CELEX: 31986R0670
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 670/86 of 3 March 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 670/86
                                                         of 3 March 1986
                      fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flo.ur, 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
                                                                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 28
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           February 1986 ;
No 3793/85 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 550/86 to today's offer
of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and              prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the             levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3          set out in the Annex hereto,
thereof,
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
Regulation (EEC) No 550/86 (4) ;                                                                Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies           The import levies to be charged on products listed in
should be calculated on the following basis :                        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
                                                                                                Article 2
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 1676/ 85 ,                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 3 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 .
H OJ No L 55, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 56.
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 3 March 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                162,35
                      10.01 B 11           Durum wheat                            219,86 0 0
                      10.02               Rye                                      148,72 ^) -
                      10.03                Barley                                 155,52
                      10.04               Oats                                    139,66
                      10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                   150,1 2 (2) (3)
                      10.07   A           Buckwheat                                   0
                      10.07   B           Millet                                    88,58 (4)
                      10.07   C           Grain sorghum                            145,18 (4)
                      10.07   D I         Triticale                                   0
                      10.07   D II         Canary seed ; other cereals                0    (*)
                      11.01   A           Wheat or meslin flour                   242,26
                      11.01   B           Rye flour                               223,18
                      1 1 .02 Ala)         Durum wheat groats and meal            354,45
                      11.02 A lb)          Common wheat groats and meal           259,46
                      (') 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).