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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No1250/79
of26June1979
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
(OJ L 159, 27.6.1979, p. 8)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EEC) No 335/80 of 13 February 1980 L 37 15 14.2.1980
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No1250/79
of26June1979
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October
1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (1), aslas t
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 (2), and in particular Article
6 (5) thereof,
WhereasArticle 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 providesthat
where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus customs duties, for a type
of hybrid maize for sowing and coming from a non-member country,
islower than the corres ponding reference price, a countervailing chargeshall be levied on imports of the hybrid from that country, subject toobligationsres ulting from binding under GATT; whereasthe counter-vailing charge isequal to the difference between the reference price
and the free-at-frontier price plus customs duties;
Whereasthe reference pricesfor the 1979/80 marketing year for hybrid
maize for sowing were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1249/79 (
3);
Whereasthe free-at-frontier offer pricesfor each country of provenance
are determined using all available relevant information; whereas suchrelevant information isdefined in Article 1 (1), (2) and (3) of Commis -sion Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72 (
4); whereasArticle 3 of the s ame
Regulation providesthat the free-at-frontier offer pricesfor each
country of provenance shall be determined from the most favourable
purchasing opportunities for the products in question calculated inaccordance with Articles1 and 2 of the Regulation; whereasinforma-tion on offerswhich have no economic effect on the market inparticular because of the insignificant quantities for which they aremade are to be disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices;
Whereaspurs uant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72, an
adjustment must be made in the case of price information relating to a
stage other than free-at-Community-frontier; whereas pursuant toArticle 4 (2) of that Regulation, the countervailing charge must beamended where a significant variation in the free-at-frontier offer priceisrecorded;
Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforementioned provi-
sions to the information currently available to the Commission, thecountervailing charge in respect of certain types of hybrid is to be fixed
at the amountsindicated in the Annex to thisRegulation;
Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 68/79 (
5), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 962/79 (6), which fixed the
countervailing chargesfor the preceding period, s hould be repealed;
Whereasthe meas uresprovided for in thisRegulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,1979R1250 — EN — 17.02.1980 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 34, 9. 2. 1979, p. 2.
(3) See page 6 of thisOfficial Journal.
(4) OJ No L 175, 2. 8. 1972, p. 49.
(5) OJ No L 11, 17. 1. 1979, p. 5.
(6) OJ No L 121, 17. 5. 1979, p. 19.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in the Annex
hereto.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 68/79 ishereby repealed.
Article 3
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on 1 July 1979.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1979R1250 — EN — 17.02.1980 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEX
Countervailingcharge onhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100 kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmount
of coun-
tervailing
charge (1)Country of origin
ex 10.05 Maize:
A. Hybrid for sowing:
I. Double hybridsand top cros shybrids 2·5 Hungary
6·1 USA
7·6 Austria
9·0 Yugoslavia
9·9 Romania
13·7 Canada
13·7 Other countries
II. Three-cross hybrids 4·6 Canada
17·3 Hungary
20·5 USA
28·4 Romania
28·4 Other countries(2)
III. Single hybrids4·6 Yugos lavia
16·1 Hungary
30·3 Canada
31·4 USA
31·4 Other countries(3)
(1) The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
(2) With the exception of Yugoslavia and Austria.
(3) With the exception of Spain and Romania.1979R1250 — EN — 17.02.1980 — 001.001 — 4