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No L 1 /20 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 1 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 11 /87 of 2 January 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Economic Community, No 1676/85, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Portugal. arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the tion to the Community currencies referred to in the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 30 December 1986 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence No 1449/86 (4) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, coefficients ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11 Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of common agricultural policy (*) and in particular Article 3 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (10) the levies thereof, at present in force must therefore be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, Having regard to the advice of the Monetary Committee, Whereas the import levies on products processed from HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4071 /86 (% as amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 4098/86 0 ; The import levies to be charged on products processed Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1588/86 (8) as from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (') as 2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the 1588/86, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation Common Customs Tariff ; (EEC) No 4071 /86 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto. Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Article 2 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 January 1987.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 2 January 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 2) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29. O OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (<) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1986, p. 19. f) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1986, p. 81 . (8) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 47. O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65. (10) OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 2 January 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

(ECU/tonne) Import levies CCT heading No Third countries ACP or OCT (other than ACP or OCT)

11.01 E I (2) 322,82 316,78 11.01 E II (2) 182,53 179,51 1 1.02 A V a) 1 0 295,82 289,78 11.02 A V a) 2Q 322,82 316,78 1 1 .02 A V b) (2) 182,53 179,51 1 1 .02 B II c) (2) 284,60 281,58 11.02 CV (2) 284,60 281,58 1 1 .02 D V (2) 182,53 179,51 11.02 E II c) (2) 322,82 316,78 11.02 FV (2) 322,82 316,78 11.02 Gil 138,03 131,99 11.04 C II a) 279,74 255,56 0 11.04 C lib) 303,89 279,71 0 11.08 A 1 279,74 259,19 11.08 A IV 279,74 259,19 11.08 A V 279,74 129,59 0 17.02 B II a) (3) 434,80 338,08 17.02 B II b)(3) 325,68 259,19 17.02 F II a) 450,90 354,18 17.02 F II b) 312,80 246,31 21.07 F II 325,68 259,19 23.03 A I 503,32 321,98

2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications : — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers 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 No 11.02. (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II. (*) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories : — arrowroot falling within subheading ex 07.06 A, — flours and meal of arrowroot falling within subheading 11.04 C, — arrowroot starch falling within subheading ex 11.08 A V.