CELEX: 31986R2010
Language: en
Date: 1986-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2010/86 of 30 June 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2010/86
                                                          of 30 June 1986
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           67/EEC (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      31 /76 (9), and in particular the most favourable purchasing
                                                                      opportunities on the world market among those which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 are most representative of the real trend of the market,
Economic Community,                                                   account being taken in particular of the need to prevent
                                                                      sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the
Portugal,                                                             goods offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                      this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in
                                                                      Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (10), as last amended by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  Regulation (EEC) No 1028/84 (»), and (EEC) No 2734/75,
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No
No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,              158/67/EEC (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      3135/84 (13), and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC (l4) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                   Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
policy (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                      basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
                                                                      ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
                                                                      in relation to Rotterdam ;
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (15), last
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 692/86, lays down the
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;          arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                      certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                      products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat               States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for
the 1986/87 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No
2734/75 (4), (EEC) No 1584/86 0, (EEC) No 1585/86 (6)
and (EEC) No 1970/86 Q ;
                                                                      Whereas, in accordance with Article 18(1 ) of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used           Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
to determine the levies, the Commission must take into                Tariff ;
account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/
                                                                      (8) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
(')  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.                              (9) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
(2)  OJ  No L 139,  24. 5.   1986, p. 29 .                            H OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(3)  OJ  No L 164,  24. 6.   1985, p. 1.                              (") OJ No L 107, 19 . 4 . 1984, p. 17 .
(4)  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                             (12) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
0    OJ  No L 139,  24. 5.   1986, p. 41 .                            H OJ No L 293, 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 11 .
(«)  OJ  No L 139,  24. 5.   1986, p. 43 .                            H OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
0    OJ  No L 170,  27. 6.   1986, p. 26.                             H OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p . 4.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies        the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied
should be calculated on the following basis :                     pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy
                                                                  should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                  down in Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into
                                                                  account the situation with regard to market prices in
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                  Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain
                                                                  the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                  between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85,
                                                                  December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the             Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­        set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the          altered only where variations in the components used to
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;             calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
                                                                  them by 0,73 ECU or more,
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27
June 1986 ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                                             Article 1
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 which are imported from               The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable            Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying                                          Article 2
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and
Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 June 1986.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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                                                               ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                              wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                    CCT                                                                  Levies
                  heading                          Description
                     No
                                                                               Portugal         Third country
          10.01 B I                   Common wheat, and meslin                                  156,07
          10.01 B II                  Durum wheat                                6,26           215,77(')0
          10.02                       Rye                                       23,91           139,07 0
          10.03                       Barley                                    20,79           158,49
          10.04                       Oats                                      59,42           141,81
          10.05 B                     Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                      sowing                                     —
                                                                                                149,41 0 0
          10.07 A                     Buckwheat                                  —
                                                                                                   0
          10.07 B                     Millet                                    20,79            28,70 O
          10.07 C II                  Grain sorghum, other than hybrid
                                      maize for sowing                           —
                                                                                                165,03 (4)
          10.07   D I                 Triticale                                   0                0
          10.07   D II                Canary seed ; other cereals                —
                                                                                                   0    o
          11.01   A                   Wheat or meslin flour                      —
                                                                                                231,49
          11.01   B                   Rye flour                                 46,47           207,69
          1 1 .02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal               22,70           347,44
          11.02 A lb)                 Common wheat groats and meal               —
                                                                                                250,01
          (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the
               Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
          (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 the levies are not applied to imports into the
               French overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
               or in the 'overseas countries and territories '.
          (3) Where maize originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the levy is reduced
               by 1,81 ECU/tonne.
          (4) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP or OCT is imported into the Community the
               levy is reduced by 50 % .
          0 Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that
               country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne.
          0 The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to
               the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 and Commission Regula­
               tion (EEC) No 2622/71 .
          0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading
               10.07 D I (triticale).