No L 202/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.7. 88 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2327/88 of 26 July 1988 on the adjustment of import levies and export refunds fixed in advance for medium-grained THE COMMISSION-OF THE - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulaticn (EEC) No 2229/88 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (5) and 17 (6) ~ thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Articles 13 (2) and 17 (4) of Regulation (EEC)No 1418/76, the levy or refund applicable on the day on which the application for a licence is lodged is to be adjusted, in the case of advance fixing, by reference to the threshold price in force in the month of import or export; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 provides from 1 September 1988 for rice to be classified no longer into two but into three categories, namely round-grained, medium-grained and long-grained; whereas, in accordance with that Regulation, the levies applicable to medium-grained rice are the same as those applicable to long-grained rice; Whereas, in the absence of a threshold price for medium-grained rice, that result can only be achieved as regards the levies fixed in advance for that product if the adjustment provided for in Article 13 (2) of Regulation N (EEC) No 1418/76 effected on the basis of the threshold price for long-grained rice; whereas, for reasons of . consistency, the adjustment provided for in Article 17 (4) of . that Regulation should be effected on the same basis;. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In the case of advance fixing of the import levy or of the export refund for medium-grained rice, the adjustments provided for in Articles 13 (2) and 17 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 shall be calculated on the basis of the threshold prices applying for long-grained rice. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1988. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels; 26 July 1988. () O] No L 166, 25. 6. 1988, p. 1. (2) O] No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice President