31988R2573

18 . 8 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 229/31

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2573/88 of 17 August 1988 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion to each other at any given moment within a band Economic Community, of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central 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) Portugal, No 1676/85, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 16 August 1988 ,- No 2229/88 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of II calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the coefficients ; exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs common agricultural policy (J), as last amended by Regu­ from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (6), and in particular Article 3 of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of thereof, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 (") the levies 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 cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 2350/88 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2494/88 (8) ; Article 1 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as The import levies to be charged on products processed amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10, 2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­ (EEC) No 2350/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set 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 18 August 1988 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 17 August 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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No L 229 /32 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 8 . 88

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 August 1988 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

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

1103 19 10 (2) 192,72 186,68 1103 29 10 (2) 192,72 186,68 1 104 19 30 (2) 192,72 186,68 1104 29 10*20 (2)f) 140,95 137,93 1 104 29 30*20 (2) 0 168,96 165,94 1104 29 95 (2) 108,80 105,78

2) 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. f7) Taric code : rye.