CELEX: 31985R3304
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3304/85 of 26 November 1985 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

No L 316/42                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 11 . 85
                                      , COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3304/85
                                                       of 26 November 1985
                                      fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the inte­
                                                                      rests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and of
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating to
  Economic Community,                                                 them in respect of certain products processed from cereals
                                                                      must be reduced by the amount of the fixed component
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) (No 2727/75                and, in respect of some of these products, by part of the
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 variable component ; whereas this reduction must be
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           made in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regula­
 No 101 8 /84 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,          tion (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arran­
                                                                     gements
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
                                                                      resulting from the processing of agricultural products
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable          originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or
 component of the import levy on compound feedingstuffs               in the 'overseas countries and territories' (% as amended
 are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of Regulation (EEC) No        by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 Q ;
 2727/75 ; whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC)
 No 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on the system to be                   Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
 applied to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (3), as               should be calculated on the following basis :
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (4), provides                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 that the incidence on the prime costs of these feeding­                  tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 stuffs of the levies applicable to their basic products                  of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
 should be calculated on the basis of the average of the                  rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in
 levies applicable during the first 25 days of the month                  Article 2b (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 preceding that month of importation to the quantities of                 974/71 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
basic products considered to have been used in the manu­                  855/84 0,
 facture of such compound feedingstuffs, this average
being adjusted on the basis of the threshold price for the           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
basic products in question ruling during the month of                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 importation ;                                                            these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                          tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                          previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals other                 Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
than durum wheat begins on 1 August 1985 ; whereas the               (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
Council has not, to date, adopted prices for these products          Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
for the 1985/86 marketing year ; whereas the Commis­                 Tariff,
sion, in compliance with the tasks entrusted to it by the
Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures
essential to ensure continuity of operation of the common
agricultural policy in the cereals sector ;                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of the
import arrangements for cereals, the prices set in Article 2                                          Article 1
of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (*), should be used for
calculation of the levies on processed products ; whereas            The import levies to be charged on the compound
these prices will be adjusted, beginning on 1 September              feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727US
 1985, by amounts equal to the monthly increases fixed by            and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 shall be as
Regulation (EEC) No 1020/84 ;                                        set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas the levy thus determined, increased by the fixed
                                                                                                      Article 2
component, is valid for one month ; whereas the amount
of the fixed component of the levy is laid down in Article
6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 ;                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
                                                                      1985.
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 107,  19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .                             («) OJ  No  L  61 , 1 . 3 .  1985, p. 4.
(3) OJ  No  L 281 , I. 11 . 1975, p. 60 .                            0   OJ  No  L  279, 19 .    10 . 1985, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No  L 303,  28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                           (8) OJ  No  L  106, 12.     5. 1971 , p. 1 .
Is) OJ No L 198, 30. 7. 1985, p. 31 .                                (') 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 November 1985.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
                                                                 ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 26 November 1985 fixing the import levies on compound
                                                              feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                             (ECU / tonne)
\II                                                                                                                   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 :          l
23.07 B I a) 1            — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of
                              such products                                                                   27,67             16,79
23.07 B I a) 2            — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk products            748,42            737,54
                          Containing more than 1 0 % 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                                                                   63,36             52,48
23.07 B I b) 2            — Containing 1 0 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk products          784,1 1            773,23
                          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                                                                  115,84            104,96
23.07 B I c) 2            — Containing 1 0 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk products          836,59             825,71