12.10.95EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL244/75
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2398/95
of11October1995
fixingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1863/950,
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1502/95of29June1995layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
forthe1995/96marketingyearasregardsimportduties
inthecerealssector(3),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1817/95(4),andinparticularArticle2(1)thereof,
WhereasArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
providesthattheratesofdutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffaretobechargedonimportoftheproducts
referredtoinArticle1ofthatRegulation ;whereas,
however,inthecaseoftheproductsreferredtoinpara­
graph2ofthatArticle,theimportdutyistobeequalto
theinterventionpricevalidforsuchproductsonimporta­
tionandincreasedby55%,minusthecifimportprice
applicabletotheconsignmentinquestion;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1766/92,thecifimportpricesarecalculatedonthe
basisoftherepresentative pricesfortheproductinques­
tionontheworldmarket;
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1502/95laysdowndetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92forthe1995/96marketingyearasregardsimport
dutiesinthecerealssector;
Whereastheimprotdutiesareapplicableuntilnewduties
arefixedandenterintoforce;whereastheyalsoremain
inforceincaseswherenoquotationisavailableforthe
referenceexchangereferredtoinAnnexIItoRegulation
(EC)No1502/95duringthetwoweeksprecedingthe
nextperiodicalfixing;
Whereas,inordertoallowtheimportdutysystemto
functionnormally,therepresentative marketrates
recoidedduringareferenceperiodshouldbeusedfor
calculatingtheduties;
WhereasapplicationofRegulation (EC)No1502/95
resul:sinimportdutiesbeingfixedassetoutinthe
AnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportdutiesinthecerealssectorreferredtoin
Artiee10(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92shallbe
thosefixedinAnnexItothisRegulationonthebasisof
theinformationgiveninAnnexII.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12October
1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11October1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
2)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.13.
(4)OJNoL175,27.7.1995,p.23.

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ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)(')Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(3)
(ECU/tonne)(')
10011000Durumwheat(2) 0,00 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 10,57 0,57
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(4) 10,57 0,57
mediumquality 29,06 19,06
lowquality 36,82 26,82
10020000Rye 67,32 57,32
10030010Barley,seed 67,32 57,32
10030090Barley,other(4) 67,32 57,32
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 83,51 73,51
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(4) 83,51 73,51
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 73,42 63,42
(')Whereimporttakesplaceinthemonthfollowingthemonthoffixing,theseimportdutyamountsaretobeadjustedinaccordancewiththethird
subparagraphofArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95.
(2)InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1502/95,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(3)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOcean(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95),theimportermaybenefitfromareductionin
thedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(4)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95
aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom27.9.to10.10.1995):
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis Kansas-City Chicago Chicago Mid-America Mid-America
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11°/3SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 136,95 138,91 135,19 93,14182,91(')97,96(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 13,66 9,61 11,07-I
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 17,76I
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU13,11pertonne;GreatLakes/StLawrence—Rotterdam :ECU29,46pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/9j:ECU0,00pertonne).