31.1.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL24/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No164/96
of30January1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;
whereasitisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimport
dutiesfixedinRegulation(EC)No63/96,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1863/95(2),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1502/95of29June1995layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
forthe1995/96marketingyearasregardsimportduties
inthecerealssector(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No2481/95(4),andinparticularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No63/96(*);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No63/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No63/96arehereby
replacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31January
1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30January1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.13.
(4)OJNoL256,26.10.1995,p.10.
Ì5)OJNoL13,18.1.1996,p.15.

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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(') 0,00 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 11,80 1,80
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 11,80 1,80
mediumquality 24,74 14,74
lowquality 34,26 24,26
10020000Rye 21»96 11,96
10030010Barley,seed 21,96 11,96
10030090Barley,other(3) 21,96 11,96
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 66,10 56,10
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 66,10 56,10
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 21,96 11,96
(')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-ratereductionofECU8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95
aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom17.1.1996to29.1.1996):
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) 137,20 144,38 138,88 109,60210,12(2)166,39(2)
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 39,36 18,95 15,21 12,65— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
(2)FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,72pertonne;GreatLakes/StLawrence—Rotterdam :ECU29,55pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95:ECU0,00pertonne).