31988R2691

1 . 9 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 241 / 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2691 /88 of 31 August 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Portugal, previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;

Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 30 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 August 1988 ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire 2221 /88 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence coefficients ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 to today's common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ offer prices and quotations known to the Commission lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), and in particular Article 3 that the levies at present in force should be. altered to the thereof, amounts set out in the Annex hereto,

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2401 /88 (*) and subsequent amend­ ing Regulations ; Article 1

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies The import levies to be charged on products listed in should be calculated on the following basis : Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band

Article 2 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 16 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 0 OJ No L 205, 30 . 7. 1988 , p. 96. 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1988 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne) Levies CN code Portugal Third country

0709 90 60 12,18 137,90 0712 90 19 12,18 137,90 1001 10 10 25,34 171,04(')O 1001 10 90 25,34 171,04 0 0 1001 90 91 0,00 124,41 1001 90 99 0,00 124,41 1002 00 00 28,63 104,14 0 1003 00 10 22,32 v 111,34 1003 00 90 22,32 111,34 1004 00 10 78,93 46,49 1004 00 90 78,93 46,49 1005 10 90 12,18 137,90 0 0 1005 90 00 12,18 137,90 0 0 1007 00 90 35,65 146,34 0 1008 10 00 22,32 27,27 1008 20 00 22,32 81 ,58 (4) 1008 30 00 22,32 0,00 o 1008 90 10 0 0 1008 90 90 22,32 0,00 horoo oo 6,58 187,51 1102 10 00 53,42 158,96 1103 11 10 52,40 278,24 1103 11 90 7,47 202,15

(') 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 % . (*) 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. (6) 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 1180/77 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).