CELEX: 31986R0204
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 204/86 of 31 January 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 204/86
                                                       of 31 January 1986
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1676/85,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community,                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                        these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 30
                                                                    January 1986 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the            contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2956/85 to today's
common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3         offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
thereof,                                                            that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
                                                                    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 ;
                                                                    The import levies to be charged on products listed in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
should be calculated on the following basis :                       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                                     Article 2
      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 31 January 1986.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 1*2. 1985, p. 8.
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4 OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8 .
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                                                       ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 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                150,81
                     10.01 B II           Durum wheat                            202,55 0 0
                     10.02               Rye                                     127,37 («)
                     10.03               Barley                                  139,43
                     10.04               Oats                                    126,09
                     10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                         sowing                                  120,99 (2)(3)
                     10.07   A           Buckwheat                                  0
                     10.07   B           Millet                                    76,45 (4)
                     10.07   C           Grain sorghum                           1 30,27 (4)
                     10.07   D I         Triticale                                  0
                     10.07   D II        Canary seed ; other cereals                0    (0
                     11.01   A           Wheat or meslin flour                   225,83
                     11.01   B           Rye flour                               193,01
                     1 1 .02 A I a)       Durum wheat groats and meal            327,54
                     11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal            242,03
                     (') 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 1180/77 and Commission Regulation (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).