CELEX: 31986R1544
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1544/86 of 22 May 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23 . 5 . 86                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 136/ 1
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                                                  (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1544/86
                                                            of 22 May 1986
                        fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                             rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                            the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                             No 1676/ 85,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                            these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                            tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 Portugal ,
                                                                        Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 21
                                                                        May 1986 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire
 No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,              calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence
                                                                        coefficients ;
 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 720/86 to today's offer
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the               prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
 common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 3            levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
thereof,                                                                set out in the Annex hereto ,
 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 720 /86 (4) and subsequent amending
Regulations ;
                                                                                                   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
                                                                       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
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 118 , 7 . 5 . 1986 , p. 1 .
(') OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 65, 7 . 3 . 1986, p. 31 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 1986.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 22 May 1986 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 May 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on
                                                  wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                           (ECU/tonne)
                       CCT                                                                    Levies
                     heading                            Description
                        No                                                           Portugal        Third country
            10.01 B I                     Common wheat, and meslin                     8,11          168,87
            10.01 B II                    Durum wheat                                 31,61          220,06 (') 0
            10.02                         Rye                                         46,32          1 60,25 (6)
            10.03                         Barley                                      41,18          1 63;48
            10.04                         Oats                                        80,34          161,33
            10.05 B                       Maize , other than hybrid maize for
                                          sowing                                       —
                                                                                                     150,51 00
            10.07 A                       Buckwheat                                    —                0
            10.07 B                       Millet                                      41,18            48,45 (4)
             10.07   C                    Grain sorghum                                —
                                                                                                     1 58,63 (4)
            10.07    D I                  Triticale                                     0               0
             10.07   D II                 Canary seed ; other cereals                                   0    o
             11.01   A                    Wheat or meslin flour                       26,89          251,96
             11.01   B                    Rye flour                                   80,38          239,89
             11.02 A I a)                 Durum wheat groats and meal                 62,83          354,93
             1 1 .02 A I b)               Common wheat groats and meal                26,24          269,32
              ') 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 '.
              ?) 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 transported 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 Regula­
                  tion ( 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).