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4 . 3 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 61 / 1

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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) This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 1986. No 1676/ 85 ,

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.

No L 61 / 2 4 . 3 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities

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).