CELEX: 31986R0706
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 706/86 of 5 March 1986 fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice from Portugal

No L 64/26                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  6. 3 . 86
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 706/86
                                                           of 5 March 1986
                    fixing the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice from
                                                               Portugal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures
                                                                      essential to ensure continuity of operation of the common
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                agricultural policy in the cereals sector ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   import arrangements for cereals, the prices set in Article 2
 Portugal,                                                            of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 Q, should be used for
                                                                      calculation of the levies on processed products ; whereas
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  these prices will be adjusted, beginning on 1 September
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  1985, by amounts equal to the montly increases fixed by
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Regulation (EEC) No 1020/84 ;
 No 3793/85 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1579/74 of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 24 June 1974 on the procedure for calculating the import
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    levy on products processed from cereals and from rice
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              and for the advance fixing of this levy for these products
 No 3793/85 (4), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,            and for compound feedingstuffs manufactured from
                                                                      cereals (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               1740/78 (®), provides that the levy thus determined,
                                                                      increased by the fixed component is valid in general for
 Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the variable          one month but is altered where the levy applicable to the
 component of the import levy on products processed                   basic product concerned differs by not less than 3,02 ECU
 from cereals and rice are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of       per tonne from the average of the levies calculated as
                                                                      described above ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 12 (1 ) (a) of
 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas Article 2 of
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October                    Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
 1975 on the import and export system for products                     No 2744/75 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
 processed from cereals and rice (*), as last amended by               1579/74, the levy on certain processed products must be
 Regulation (EEC) No 1027/84 (*), provides that the inci­             reduced by an amount equal to the production refund
 dence on the prime costs of these products of the levies             granted in respect of basic products for processing ;
 applicable to their basic products should be calculated on           whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1921 /75 (10), as amended by
 the basis of the average of the levies applicable to these           Regulation (EEC) No 2415/75 ("), laid down certain tran­
basic products for the first 25 days of the month prece­              sitional measures in respect of starches ;
ding that of importation ; whereas this average, adjusted
on the basis of the threshold price valid for the basic
 products in question during the month of importation is              Whereas the fixed component of the levy is specified in
calculated on the basis of the quantities of basic products           Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 ; whereas, in accordance
 considered to have been used in the manufacture of the               with Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (12), as last amended
 processed product or the competing product which serves              by Regulation (EEC) No 1499/85 (13), the variable compo­
as a reference for processed products not containing                  nent of the levy on certain processed products must be
cereals ;                                                             reduced by the incidence of the production refund
                                                                      granted in respect of basic products intended for proces­
                                                                      sing ;
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals other
than durum wheat begins on 1 August 1985 ; whereas the                Whereas, in respect of products falling within subheading
Council has not, to date, adopted prices for these products           07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff, Council Regula­
for the 1985/86 marketing year ; whereas the Commis­                  tion (EEC) No 604/83 of 14 March 1983 on the import
sion, in compliance with the tasks entrusted to it by the
                                                                      0 OJ No L 198, 30. 7. 1985, p. 31 .
(') OJ No  L  281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            («) OJ No L 168, 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
0   OJ No  L  367,   31 . 12. 1985, p. 19                             O OJ No L 202, 26. 7. 1978, p. 8.
0   OJ No  L  166,   25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              H OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1975, p. 25.
(4) OJ No  L  362,   31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                            (") OJ No L 247, 23. 9. 1975, p. 22.
0   OJ No  L  281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            H OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
(*) OJ No  L  107,   19 . 4. 1984, p. 15.                             H OJ No L 151 , 10. 6. 1985, p. 24.
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system applicable in 1983 to 1986 to products falling             Portugal (3), the same arrangements are to be applied in
within subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs                   the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied
Tariff and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the             pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy
Common Customs Tariff (') lays down the terms on                  should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
which the import levy may be charged at 6 % ad                    down in Regulation 156/67/EEC and taking into account
valorem and provides for the Common Customs Tariff to             the situation with regard to market prices in Portugal ;
be amended accordingly ;                                          and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain the acces­
                                                                  sion compensatory amount applicable to trade between
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally levies         Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December
should be calculated on the following basis :                      1985 should be deducted from the levy ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation
     of 2,25% , a rate of exchange based on their central         (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­     Tariff,
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;                                       Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,         The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                  Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of           Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in Article 1 of Regula­           subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75, shall be as set
tion (EEC) No 1418/76 which are imported from                     out in the Annex hereto .
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20                                      Article 2
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and               This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 March 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 5 March 1986.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 72, 18 . 3. 1983, p. 3.
