CELEX: 31986R0233
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 233/86 of 3 February 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 29 / 8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   4. 2. 86
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 233/86
                                                       of 3 February 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 31
No 3793/85 (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
tions ;                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                       The import levies to be charged on products listed in
                                                                    Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­           shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                 Article 2
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/ 85,                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 3 February 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 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 8 .
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                                                      ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 3 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                150,81
                    10.01 B II          Durum wheat                             202,55 (') 0
                    10.02               Rye                                     1 28,33 (6)
                    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                               194,35
                    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 .
                    (^ The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product
                         falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).