CELEX: 31986R0140
Language: en
Date: 1986-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 140/86 of 24 January 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 19/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 25 . 1 . 86
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 140/86
                                                        of 24 January 1986
                     fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 Economic Community,                                                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 23
 No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,          January 1986 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and            contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the           offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
 common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3        that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
 thereof,                                                           amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regulation
 (EEC) No 2956/85 (4) and subsequent amending Regula­
                                                                                               Article 1
 tions ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies          The import levies to be charged on products listed in
 should be calculated on the following basis :                      Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
                                                                    shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                                     Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)      This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 January
     No 1676/85,                                                    1986 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                   Done at Brussels, 24 January 1986.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8.
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 24 January 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                     on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                            CCT
                           heading                     Description                    Levies
                             No
                      10.01 B I           Common wheat, and meslin                 145,34
                      10.01 B II          Durum wheat                              193,15 ('JO
                      10.02              Rye                                       117,42 (6)
                      10.03               Barley                                   131,38
                      10.04               Oats                                     119,48
                      10.05 B            Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                    112,42 (2)(3)
                      10.07  A            Buckwheat                                   0
                      10.07   B          Millet                                     75,28 (4)
                      10.07  C           Grain sorghum                             123,81 (4)
                      10.07   D I        Triticale                                    0
                      10.07 D II          Canary seed ; other cereals                 0
                      11.01 A            Wheat or meslin flour                    217,89
                      11.01 B             Rye flour                                178,80
                      11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal             313,64
                      11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal             233,76
                      (') 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 % .
                      (*) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are trans­
                          ported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is
                          reduced by 0,60 ECU/tonne .
                      (6) 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 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                          2622/71 .
                      I7) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                          falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).