31988R2902

21 . 9 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 261 /23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2902/88 of 20 September 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 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Portugal, No 1676/85, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 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 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the 19 September 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 (5), as last amended by Regu­ of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of lation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (") 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 2695/88 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2863/88 (8) ; The import levies to be charged on products processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (9) as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (10) as 2744/75 as fixed in the Annex to amended Regulation (EEC) No 2695/88 are hereby altered to the amounts set regards products falling within subheadings 2302 10, but in the Annex . 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40 of the combined nomen­ clature ; Article 2

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September should be calculated on the following basis : 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 1988 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 16. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . f) OJ No L 241 , 1 . 9. 1988, p. 8 . (8) OJ No L 257, 17. 9 . 1988 , p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49. (I0) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65. (") OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.

No L 261 /24 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 9. 88

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 September 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)

071410 10 120,32 1 1 5,49 0 0714 10 90 1 1 7,30 (') 11 5,49 00 0714 90 10 117,30 (1 ) 115,49 00 217,18 211,14 1102 90 10 0 217,18 211,14 1103 19 30 (2) 1103 29 20 (2) 217,18 211,14 122,67 119,65 1104 11 10 0 240,64 234,60 1104 11 90 0 190,70 187,68 1104 21 10 (2) 190,70 187,68 1104 21 30 (2) 299,29 293,25 1104 21 50 (2) 122,67 119,65 110421 90 (2) 1106 20 10 120,32 113,670 1107 10 91 21 9,67 (4) 208,79 1107 10 99 166,89 156,01 1107 20 00 192,70 (4) 181,82

(') This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes, subject to certain conditions. (J) 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. 0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 this levy is reduced by 5,44 ECU/tonne for products origina­ ting in Turkey. 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, — flours and meal of arrow-root falling within subheading 1106 20, — arrow-root starch falling within subheading 1108 19 90.