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5 . 3 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 62/3

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 679/86 of 4 March 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) March 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 550/86 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, Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 550/86 (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 — 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 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 2 the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/ 85, This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1986 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (a) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 19 . (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 4 OJ No L 55, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. ' 56 .

No L 62/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 3 . 86

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 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 162,35 10.01 B II Durum wheat 14,09 219,86 (') (2) 10.02 Rye 34,87 150,54 (3) 10.03 Barley 29,60 155,52 10.04 Oats 70,62 138,92 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for \ — sowing 150,12 10.07 A Buckwheat — 0 10.07 B Millet — 88,58 10.07 C — Grain sorghum 145,18 10.07 D I Triticale \ (4) 10.07 D II — Canary seed ; other cereals o o 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour — ■ 242,26 11.01 B Rye flour 48,82 225,73 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 21,84 354,45 — 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) 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. (3) 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 . (4) The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I (triticale).