31988R2858

17 . 9 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 257/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2858/88 of 16 September 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 15 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 September 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 . (2) OJ No L 197, 26 . 7. 1988 , p. 16. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 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, 16 September 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 16 September 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 13,63 135,54 0712 90 19 13,63 • 135,54 100110 10 27,27 170,72 (') 0 1001 10 90 27,27 1 70,72 (')O 1001 90 91 0,00 123,05 1001 90 99 0,00 123,05 1002 00 00 29,86 103,86 (6) 1003 00 10 23,59 107,89 1003 00 90 23,59 107,89 1004 00 10 79,80 43,33 1004 00 90 79,80 43,33 1005 10 90 13,63 135,54 (2)(3) 1005 90 00 13,63 135,54 00 1007 00 90 36,96 143,02 (4) 1008 10 00 23,59 26,88 1008 20 00 23,59 89,35 O 1008 30 00 23,59 0,00 o 1008 90 10 0 0 1008 90 90 23,59 0,00 1101 00 00 4,29 184,88 1102 10 00 55,14 158,74 1103 1110 55,40 277,74 1103 11 90 4,99 199,31

(') 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 % . (5) 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).