29.6.91 NoL169/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1902/91
of28June1991
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October197ronthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1239/89(2),andinparticularArticle6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,plus
customsduties,foratypeofhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorgumforsowingandcomingfromanon-member
country,islowerthanthecorresponding referenceprice,a
countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorghumshallbeleviedonimportsofthehybridfrom
thatcountry,subjecttoobligationsresultingfrombinding
underGATT;whereasthecountervailing chargeisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthereferencepriceandthe
free-at-frontier pricepluscustomsduties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1991/1992market­
ingyearforhybridmaizeandhybridsorgumforsowing
werefixedinCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1879/91(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1665/72(4),amended
byRegulation(EEC)No2811/86(5);whereasArticle3of
thesameRegulationprovidesthatthefree-at-frontier
offerpricesforeachcountryofprovenanceshallbe
determinedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunitiesfortheproductsinquestioncalculatedinaccordancewithArticles1and2oftheRegulation;
whereasinformation onofferswhichhavenoeconomic
effectonthemarketinparticularbecauseofthe
insignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadearetobe
disregardedforthepurposeofcalculatingtheseprices;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No
1665/72,anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecaseofprice
informationrelatingtoastageotherthanfree-at­
Community-frontier ;whereas,pursuanttoArticle4(2)of
thatRegulation,theCountervailing chargemustbe
amendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree-at­
frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheaforemen­
tionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrentlyavailableto
theCommission ,thecountervailing chargeinrespectof
certaintypesofhybridistobefixedattheamounts
indicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1850/90(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
778/91Q,whichfixedthecountervailing chargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexeshereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1850/90isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.35.
OOJNoL168,29.6.1991,p.77.
(4)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.
(4OJNoL260,12.9.1986,p.8.(*)OJNoL168,30.6.1990,p.38.
0OJNoL81,28.3.1991,p.83.

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ANNEXI
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
charge(')Countryof
origin(2)
10051011
10051013
100510151,8
13.8
13.9
15.1
34,9
37.2
56,9
56,9
13.0
13,7
20,0
21.7
27.1
40.2
40,2
6,1
10,1
18,9
30,0
53,0
55,9
56,5
65.8
.88,7
88,7048
404
064
066
068
056
400
1
064
528
048
062
068
066
2
066
038
400
512
346
064
048
528
052
3
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
InthecaseofSpainitmaynotexceedtherateobtainedbyalignment
ontheCommonCustomsTariffinaccordancewiththetimetable
specifiedintheActofAccession .
(2)Originidentification :
1OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofAustria,ChileandArgen­
tina
2OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofJapan,Austria,Turkey,
Chile,theUnitedStates,SouthAfricaandCanada
3OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofBulgaria,SouthAfricaand
NewZealand
048Yugoslavia
052Turkey
062Czechoslovakia
064Hungary
066Romania
068Bulgaria
346Kenya
400theUnitedStates
404Canada
512Chile
528Argentina
056USSR
ANNEXII
Countervailing chargeonhybridsorghumforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
chargeCountryof
origin(')
10070010 1,5
19,7
45,2624
064
400
(')Originidentification :
064Hungary
400UnitedStates
624Israel