31987R4052

No L 378/112 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4052/87 of 30 December 1987 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 tion to each other at any given moment within a band Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Economic Community, 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) No 1676/85, 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 3989/87 (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 29 December 1987 ; market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire No 3990/87 (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 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 opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas the import levies on products processed from HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 4013/87 0 ; The import levies to be charged on products processed Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (8) as from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (9) as 2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10, 4013/87 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­ Annex . clature ; Article 2 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 30 December 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . O OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (A OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . P) See page 13 of this Official Journal. (8) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49. (■") OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7. (») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.

31 . 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 378 / 113

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1987 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

(ECU/tonne) Import levies CN code Third countries ACP or OCT (other than ACP or OCT)

1102 20 10 (2) 321,00 314,96 1102 20 90 (2) 181,50 178,48 1102 90 30 (2) 276,81 270,77 1103 12 00 (2) 276,81 270,77 1103 13 11 (2) 303,00 296,96 1103 13 19 (2) 321,00 314,96 1103 1 3 90 (2) 181,50 178,48 1103 21 00 (2) 364,42 358,38 1103 29 30 (2) 276.81 270,77 1103 29 40 (2) 321,00 314,96 1104 12 10 (2) 156,46 153,44 1104 1 2 90 (2) 306.90 300,86 1104 19 10 (2) 364,42 358,38 1104 19 50 (2) 321,00 314.96 1104 22 10 (2) 273,79 270,77 1104 22 30 (2) 273,79 270,77 1104 22 50 (2) 243,71 ' 240,69 1104 22 90 (2) 156,46 153,44 1104 23 10 (2) 282,99 279.97 1104 23 30 (2) 282,99 279,97 1104 23 90 (2) 181,50 178,48 1104 29 10 10 (2)(6) 267.82 264,80 1104 29 30 10 OC6) 321,58 318,56 1104 29 91 (2) 206,10 203.08 1104 30 10 155,37 149,33 1104 30 90 137,28 131,24 1106 20 91 286,17 261,99 0 1106 20 99 302.27 278.09 0 1107 10 11 365.28 354,40 1107 10 19 275,68 264.80 1108 11 00 427,77 407,22 1108 1200 286,17 265,62 1108 13 00 286,17 265,62 1108 1400 286,17 132.81 0 1108 19 90 286.17 132,81 1109 00 00 921,74 740,40 1702 30 91 (3) 443.18 346,46 1702 30 99 (3) 332,1 1 265.61 1702 40 90 (3) 332,1 1 265.62 1702 90 50 (3) 332,1 1 265,62 1702 90 75 459,68 362,96 1702 90 79 318.91 252,42 2106 90 55 332,11 265,62 2303 10 11 511,30 329,96

31 . 12. 87 No L 378 / 114 Official Journal of the European Communities

(A For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101 1102, 1103 and 1104 and those falling whithin 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 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 /o for other cereals. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading Nos 1103 and 1104. (3\ Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the products falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 are subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 1702 30 91 and 1702 30 99. (5) ln accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origina­ ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories : — arrow-root falling within subheading 0714 90 10, flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20, — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90. 0 Taric code : wheat.