CELEX: 31986R0864
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 864/86 of 25 March 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26. 3 . 86                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 81 / 1
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                                                  (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 864/86
                                                           of 25 March 1986
                        fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                            the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      No 1676/85,
 Economic Community,
                                                                        — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 Portugal,                                                                  these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                            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 24
 No 3793/85 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,              March 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 720/86 to today's offer
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the               prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
 common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3            levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
 thereof,                                                              set out in the Annex hereto,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour,
and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission                                                Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 720/86 (4) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;                                                          The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                       Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies             shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                                         Article 2
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central             This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 25 March 1986.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 19.
(3) OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 4) OJ   No  L 65, 7. 3 . 1986, p. 31 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 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                   _
                                                                                                  165,02
            10.01 B II                  Durum wheat                               15,06           21 3,07 (')O
            10.02                       Rye                                       35,50           150,13 0
            10.03                       Barley                                    30,24           152,16
            10.04                       Oats                                      71,14           138,29
            10.05 B                     Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                        sowing                                                    145,09 0 0
            10.07   A                   Buckwheat                                  —
                                                                                                     0
            10.07   B                   Millet                                    30,24            73,67 0
            10.07   C                   Grain sorghum                              —
                                                                                                  152,77 (4)
            10.07   D I                 Triticale                                   0                0
            10.07   D II                Canary seed ; other cereals         I                        o    o
           11.01    A                   Wheat or meslin flour                      —
                                                                                                  246,00
            11.01   B                   Rye flour                                 64,67           225,15
            1 1 .02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal               37,01           343,93
           11.02 A lb)                  Common wheat groats and meal                              263,50
           (') 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).