NoL202/14(ENI 10.8.96 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1623/96
of9August1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1540/96,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),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No1540/96(4),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1550/96(^);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation(EC)No
1540/96areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10August1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9August1996.
FortheCommission
HansVANDENBROEK
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.V)OJNoL191,1.8.1996,p.26.
(4OJNoL192,2.8.1996,p.8.

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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(') 0,14 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 22,95 12,95
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 22,95 12,95
mediumquality 38,01 28,01
lowquality 53,91 43,91
10020000Rye 64,33 54,33
10030010Barley,seed 64,33 54,33
10030090Barley,other(3) 64,33 54,33
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 57,45 47,45
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 57,45 47,45
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 78,44 68,44
(')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,FinlandortheAdanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom31.7.1996to8.8.1996):
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago ChicagoMinneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 133,19 134,59 124,94 111,05176,87(')112,83(1)
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 13,06 6,81 31,20— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 20,91— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU9,08pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU17,69pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).