28. 10. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities- No L 302/11 ol COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3254/86 - of 27 October 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86 laying down detailed rules for the -application of the co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regafd to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 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) No 1579/86 (%), and in particular Article 4 (7) thereof, Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides for a co-responsibility levy system for cereals produced in the Community ; whereas the detailed rules of application required in order to implement this system were adopted by means of Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2572/86 (%) ; Whereas the production of maize for the purposes of ensilage on agricultural holdings does not give rise to any additional charges to the Community budget or to dif- ficulties in managing the cereals market; whereas such ensilage operations are possible as from the month of September ; whereas operations involving the crushing of maize ears with the view to their use as animal feed carried out from 1 September 1986 should be exempt from the co-responsibility levy; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1. The following paragraph is added to Article 1 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2040/86: ‘Operations involving the crushing of maize ears harvested with a view to their ensilage on an agricul- tural holding shall also be exempt from the co-responsibility levy. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Oﬁmal Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 1986. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 October 1986. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29. () OJ No L 173, 1. 7. 1986, p. 6. () OJ No L 229, 15. 8. 1986, p. 3. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President