NoL204/24EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.7.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1518/97
of30July1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1360/97,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation (EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No641/97(4),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No1360/97(■'),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1372/97(h);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
1360/97areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31July1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30July1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.0OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL98,15.4.1997,p.2.
(!OJNoL186,16.7.1997,p.20.nOJNoL188,17.7.1997,p.21.

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ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutybyairor
byseafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 0,00 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 23,83 13,83
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(Λ) 23,83 13,83
mediumquality 47,63 37,63
lowquality 65,28 55,28
10020000Rye 74,41 64,41
10030010Barley,seed 74,41 64,41
10030090Barley,other(3) 74,41 64,41
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 91,66 81,66
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 91,66 81,66
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 86,35 76,35
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1249/96,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit
fromareductioninthedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(')Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom16July1997to29July1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation (ECU/tonne) 128,81 120,75 112,55 91,27 180,09(')97,96(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 12,71 3,33 10,16— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 18,68— — --I—
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU13,66pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU23,42pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).