NoL80/4HenIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.3.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No548/96
of29March1996
fixingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1863/95(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1502/95of29June1995layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
forthe1995/96marketingyearasregardsimportduties
inthecerealssector(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No346/96(4),andinparticularArticle2(1)thereof,
WhereasArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
providesthattheratesofdutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffaretobechargedonimportoftheproducts
referredtoinArticle1ofthatRegulation;whereas,
however,inthecaseoftheproductsreferredtoinpara­
graph2ofthatArticle,theimportdutyistobeequalto
theinterventionpricevalidforsuchproductsonimporta­
tionandincreasedby55%,minusthecifimportprice
applicabletotheconsignmentinquestion;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1766/92,thecifimportpricesarecalculatedonthe
basisoftherepresentativepricesfortheproductinques­
tionontheworldmarket;
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1502/95laysdowndetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92forthe1995/96marketingyearasregardsimport
dutiesinthecerealssector,
Whereastheimportdutiesareapplicableuntilnewduties
arefixedandenterintoforce;whereastheyalsoremainin
forceincaseswherenoquotationisavailableforthe
referenceexchangereferredtoinAnnexIItoRegulation
(EC)No1502/95duringthetwoweeksprecedingthe
nextperiodicalfixing;
Whereas,inordertoallowtheimportdutysystemto
functionnormally,therepresentative marketrates
recordedduringareferenceperiodshouldbeusedfor
calculatingtheduties;
WhereasapplicationofRegulation(EC)No1502/95
resultsinimportdutiesbeingfixedassetoutinthe
AnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportdutiesinthecerealssectorreferredtoin
Article10(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92shallbe
thosefixedinAnnexItothisRegulationonthebasisof
theinformationgiveninAnnexII.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.13.h)OJNoL49,28.2.1996,p.5.

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ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 7,77 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 10,65 0,65
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 10,65 0,65
mediumquality 28,84 18,84
lowquality 35,02 25,02
10020000Rye 43,97 33,97
10030010Barley,seed 43,97 33,97
10030090Barley,other(3) 43,97 33,97
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 61,14 51,14
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 61,14 51,14
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 43,97 33,97
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1502/95,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOcean(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95),theimportermaybenefitfromareductionin
thedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAdanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1502/95aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom15.3.1996to28.3.1996):
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis Kansas-City Chicago Chicago Mid-America Mid-America
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 142,02 143,43 139,05 120,04 188,33(2)152,13(2)
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 43,43 23,84 22,03 14,93— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
(2)FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU10,73pertonne;GreatLakes/StLawrence—Rotterdam:ECU28,36pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95:ECU0,00pertonne).