0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                                (3) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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                                                         ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 5 March 1986 fixing the import levies on products
                                      processed from cereals and rice from Portugal
                                                                                          (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                 Imports
                                    CCT heading No
                                                                                 Portugal
           07.06 A I                                                               30,24
           07.06 A II                                                              33,26
           11.01 C (2)                                                             60,47
           11.01 D (2)                                                            134,09
           11.01 E I (2)                                                            6,04
           11.01 E II (2)                                                           3,02
           11.01 F (2)                                                             33,10
           11.01 G (2)                                                              3,02
           11.02 A II (2)                                                          69,94
           1 1.02 A III (2)                                                        60,47
           11.02 A IV (2)                                                         134,09
           1 1 .02 A V a) 1 (2)                                                     6,04
           1 1 .02 A V a) 2 (2)                                                     6,04
           1 1 .02 A V b) (2)                                                       3,02
           11.02 A VI (2)                                                          33,10
           11.02 A VII (2)                                                          3,02
           11.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                                      51,40
           1 1 .02 B I a) 2 aa)                                                    75,58
           1 1 .02 B I a) 2 bb) (2)                                               131,07
           11.02 B I b) 1 (2)                                                      51,40
           1 1 .02 B I b) 2 (2)                                                   131,07
           1 1.02 B II a) (2)                                                       3,02
           1 1.02 B II b) (2)                                                      50,24
           1 1.02 B II c) (2)                                                       3,02
           1 1.02 B II d)(2)                                                        3,02
           11.02C I (2)                                                             3,02
           1 1.02 C II (2)                                                         59,82
           1 1.02 C III 0                                                          81,64
           11.02 CIV (2)                                                          116,84
           11.02 CV (2)                                                             3,02
           1 1 .02 C VI (2)                                                         3,02
           1 1 .02 D I (2)                                                          3,02
           1 1.02 D II (2)                                                         39,23
           1 1.02 D III (2)                                                        33,86
           1 1.02 D IV (2)                                                         75,58
           11.02 DV (2)                                                             3,02
           1 1 .02 D VI (2)                                                         3,02
           11.02 EI a) 1 (2)                                                       33,86
           1 1.02 EI a) 2 (2)                                                      75,58
           1 1 .02 E I b) 1 (2)                                                    66,52
           1 1 .02 E I b) 2 (2)                                                   148,32
           1 1.02 E II a) (2)                                                       6,04
           1 1.02 E II b) (2)                                                      69,94
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                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                       Imports
                                  CCT heading No
                                                                                       Portugal
          1 1 .02 E II c) (2)                                                             6,04
          1 1 .02 E II d) 1 (2)                                                          57,12
          1 1 .02 E II d) 2(2)                                                            6,04
          11.02 F I (2)                                                                   6,04
          11.02 F II (2)                                                                 69,69
          11.02 F III (2)                                                                60,47
          1 1 .02 F IV (2)                                                              134,09
          11.02 FV (2)                                                                    6,04
          1 1 .02 F VI (2)                                                               33,10
          1 1.02 F VII (2)                                                                3,02
          11.02 G I                                                                       6,04
          1 1.02 G II                                                                     6,04
          11.04 CI                                                                       33,26
          1 1.04 C II a)                                                                 20,55
          1 1.04 C lib)                                                                  20,55
          1 1 .07 A I a)                                                                 10,88
          11.07 A lb)                                                                    10,88
          11.07 A II a)                                                                  64.71
          11.07 A lib)          '                                                        51,10
          11.07 B                                                                        57,75
          11.08 A I                                                                      20,55
          11.08 A II                                                                     73,97
          11.08 A III                                                                    20,55
          11.08 A IV                                                                     20,55
          11.08 A V                                                                      20,55
          11.09                                                                         181,34
          17.02 B II a) 0                                                                96.72
          17.02 B II b)(3)                                                               66,49
          17.02 F II a)                                                                  96,72
          17.02 F lib)                                                                   66,49
          21.07 F II                                                                     66,49
          23.02 A I a)                                                                   10,23
          23.02 A I b)                                                                   15,07
          23.02 A II a)                                                                  10,23
          23.02 A II b)                                                                  15,07
          23.03 A I                                                                     181,34
          (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02
               and those falling within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02
               shall be those meeting the following specifications :
               — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry
                   matter, exceeding 45 % by weight,
               — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not
                   exceeding 1,6 % for rice, 2,5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats
                   and 2 % for other cereals.
               Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.
          (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is
               subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II.