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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 676/86 of 3 March 1986

altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European No 1676/85, Economic Community, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) tion to the Community currencies referred to in the No 3793/ 85 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 28 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the February 1986 ; market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768 /85 (4) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11 of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579 /74 (9) the levies exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the at present in force must therefore be altered to the common agricultural policy (*) and in particular Article 3 amounts set out in the Annex hereto, thereof, Having regard to the advice of the Monetary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 536/86 (6) amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 566/ 86 0 ; The import levies to be charged on products processed Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1027/84 (8) as from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (9) as regards products falling within subheading 1027/ 84, as fixed in the Annex to the amended Regula­ 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff ; tion (EEC) No 536/86 are hereby altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto . Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Article 2 tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 1986.

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. 15 3) OJ No L 166, 25 . . 6 . 1976, p. 1 . 4) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . 5) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 . ^ OJ No L 55, 1 3. 1986, p. 25. ^ OJ No L 55, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 99. 8) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 15 . ') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65 . H OJ No L 168 , 25 . 6 . 1974, p. 7.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 March 1986 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

(ECU/tonne) Imports CCT heading No Third countries

11.01 E I (2) 275,64 11.01 E II (2) 155,80 11.02 A V a) 1 (2) 240,71 1 1 .02 A V a) 2 (2) 275,64 11.02 A Vb) (2) 155,80 1 1.02 B lie) (2) 242,67 11.02 CV (2) 242,67 11.02 DV (2) 155,80 1 1.02 E II c)(2) 275,64 1 1 .02 F V (2) 275,64 1 1.02 G II 118,38 1 1.04 C II a) 230,45 1 1.04 C II b) 261,70 11.08 A I 230,45 11.08 A IV 230,45 11.08 A V 230,45 17.02 B II a) (3) 370,50 17.02 B lib) (3) 276,39 17.02 F II a) 383,53 17.02 F II b) 265,96 21.07 F II 276,39 23.03 A I 442,08

2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications : — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter, exceeding 45 % by weight, — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1 ,6 % for rice, 2,5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 % for other cereals . Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02. (3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II .