13.li.97PEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L310/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2255/97
of12November 1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No2156/97,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),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No2092/97(4),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No2156/97(^as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No2188/97(6);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
2156/97areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13November
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12November1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
')OJL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
2)OJL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
3)OJL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
")OJL292,25.10.1997,p.10.
')OJL298,1.11.1997,p.19.
«)OJL299,4.11.1997,p.16.

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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 29,31 19,31
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 29,31 19,31
mediumquality 49,84 39,84
lowquality 57,77 47,77
10020000Rye 72,06 62,06
10030010Barley,seed 72,06 62,06
10030090Barley,other(3) 72,06 62,06
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 78,26 68,26
10059000MaizeotherthanseedQ 78,26 68,26
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 72,06 62,06
(')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 .
(-1)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom31October1997to11November1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 130,22 118,06 115,91 96,38213,53(')102,13(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 15,30 9,49 8,53— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 14,66— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU13,10pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU22,10pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).