5.1.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL4/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No31/85
of4January1985
fixingtheamountbywhichthevariablecomponentofthelevyapplicableto
branandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisiamustbereduced
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1512/76of24June1976concludingtheAgreement
intheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle
22oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle15of
theInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofTunisia
andconcerningtheimportintotheCommunityof
branandsharpsoriginatinginTunisia('),andinparti­
cularthesecondsubparagraphofparagraph3ofthe
exchangeofletters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1518/76of24June1976concludingtheAgreement
intheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle
21oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle14of
theInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePeople'sDemocratic
RepublicofAlgeriaandconcerningtheimportinto
theCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatingin
Algeria(2),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph
ofparagraph3oftheexchangeofletters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1525/76of24June1976concludingtheAgreement
intheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle
23oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle16of
theInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco
andconcerningtheimportintotheCommunityof
branandsharpsoriginatinginMorocco(3),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph3of
theexchangeofletters,WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchangeof
lettersannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No1512/76,
(EEC)No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76provides
thatthevariablecomponentofthelevycalculatedin
accordancewithArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2744/75of29October1975ontheimportand
exportsystemforproductsprocessedfromcerealsand
fromrice(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1027/84(*),istobereducedbyanamountfixedbythe
Commissioneachquarter;whereasthisamountmust
beequalto60%oftheaverageofthevariable
componentsoftheleviesinforceduringthethree
monthsprecedingthemonthduringwhichthe
amountisfixed;
Whereasthevariablecomponentsapplicabletothe
productsfallingwithinsubheading23.02AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduringOctober,November
andDecember1984havebeentakenintoconsidera­
tion,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountreferredtointhesecondsubparagraphof
paragraph3oftheexchangeoflettersformingthe
AgreementannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No1512/76,
(EEC)No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76tobe
deductedfromthevariablecomponentapplicableto
branandsharpsoriginatinginTunisia,Algeriaand
Moroccorespectively ,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4January1985.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.19.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.37.
3OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.53.(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.0OJNoL107,19.4.1984,p.15.

NoL4/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.1.85
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof4January1985fixingtheamountbywhichthevariable
componentofthelevyapplicabletobranandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,Moroccoand
Tunisiamustbereduced
T
CCTheadingNo ECU/tonne
23.02AIIa) 20,60
23.02AIIb) 40,03