31986R0242

No L 30 /4 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 2 . 86

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 242/ 86 of 4 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 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 3 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) February 1986 ; No 3793/85 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, 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 ('), 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 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 5 February 1986.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 4 February 1986 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1 975 , p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 367 , 31 . 12 . 1985, p. 19 (') 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 4 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 (■) (s) 10.02 Rye 1 30,44 (6) 10.03 Barley 139,43 10.04 Oats 126,09 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 120,99 (2) C) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 76,45 (4) 10.07 C Grain sorghum 130,27 (4) 10.07 D I Triticale 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 0 o 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 225,83 11.01 B Rye flour 197,31 11.02 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 . 0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).