CELEX: 31986R0720
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 720/86 of 6 March 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

7. 3 . 86                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 65/31
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 720/86
                                                           of 6 March 1986
                       fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               and 547,09 ECU per tonne for durum wheat qwats
                                                                           and meal .
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                — for the other cereals the prices set out in Article 2 of
 Economic Community,                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (8) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Whereas the abovementioned prices will be adjusted,
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           beginning on 1 August 1985 for durum wheat and for
 No 3793/85 (2), and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,             durum wheat qwats and meal and on 1 September 1985
                                                                      for the other cereals, by amounts equal to the monthly
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 on the                increases fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1020/84 ;
value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be
 applied for the purposes of the common agricultural
 policy (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                     Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices used
                                                                      to determine the levies, the Commission must take into
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              account the factors indicated in Regulation No 156/
                                                                      67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      31 /76 (10), and in particular the most favourable purcha­
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13(1 ) of Regu­             sing opportunities on the world market among those
lation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a levy must be                  which are most representative of the real trend of the
charged on imports of the products listed in Article 1 (a),           market, account being taken in particular of the need to
(b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas the levy is equal            prevent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal distur­
for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ;          bances on the Community market ; whereas the quality of
                                                                      the goods offered must also be taken into account,
Whereas, the threshold prices for cereals and for wheat               whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality
and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed for              fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 2731 /75 (n), as last
the 1984/85 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 028/84 (I2), and (EEC)
2734/75 (4), (EEC) No 1019/84 0, (EEC) No 1020/84 («)                 No 2734/75, or whether adjustments need to be made by
and (EEC) No 1413/84 0 ;                                              applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in
                                                                      Regulation No 158 /67/EEC (13), as last amended by Regu­
                                                                      lation (EEC) No 3135/84 (14), and in Regulation No 159/
Whereas the 1985/86 marketing year for cereals began on               67/EEC (15);
 1 July 1985 for durum wheat and on 1 August 1985 for
the other cereals ; whereas the Council has not, to date,
adopted cereal prices for the 1985/86 marketing year ;
whereas the Commission, in compliance with the tasks                  Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                      basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for other
entrusted to it by the Treaty, is obliged to adopt the
                                                                      ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
precautionary measures essential to ensure continuity of              tions necessitated by the differences in transport charges
operation of the common agricultural policy in the                    in relation to Rotterdam ;
cereals sector ;
Whereas, in order to ensure continuity of operation of the            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (16), last
import arrangements for cereals, the following prices                 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 692/86, lays down the
should be used for calculation of the levies :
                                                                      arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                      certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
— for durum wheat and for durum wheat qwats and                       products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
      meal, a price equal to the threshold price fixed for the        States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
      1984/85 marketing year and applicable on 1 July
      1984, namely 352,67 ECU per tonne for durum wheat
                                                                      (8) OJ No L 198, 30. 7. 1985, p. 31 .
                                                                      0 OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
0    OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            H OJ No L 5, 10. 1 . 1976, p. 18 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 367,  31 . 12. 1985, p. 19 .                           (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
(3)  OJ  No  L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .                              C 2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 17.
(4)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 34.                            H    OJ No    128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2536/67.
0    OJ  No  L 107,  19. 4. 1984, p. 4.                               (H)  OJ No    L 293, 10. 11 . 1984, p. 11 . .
(«)  OJ  No  L 107,  19. 4. 1984, p. 6.                               (15) OJ No    128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
n    OJ  No  L 126,  23. 5. 1984, p. 6.                                I6) OJ No    L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
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Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation       to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portu­
(EEC) No 2727/75, the nomenclature provided for in this          gal1), the same arrangements are to be applied in the case
Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs                 of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied pursuant to
Tariff ;                                                         those arrangements and whereas that levy should be
                                                                 calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies       Regulation No 156/67/EEC and taking into account the
should be calculated on the following basis :                    situation with regard to market prices in Portugal ; and
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­        whereas, in the case of imports into Spain the accession
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band         compensatory amount applicable to trade between Spain
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    should be deducted from the levy ;
    the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
    tion (EEC) No 1676/85,                                       Whereas it follows from applying all the provisions of the
                                                                 abovementioned Regulations that the levies should be as
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the            set out in the Annex thereto ; whereas these levies are
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          altered only where variations in the components used to
    these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­        calculate them have the effect of increasing or reducing
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the          them by 0,73 ECU or more,
    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 5           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
March 1986 ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of          Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/85 which are imported from              shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under                                    Article 2
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying              This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 March 1986.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 6 March 1986.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
                                                                 (') OJ No L 279, 19 . 10 . 1985, p. 5.
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                                                              ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 6 March 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                    _
                                                                                               162,46
           10.01 B II                Durum wheat                               15,06           219,42 (')O
           10.02                     Rye                                       35,50           1 50,39 («)
           10.03                     Barley                                    30,24           154,70
           10.04                     Oats                                      71,14           138,76
           10.05 B                   Maize, other than hybrid maize for                   I
                                     sowing                                      —
                                                                                               148,87 (2) (3)
           10.07 A                   Buckwheat                                   —
                                                                                                  0
           10.07 B                   Millet                                    30,24             84,73 (4)
           10.07 C                   Grain sorghum                             30,24           148,14 (4)
           10.07 D I                 Triticale                           l                        0
           10.07 D II                Canary seed ; other cereals                 —
                                                                                                  0    0
           11.01 A                   Wheat or meslin flour                       —
                                                                                               242,42
           11.01 B                   Rye flour                                 49,70           225,52
           11.02 A I a)              Durum wheat groats and meal               23,34           353,77
          11.02 A lb)                Common wheat groats and meal                —
                                                                                               259,64
          (') 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 £he 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.
          (*) 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 .
          0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading
              10.07 D I (triticale).