31986R1544

23 . 5 . 86 No L 136/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1544/86 of 22 May 1986 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/ 85, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Portugal ,

Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 21 May 1986 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence coefficients ;

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 720/86 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 ,

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 720 /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 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band

Article 2 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 118 , 7 . 5 . 1986 , p. 1 . (') OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 65, 7 . 3 . 1986, p. 31 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 1986 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 May 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 8,11 168,87 10.01 B II Durum wheat 31,61 220,06 (') 0 10.02 Rye 46,32 1 60,25 (6) 10.03 Barley 41,18 1 63;48 10.04 Oats 80,34 161,33 10.05 B Maize , other than hybrid maize for — sowing 150,51 00 10.07 A Buckwheat — 0 10.07 B Millet 41,18 48,45 (4) 10.07 C — Grain sorghum 1 58,63 (4) 10.07 D I Triticale 0 0 10.07 D II Canary seed ; other cereals 0 o 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 26,89 251,96 11.01 B Rye flour 80,38 239,89 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 62,83 354,93 1 1 .02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal 26,24 269,32

') 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 '. ?) 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 transported 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 Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 2622/71 . ^ The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within subheading 10.07 D I ( triticale).