31988R2474

No L 213/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 8 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2474/88 of 5 August 1988 fixing the amount of the reduction applicable under the special arrangements for maize and sorghum imports into Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, provided for under this Regulation would disturb the Spanish market for cereals ; whereas this difficulty can be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European overcome by setting a special reduction of the levy on Economic Community, sorghum imported under this Regulation ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of in accordance with the opinion of the Management maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 ('), and Committee for Cereals, in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/87 of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 16 October 1987 setting implementing rules for the special arrangements for maize and sorghum imports into Spain during the period 1987 to 1990 (2), amended by Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 198/88 (3), laid down the framework of detailed rules to ensure that the purposes of the said The import levy reduction provided for in Article 3 of Regulation are respected ; Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 shall be :

Whereas the amount of the reduction in the import levy — 63 ECU per tonne for maize, on maize and sorghum imported into Spain should be — 7 ECU per tonne for sorghum originating in the fixed at a level enabling, on the one hand, the import of ACP States, the quantities provided for under the Agreement between — 58 ECU per tonne for sorghum of other origins. the European Economic Community and the United States of America (4) and, on the other hand, to avoid any disturbance of the Spanish cereals market ; Article 2 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3277/87H is abro­ February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­ gated. tural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific .(ACP) States or in the Article 3 overseas countries and territories (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (*), provides, in particular, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its for a 50 % reduction in the levy of sorghum ; whereas the publication in the Official Journal of the European combination of this advantage with the reduction Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 August 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 1 . O OJ No L 294, 17. 10. 1987, p. 15. (3) OJ No L 20, 26. 1 . 1988, p. 8 . (4) OJ No L 98, 10. 4. 1987, p. 1 . Is) OJ No L 61 . 1 . 3 . 198S n A (6) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102. O OJ No L 309, 31 . 10. 1987, p. 58 .