CELEX: 31986R0550
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 550/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 55/56                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 3 . 86
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 550/86
                                                       of 28 February 1986
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         — for the other cereals the prices set out in Article 2 of
                                                                         Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (8) ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the abovementioned prices will be adjusted,
                                                                    beginning on 1 August 1985 for durum wheat and for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                durum wheat qwats and meal and on 1 September 1985
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                for the other cereals, by amounts equal to the monthly
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1020/84 ;
No 3793/85 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the               Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be           to determine the levies, the Commission must take into
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural                 account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/
policy (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                    67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable purcha­
                                                                    sing opportunities on the world market among those
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                    which are most representative of the real trend of the
                                                                    market, account being taken in particular of the need to
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regu­         prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal distur­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                bances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),         the goods offered must also be taken into account,
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal          whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;        fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (u), as last
                                                                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/84 (12), and (EEC)
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat             No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for            applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in
the 1984/85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No                  Regulation No 158/67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regu­
2734/75 (4), (EEC) No 1019/84 0, (EEC) No 1020/84 («)               lation (EEC) No 3135/84 (H), and in Regulation No 159/
and (EEC) No 1413/84 0 ;                                            67/EEC (1S) ;
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals began on
                                                                    Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
 1 July 1985 for durum wheat and on 1 August 1985 for               basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
the other cereals ; whereas the Council has not, to date,
                                                                    ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
adopted cereal prices for the 1985/86 marketing year ;              tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
whereas the Commission, in compliance with the tasks                in relation to Rotterdam ;
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                  Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation
cereals sector ;                                                    (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                    Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of the          Tariff ;
import arrangements for cereals, the following prices
should be used for calculation of the levies :
                                                                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
— for durum wheat and for durum wheat qwats and                     should be calculated on the following basis :
     meal, a price equal to the threshold price fixed for the
     1984/85 marketing year and applicable on 1 July                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     1984, namely 352,67 ECU per tonne for durum wheat                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     and 547,09 ECU per tonne for durum wheat qwats                      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     and meal .
                                                                    (8) OJ No L 198, 30. 7. 1985, p. 31 .
(>) OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           (») OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
f)  OJ  No  L 367,  31 . 12. 1985, p. 19.                           (10) OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
(3) OJ  No  L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                             (»)  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(<) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                           C2)  OJ  No   L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 17.
0   OJ  No  L 107,  19. 4. 1984, p. 4.                              (13) OJ  No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
(«) OJ  No  L 107,  19. 4. 1984, p. 6.                              ('<) OJ  No   L 293, 10 . 11 . 1984, p. 11 .
P)  OJ  No  L 126,  23. 5. 1984, p. 6.                              (15) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
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     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into account the
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­     situation with regard to market prices in Portugal ; and
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85,                                       whereas, in the case of imports into Spain the accession
                                                                  compensatory amount applicable to trade between Spain
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the             and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          should be deducted from the levy ;
     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the          Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;             abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
                                                                  set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 27           altered only where variations in the components used to
February 1986 ;                                                   calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,         them by 0,73 ECU or more,
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/85 which are imported from
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable                                       Article 1
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20            The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying               Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portu­        shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
gal1), the same arrangements are to be applied in the case
of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied pursuant to                                      Article 2
those arrangements and whereas that levy should be
calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 28 February 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 28 February 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                163,56
                       10.01 B II           Durum wheat                             220,82 (') (2)
                       10.02               Rye                                      1 47,42 (3)
                       10.03                Barley                                  155,52
                       10.04               Oats                                     139,66
                       10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                           sowing                                   147,84
                       10.07 A              Buckwheat                                   0
                       10.07   B           Millet                                     89,57
                       10.07   C           Grain sorghum                            145,18
                       10.07   D I         Triticale                                    (4)
                       10.07   D II         Canary seed ; other cereals                 o    o
                       11.01   A           Wheat or meslin flour                   243,96
                       11.01   B           Rye flour                                221,36
                       1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal             355,94
                       11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal            261,30
                       (') 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) 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 .
                       (3) 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 Regulation (EEC) No
                            2622/71 .
                       (4) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                            falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).