31987R2690

No L 254/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 9 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2690/87 of 4 September 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 Economic Community, the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 1636/87, Portugal, — 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 these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) tion to the Community currencies referred to in the No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, 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 3 September 1987 ; market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire No 1907/87 (4) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, 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 Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu­ of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") the levies thereof, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 2579/87 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2669/87 (8); The import levies to be charged on products processed Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (®) as from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as 2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the 1906/87, as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation Common Customs Tariff ; (EEC) No 2579/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the Annex . 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 September tion to each other at any given moment within a band 1987 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 4 September 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . V) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 40 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 51 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 244, 28 . 8 . 1987, p. 18 . (8) OJ No L 252, 3 . 9. 1987, p. 19 . 0 OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 49 . (10) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65. (") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 September 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 GO 193,43 190,41 11.02 A VII (2) 193,43 190,41 11.02 B II d)(2) 301,71 298,69 1 1 .02 C VI (2) 301,71 298,69 1 1 .02 D VI (2) 193,43 190,41 1 1 .02 E II d) 2 (2) 342,06 336,02 1 1.02 F VII (2) 193,43 190,41

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.