8.8.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL216/73
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1603/97
of7August1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1529/97,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :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)No1529/97(^as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1563/97(6);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
\529/97areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8August1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7August1997.
FortheCommission
HansVANDENBROEK
MemberoftheCommission
[')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
[2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
3OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(«)OJNoL98,15.4.1997,p.2.
[s)OJNoL206,1.8.1997,p.6.
«)OJNoL208,2.8.1997,p.22.

NoL216/74EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.8.97
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 22,98 12,98
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 22,98 12,98
mediumquality 40,71 30,71
lowquality 53,91 43,91
10020000Rye 72,39 62,39
10030010Barley,seed 72,39 62,39
10030090Barley,other(3) 72,39 62,39
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 86,80 76,80
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 86,80 76,80
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 84,33 74,33
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1249/96,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAdanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit
fromareductioninthedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

8.8.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL216/75
ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom31July1997to6August1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago ChicagoMinneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 129,83 127,20 123,10 96,74200,03(«)99,00(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 13,42 4,54 9,95 — —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 18,59— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU13,40pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU22,44pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).