NoL4/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.1.86
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No18/86
of3January1986
fixingtheamountbywhichthevariablecomponentofthelevyapplicableto
branandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisiamustbereduced
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1512/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle22ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle15oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofTunisiaandconcerningtheimport
intotheCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatingin
Tunisia('),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph of
paragraph3oftheexchangeofletters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1518/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle21ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle14oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeriaand
concerningtheimportintotheCommunityofbranand
sharpsoriginatinginAlgeria(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofparagraph3oftheexchangeof
letters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1525/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle23ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle16oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheKingdomofMoroccoandconcerningtheimport
intotheCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatingin
Morocco(3),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph of
paragraph3oftheexchangeofletters,WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchangeof
lettersannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No1512/76,(EEC)
No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76providesthatthe
variablecomponentofthelevycalculatedinaccordance
withArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2744/75
of29October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1027/84(*),istobe
reducedbyanamountfixedbytheCommissioneach
quarter;whereasthisamountmustbeequalto60%of
theaverageofthevariablecomponentsoftheleviesin
forceduringthethreemonthsprecedingthemonth
duringwhichtheamountisfixed;
Whereasthevariablecomponentsapplicabletothe
productsfallingwithinsubheading23.02AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduringOctober,Novemberand
December1985havebeentakenintoconsideration ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountreferredtointhesecondsubparagraph of
paragraph3oftheexchangeoflettersformingtheAgree­
mentannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No1512/76,(EEC)
No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76'tobedeductedfrom
thevariablecomponentapplicabletobranandsharps
originatinginTunisia,AlgeriaandMoroccorespectively ,
shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3January1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.19.
(2)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.37.
OOJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.53.(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.
0OJNoL107,19.4.1984,p.15.

7.1.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL4/9
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof3January1986fixingtheamountbywhichthevariable
componentofthelevyapplicabletobranandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,Moroccoand
Tunisiamustbereduced
CCTheadingNo ECU/tonne
23.02AIIa) 33,59
23.02AIIb) 67,87