31. 5. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 134/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1471/88 of 16 May 1988 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports of -sweet potatoes and manioc starch intended for certain uses and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, . Whereas the negotiations conducted by the Community with Thailand under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) have resulted in an Agreement on changing the tariff concession for sweet potatoes intended for wuses other than human consumption and in changes in the levy charged on manioc starch intended for certain uses; whereas, consequent to the Agreement referred to above, the precise arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of the said products should be laid down; whereas, in this context, an autonomous duty of 10 Ecu per 100 kilogram should be established for sweet potatoes intended for uses other than human consumption Whereas this Regulation should incorporate the Tesults of the arrangement concluded in October 1986 with the People’s Republic of China, which provided inter alia for a limitation of exports of sweet potatoes to a maximum of 600 000 tonnes per year and for a zero-duty tariff quota of the same volume to be applied should the Community amend the import arrangements ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (') should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. An annual zero-duty tariff quota shall be opened for imports into the Community of 5000 tonnes of sweet potatoes intended for uses other than human consumption, falling within CN code 07142090 and () OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. oritinating in third countries other than the People’s Republic of China. 2. Subject to paragraph 1, imports of sweet potatoes - intended for uses other than human consumption and falling within the code referred to in the said paragraph shall be subject to an autonomous duty of 10 ECU per 100 kilograms. Article 2 An annual zero-duty autonomous tariff quota shall be opened for imports into the Community of sweet potatoes intended for uses other than human consumption, falling within CN code 07142090 and originating in the People’s Republic of China. This .quota shall be : — for 1988 : 600 000 tonnes, less the quantity imported ' under Regulation (EEC) No 3962/87 (3, — for 1989 : 600 000 tonnes. Article 3 Imports of manioc (cassava) starch falling within CN code 1108 14 00 shall be subject to a levy of 150 ECU per tonne within + the limit of the following annual Community quotas : i 1. 2000 tonnes of manioc starch intended for the manufacture of medicaments falling within CN codes 3003 and/or 3004 ; 2. 8000 tonnes of products intended for the manufacture : (a) of food preparations put up for retail sale and . falling within CN code 1901 ; and/or (b) of tapioca in the form of grains or pearls put up for retail sale and falling within CN code 1903. () OJ No L 371, 30. 12. 1987, p. 38.