14.5.97MENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL122/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No852/97
of13May1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No788/97,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No641/97(4),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No788/97(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No845/97(®);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation(EC)No788/97
areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegula­
tion.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14May1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13May1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
4)OJNoL98,15.4.1997,p.2.
5)OJNoL114,1.5.1997,p.13.4OJNoL121,13.5.1997,p.8.

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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(') 4,90 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 29,75 19,75
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 29,75 19,75
mediumquality 34,62 24,62
lowquality 52,23 42,23
10020000Rye 78,87 68,87
10030010Barley,seed 78,87 68,87
10030090Barley,other(3) 78,87 68,87
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 83,10 73,10
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 83,10 73,10
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 78,87 68,87
(')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
(periodfrom30April1997to12May1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation (ECU/tonne) 139,65 143,03 131,76 102,39177,08(')103,11(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 16,97 10,62 8,69— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 13,77— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,07pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU23,51pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).