L254/14lENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.9.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1789/97
of16September1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorrespondingadjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1693/97,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),as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No641/97(4),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No1693/97(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1784/97(6);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
1693/97areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17September
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16September1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJL126,24.5.1996,p.37.0OJL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJL98,15.4.1997,p.2.0OJL239,30.8.1997,p.11.
MOJL252,16.9.1997,p.30.

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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 26,23 16,23
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 26,23 16,23
mediumquality 47,72 37,72
lowquality 54,62 44,62
10020000Rye 67,99 57,99
10030010Barley,seed 67,99 57,99
10030090Barley,otherf) 67,99 57,99
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 86,64 76,64
10059000Maizeotherthanseedf) 86,64 76,64
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 79,93 69,93
(')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 .
(■')Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(for15September1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 130,70 123,47 121,33 96,57215,32(')104,49(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 10,36 5,59 9,92 — —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 16,11— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU13,20pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU21,70pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).