31986R1820
12. 6 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 157/ 57
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1820/86
of 11 June 1986
altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Economic Community, No 1676/85, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Portugal. these currencies recorded over a given period in rela Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 10 June 1986 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) coefficients ; No 3768/85 (4) and in, particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed differs Having regard to Council Regulation No 1676/85 of 11 from the average levy by more than 3,02 ECU per tonne June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/74 (9) the levies common agricultural policy (*) and in particular Article 3 at present in force must therefore be altered to the thereof, amounts set out in the Annex hereto, 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 Article 1 (EEC) No 1700/86 The import levies to be charged on products processed Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1027/84 Q as from cereals and rice covered by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (8) as 2744/75, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No regards products falling within subheading 23.02 A of the 1027/84, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No Common Customs Tariff ; 1700/86 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 : Article 2 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela tion to each other at any given moment within a band This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 11 June 1986.
For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 118, 7. 5. 1986, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . (4 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 146, 31 . 5. 1986, p. 67. 0 OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 15. (■) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 65. O OJ No L 168 , 25. 6. 1974, p. 7.
No L 157/58 12. 6 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 11 June 1986 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
(ECU/tonne)
Import levies
CCT heading No Third countries ACP or OCT (other than ACP or OCT}
11.01 F (2) 201,66 198,64
11.02 A VI (2) 201,66 198,64
1 1.02 E II d) 1 (2) 343,36 337,32
1 1.02 F VI (2) 201,66 198,64
11.08 All 279,33 248,50
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.