27.5.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL140/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1604/86
of26May1986
alteringtheimportleviesonproductsprocessedfromcerealsandrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal.
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1355/86(2),andinparticularArticle14(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3768/85(4)andinparticularArticle12(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1676/85of11
June1985onthevalueoftheunitofaccountandthe
exchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy(*)andinparticularArticle3
thereof,
HavingregardtotheadviceoftheMonetaryCommittee ,
Whereastheimportleviesonproductsprocessedfrom
cerealsandricewerefixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1264/86(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1522/86Q;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1027/84(8)as
amendedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75f)as
regardsproductsfallingwithinsubheading23.02Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinabandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereastheseexchangeratesbeingthoserecordedon23
May1986;
Whereastheaforesaidcorrectivefactoraffectstheentire
calculationbasisforthelevies,includingtheequivalence
coefficients ;
Whereasthelevyonthebasicproductaslastfixeddiffers
fromtheaveragelevybymorethan3,02ECUpertonne
ofbasicproduct;whereas,pursuanttoArticle1of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1579/74(10)thelevies
atpresentinforcemustthereforebealteredtothe
amountssetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviestobechargedonproductsprocessed
fromcerealsandricecoveredbyRegulation (EEC)No
2744/75,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1027/84,asfixedintheAnnextotheamendedRegula­
tion(EEC)No1264/86areherebyalteredtotheamounts
setoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27May1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26May1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL118,7.5.1986,p.1.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.0OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
0OJNoL107,24.4.1986,p.45.
OOJNoL132,21.5.1986,p.29.
OOJNoL107,19.4.1984,p.15.
OOJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65. (10)OJNoL168,25.6.1974,p.7.

NoL140/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities27.5.86
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26May1986alteringtheimportleviesonproducts
processedfromcerealsandrice
(ECU/tonne)
CCTheadingNoImportlevies
Thirdcountries
(otherthanACPorOCT)ACPorOCT
11.02AII(2) 292,49 286,45
11.02BIIb)(2) 214,68 211,66
11.02CII(2) 257,64 254,62
11.02DII(2) 165,34 162,32
11.02Elib)(2) 292,49 286,45
11.02FII(2) 292,49 286,45
(2)Forthepurposeofdistinguishing betweenproductsfallingwithinheadingNos11.01and11.02
andthosefallingwithinsubheading23.02A,productsfallingwithinheadingNos11.01and11.02
shallbethosemeetingthefollowingspecifications :
—astarchcontent(determinedbythemodifiedEwerspolarimetricmethod),referredtodry
matter,exceeding45%byweight,
—anashcontent,byweight,referredtodrymatter(afterdeductionofanyaddedminerals),not
exceeding1,6%forrice,2,5%forwheat,3%forbarley,4%forbuckwheat,5%foroats
and2%forothercereals.
Germofcereals,whole,rolled,flakedorground,fallsinallcaseswithinheadingNo11.02.