31988R2589
19 8 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 230/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2589/88
of 18 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 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 17 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 common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne 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 (7), as last amended by Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 2573/88 (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 19 August 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 18 August 1988 . For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
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19 . 8 . 88 No L 230/30 Official Journal of the European Communities
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 18 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)
154,73 151,71 1102 90 90 (2) 1103 1 9 90 (2) 154,73 151,71
1103 29 90 (2) 154,73 151,71
1104 19 99 (2) 273,77 267,73
1104 29 10*30 (2)(8) 241,00 237,98
1104 29 10*40 (2)(9) 241,00 237,98
1104 29 10*90 (2)(10) 241,00 237,98
1104 29 30 * 30 (2) (8) 241,00 4 237,98
1104 2930*40 (2)(') 241,00 237,98
1104 29 30*90 (2)(10) 241,00 237,98
1104 29 99 (2) 154,73 151,71
2) 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 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 of ground, falls in all cases within heading Nos 1103 and 1104.
8) Taric code : millet. (') Taric code : sorghum. (I0) Taric code : others.