Commission Regulation (EEC) No 443/88 of 17 February 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 443/88
of 17 February 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3989/87 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3985/87 (6), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established, with effect from 1 January 1988, a combined goods nomenclature based on the harmonized system which will meet the requirements of the Customs Tariff and the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the Community;
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which appear in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1665/87 (8), according to the terms of the combined nomenclature;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9), established, with effect from 1 January 1988, an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds which includes additional subdivisions to those of the combined nomenclature; whereas it is appropriate to refer to these subdivisions on export certificates for certain products for which specific indications are required; whereas, as a consequence Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 should be amended;
Whereas major flucutations in rice prices on the world market are leading to substantial variations in the level of levies and entail the risk of the speculative abandonment of licences with advance fixing of the levy; whereas in order to avoid that risk, the amount of the security provided for the issue for the said licences should be increased; whereas, as a consequence Article 12 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for cereals,