CELEX: 31985R2706
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2706/85 of 26 September 1985 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

27. 9 . 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 256/25
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2706/85
                                                   of 26 September 1985
                                 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the levy thus determined, increased by the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     fixed component, is valid for one month ; whereas the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            amount of the fixed component of the levy is laid
Economic Community,                                              down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 ;
                                                                 Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) (No                    interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­                and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
ation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           relating to them in respect of certain products
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                processed from cereals must be reduced by the amount
Article 14 (4) thereof,                                          of the fixed component and, in respect of some of
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      these products, by part of the variable component ;
Committee,                                                       whereas this reduction must be made in accordance
                                                                 with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­          486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arrangements
able component of the import levy on compound                     applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
feedingstuffs are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of            resulting from the processing of agricultural products
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas Article 4 of                originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 of 29 October                 or in the 'overseas countries and territories' (*) ;
1975 on the system to be applied to cereal-based
compound feedingstuffs (3), as amended by Regulation              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
(EEC) No 2560/77 (4), provides that the incidence on              levies should be calculated on the following basis :
the prime costs of these feedingstuffs of the levies              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
applicable to their basic products should be calculated                 relation to each other at any given moment within
on the basis of the average of the levies applicable                    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
during the first 25 days of the month preceding that                    their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
month of importation to the quantities of basic                         provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula­
products considered to have been used in the manu­                      tion (EEC) No 974/71 Q, as last amended by Regu­
facture of such compound feedingstuffs, this average                    lation (EEC) No 855/84 (8),
being adjusted on the basis of the threshold price for            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 the basic products in question ruling during the                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 month of importation ;                                                 these currencies recorded over a given period in
                                                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals other                    in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
 than durum wheat begins on 1 August 1985 ; whereas                     cient ;
 the Council has not, to date, adopted prices for these            Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 products for the 1985/86 marketing year ; whereas the             tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
 Commission, in compliance with the tasks entrusted                in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
 to it by the Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precau­              Customs Tariff,
 tionary measures essential to ensure continuity of
 operation of the common agricultural policy in the                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 cereals sector ;
                                                                                             Article 1
 Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of
 the import arrangements for cereals, the prices set in            The import levies to be charged on the compound
 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (*), should              feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 be used for calculation of the levies on processed                and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 shall be
  products ; whereas these prices will be adjusted, begin­         as set out in the Annex hereto .
  ning on 1 September 1985, by amounts equal to the
  monthly increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                                             Article 2
  1020/84 :
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
                                                                    1985 .
  (') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No  L 107,  19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
  (3) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60.                         (6) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
  (4) OJ No  L 303,  28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                        0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1
  0   OJ No  L 198 , 30 . 7. 1985, p. 31 .                          (8) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 September 1985 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 26 September 1985 fixing the import levies on compound
                                                         feedingstuffs
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                                                                                                               Levies
                                                                                                  Third countries
   CCT heading No                           Nomenclature in simplified wording
                                                                                                   (other than         ACP and
                                                                                                    ACP and              OCT
                                                                                                       OCT)
                        Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                        (EEC) No 968/68, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling
                        within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II, or milk products (falling
                        within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04, and subheadings
                        17.02 A and 21.07 F I) containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup :
                        Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch :     I
23.07 B I a) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                    25,91             15,03
23.07 B I a) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                            products                                                                  608,32            597,44
                        Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of
                        starch :
23.07 B I b) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                    57,84             46,96
23.07 B I b) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                            products                                                                  640,25            629,37
                         Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch :
23.07 B I c) 1          — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                            weight of such products                                                   104,79             93,91
23.07 B I c) 2          — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                            products                                                                  687,20            676,32