to be charged on products listed in
  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­             Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                        shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
       tion to each other at any given moment within a band
       of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
       rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                   Article 2
       the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
       No 1676/85,                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 1988.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States.
                      Done at Brussels, 28 July 1988.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
(■)  OJ   No  L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No  L 110,   29. 4. 1988, p. 7.
0    OJ   No  L 164,   24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O    OJ   No  L 153,   13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 28 July 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                              wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                      Levies
                             CN code
                                                                 Portugal                            Third country
                           0709 90 60                              11,21                                142,24
                           0712 90 19                              11,21                                 142,24
                           1001 10 10                             22,59                                 1 60,26 Of)
                           1001 10 90                              22,59                                 1 60,26 (')O
                           1001 90 91                               0,00                                 133,29
                            1001 90 99                              0,00                                 133,29
                            1002 00 00                             24,82                                 100,44 0
                            1003 00 10                             18,48                                 103,09
                            1003 00 90                             18,48                                 103,09
                            1004 00 10                             75,41                                   46,03
                            1004 00 90                             75,41                                   46,03
                            1005 10 90                             11,21                                 142,24 (2) (3)
                            1005 90 00                             11,21                                 142,24 (2)(3)
                            1007 00 90                             34,79                                 1 53,39 (4)
                            1008 10 00                             18,48                                   24,88
                            1008 20 00                             18,48                                   54,97 (4)
                            1008 30 00                             18,48                                    0,00 0
                            1008 90 10                              o­                                      0
                            1008 90 90                             18,48                                    0,00
                            1101 00 00                              8,98                                 199,60
                            1102 10 00                             47,75                                 153,61
                            1103 11 10                             48,02                                 261,40
                            1103 1190                               9,70                                 215,57
            (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the
                levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
            (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied to imports into the French
                overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas
                countries and territories'.
            (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by 1,81
                ECU/tonne.
            (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced
                by 50 % .
            (*) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the
                Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
            (*) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Commu­
                nity is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .
            f) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­
                cale).