31988R2484

6 . 8 . 88 No L 213/46 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2484/88

of 5 August 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 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 2221 /88 (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 4 August 1988 ; market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire No 2229/88 (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 (6), 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 (EEC) No 2350/88 Q, as last amended by Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 2434/88 (8) ; The import levies to be charged on products processed Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as 2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10, (EEC) No 2350/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­ out in the 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 6 August 1988.

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 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . h OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30. O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 204, 29. 7. 1988, p. 25. (') OJ No L 210, 3. 8 . 1988, p. 14. O OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49. (») OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7. (,0) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.

No L 213/47 6. 8 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 5 August 1988 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) 253,34 247,30 1102 20 90 0 143,16 140,14 1103 13 11 0 244,34 238,30 1103 13 19 0 253,34 247,30 1103 13 90 0 143,16 140,14 1103 29 40 (2) 253,34 247,30 1104 19 50 (2) 253,34 247,30 1104 23 10 0 222,84 219,82 1104 23 30 0 222,84 219,82 1104 23 90 0 143,16 140.14 1104 30 90 109,08 103,04 1106 20 91 233,70 209,52 0 1106 20 99 241,75 217,57 0 1108 12 00 233,70 213.15 ' 1108 13 00 233,70 213,15 1108 14 00 233,70 106,57 ( 5) 1108 19 90 233,70 106,57 1702 30 91 (3) 374,74 278,02 1702 30 99 0 279,64 213,15 1702 40 90 (3) 279,64 213,15 1702 90 50 279,64 213,15 1702 90 75 387,98 291,26 1702 90 79 269,05 202,56 2106 90 55 279,64 213,15 . 2302 10 10 58,37 52,37 2302 10 90 118,22 112,22 2302 20 10 58,37 52,37 2302 20 90 118,22 112,22 2302 30 10 58,37 52,37 2302 30 90 118,22 112,22 2302 40 10 58,37 52,37 2302 40 90 118,22 112,22 2303 10 11 446,12 264,78

0 For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 1101 , 1102, 1103 and 1104 and those falling within 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 Ewert 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 Nos 1103 and 1104. (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the customs treatment in respect of glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 and 1702 40 90 shall also apply to glucose and glucose syrup of subheadings 1702 30 51 and 1702 30 59 . 0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levy shall not be charged on the following products origi­ nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories : — arrow-root falling within subheading 0714 90 10, v — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20, — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90.