NoL161/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.6.94
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1495/94
of28June1994
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October1971onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3375/93(2),andinparticularArticle6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,plus
customsduties,foratypeofhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorgumforsowingandcomingfromanon-member
country,islowerthanthecorresponding referenceprice,a
countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorghumshallbeleviedonimportsofthehybridfrom
thatcountry,subjecttoobligationsresultingfrombinding
underGATT;whereasthecountervailing chargeisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthereferencepriceandthe
free-at-frontier pricepluscustomsduties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1994/1995market­
ingyearforhybridmaizeandhybridsorgumforsowing
werefixedinCommission Regulation (EC)No
1476/94(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1665/72(4),amended
byRegulation(EEC)No2811/86(*);whereasArticle3of
thesameRegulationprovidesthatthefree-at-frontier
offerpricesforeachcountryofprovenanceshallbe
determinedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunitiesfortheproductsinquestioncalculatedin
accordancewithArticles1and2oftheRegulation ;
whereasinformation onofferswhichhavenoeconomic
effectonthemarketinparticularbecauseoftheinsignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadearetobe
disregardedforthepurposeofcalculatingtheseprices;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No
1665/72,anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecaseofprice
informationrelatingtoastageotherthanfree-at­
Community-frontier ;whereas,pursuanttoArticle4(2)of
thatRegulation,thecountervailing chargemustbe
amendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree-at­
frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheaforemen­
tionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrentlyavailableto
theCommission,thecountervailing chargeinrespectof
certaintypesofhybridistobefixedattheamounts
indicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1706/93(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
666/94Q,whichfixedthecountervailing chargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexhereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1706/93isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL303,10.12.1993,p.9.
OOJNoL159,28.6.1994,p.34.
(4)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.
Is)OJNoL260,12.9.1986,p.8.(*)OJNoL159,1.7.1993,p.72.
OOJNoL83,26.3.1994,p.6.

29.6.94 NoL161/23 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ANNEX
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
charge(')Countryof
origin(2)
10051011 13,8 404
15.1 064
20,4 066
34,9 068
34,9 1
10051013 3,2 091
3,2 090
3,2 093
5,5 388
14.3 063
21,7 061
35.2 066
38 068
70,1 404
70,1 2
10051015 7,2 061
14,9 092
19.4 038
22.6 093
29,4 090
29,4 091
45.7 052
47 512
51 064
77 063
80.4 066
90.5 388
140,7 524
140,7 3
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
(2)Originidentification :
1OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofAustria,Argentina,Bosnia­
Herzegovina ,Croatia,Chile,Slovenia,theterritoryofformer
YugoslavRepublicofMacedoniaandtheUnitedStates
2OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofJapan,Austria,Argentina,
Hungary,Turkey,Chile,theUnitedStatesandCroatia
3OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofArgentina,Bulgaria,Canada
andtheUnitedStates
038Austria
052Turkey
061CzechRepublic
063SlovakRepublic
064Hungary
066Romania
068Bulgaria
090TheterritoryofformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia
091Slovenia
092Croatia
093Bosnia-Herzegovina
388SouthAfrica
400theUnitedStates
404Canada
512Chile
524Uruguay