CELEX: 31985R2994
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2994/85 of 28 October 1985 fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs

29 . 10 . 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 287/ 11
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2994/85
                                                        of 28 October 1985
                                   fixing the import levies on compound feedingstuffs
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      amount of the fixed component of the levy is laid
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
 Economic Community,                                                 interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) (No                       and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­                   relating to them in respect of certain products
 ation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by              processed from cereals must be reduced by the amount
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular                  of the fixed component and, in respect of some of
 Article 14 (4) thereof,                                             these products, by part of the variable component ;
                                                                     whereas this reduction must be made in accordance
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                          with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arrangements
Whereas the rules to be applied in calculating the vari­             applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
 able component of the import levy on compound                       resulting from the processing of agricultural products
 feedingstuffs are laid down in Article 14 ( 1 ) (A) of              originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas Article 4 of                  or in the 'overseas countries and territories' (*), as
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 of 29 October                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 Q ;
 1975 on the system to be applied to cereal-based
compound feedingstuffs (3), as amended by Regulation                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
(EEC) No 2560/77 (4), provides that the incidence on                 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 the prime costs of these feedingstuffs of the levies                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 applicable to their basic products should be Calculated                  relation to each other at any given moment within
on the basis of the average of the levies applicable                      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
during the first 25 days of the month preceding that                      their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
month of importation to the quantities of basic                           provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula­
 products considered to have been used in the manu­                       tion (EEC) No 974/71 (8), as last amended by Regu­
facture of such compound feedingstuffs, this average                      lation (EEC) No 855/84 (9),
being adjusted on the basis of the threshold price for               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the basic products in question ruling during the                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 month of importation ;                                                   these currencies recorded over a given period in
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals other                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
than durum wheat begins on 1 August 1985 ; whereas                        in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
the Council has not, to date, adopted prices for these                    cient ;
products for the 1985/86 marketing year ; whereas the                Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 Commission, in compliance with the tasks entrusted                  tion (EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for
to it by the Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precau­                 in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
tionary measures essential to ensure continuity of                   Customs Tariff,
operation of the common agricultural policy in the
cereals sector ;                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of
the import arrangements for cereals, the prices set in                                             Article 1
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 Q, should
be used for calculation of the levies on processed                   The import levies to be charged on the compound
products ; whereas these prices will be adjusted, begin­             feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
ning on 1 September 1985, by amounts equal to the                    and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 shall be
                                                                     as set out in the Annex hereto .
monthly increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
 1020/84 ;
                                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas the levy thus determined, increased by the
fixed component, is valid for one month ; whereas the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
                                                                     1985 .
(') OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 107,  19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .                            (6) OJ   No  L 61 , 1 . 3 .  1985, p. 4.
(3) OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60 .                          O   OJ   No  L 279, 19.     10. 1985, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No   L 303,  28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                          (8) OJ   No  L 106, 12.     5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 198 , 30 . 7. 1985, p . 31 .                          O   OJ   No  L 90 , 1 . 4.   1984, p. 1 .
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 October 1985.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
                                                             ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 28 October 1985 fixing the import levies on compound
                                                           feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                        (ECU / tonne)
I                                                                                                                Levies
                                                                                                    Third countries
   CCT heading No                             Nomenclature in simplified wording                     (other than         ACP and
                                                                                                      ACP and              OCT
                                                                                                         OCT)
                          Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                          (EEC) No 968/68, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling
                          within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II, or milk products (falling
                          within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04, and subheadings
                          17.02 A and 21.07 F I) containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup :
                        ( Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch :
23.07 B I a) 1            — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                              weight of such products                                                    28,27             17,39
23.07 B I a) 2            — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                              products                                                                  665,71            654,83
                          Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of
                          starch :
23.07 B I b) 1            — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                              weight of such products                                                    65,24    .        54,36
23.07 B I b) 2            — Containing 1,0 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                              products                                                                  702,68            691,80
                          Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch :
23.07 B I c) 1            — Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
                              weight of such products                                                   119,59            108,71
23.07 B I c) 2            — Containing 10 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                              products                                                                  757,03            746,15