31988R1871

No L 168/8 1 . 7 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1871/88 of 30 June 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (8), as last amended by Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Regulation (EEC) No 2094/87 (»), and (EEC) No 2734/75, Economic Community, or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158/67/EEC (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 2124/87 ("), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (,2); Portugal,

Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges No 1097/88 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof, in relation to Rotterdam ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 1 676/85 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (13), last applied for the purposes of the common agricultural amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (M), lays down policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4), the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and and in particular Article 3 thereof, certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; Having regard to the opinion of the .Monetary Committee,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regu­ (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­ charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a), ture ; (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ on 1 July 1988 ; whereas the price factors determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1914/88 0, should tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of the levies in order to ensure that the import arrangements rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in continue to operate in the sector concerned ; the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1676/85,

Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used to determine the levies, the Commission must take into for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of 67/EEC (% as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ 31 /76 Q, and in particular the most favourable purchasing tion to the Community currencies referred to in the opportunities on the world market among those which previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; are most representative of the real trend of the market, account being taken in particular of the need to prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 29 on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the June 1988 ;

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22. (2) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 7. O OJ No L 196, 17. 7. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67. (4) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . (") OJ No L 197, 18 . 7. 1987, p. 22. Is) See page 119 of this Official Journal. H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67. («) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67. (,3) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4. 0 OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18. H OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.

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Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession, set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 altered only where variations in the components used to must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from them by 0,73 ECU or more, Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied Article 1 pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into The import levies to be charged on the products listed in account the situation with regard to market prices in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ; Article 2 Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1988.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

V) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.

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No L 168/ 10 1 . 7. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats arid meal

(ECU/tonne) Levies CN code Portugal Third country

0709 90 60 12,38 131,09 0712 90 19 12,38 131,09 1001 10 10 24,08 156,56 ('JO 1001 10 90 24,08 156,56 (')O 1001 90 91 0,00 138,32 1001 90 99 0,00 138,32 1002 00 00 25,83 100,77 0 1003 00 10 19,52 118,07 1003 00 90 19,52 118,07 1004 00 10 76,15 50,55 1004 00 90 76,15 50,55 1005 10 90 12,38 131,0900 1005 90 00 12,38 131,09 0 0 1 007 00 90 35,85 136,61 0 1008 10 00 19,52 30,03 1008 20 00 " 19,52 82,90 0 1008 30 00 19,52 o o 1008 90 10 0 0 1008 90 90 19,52 0 1101 00 00 7,18 206,65 1102 10 00 49,16 154,08 1103 11 10 50,32 255,67 1103 11 90 7,75 223,19

(') 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 % . 0 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 . 0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale).