12.2.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL41/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No248/97
of11February1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorrespondingadjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No183/97,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No183/97(4);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation (EC)No183/97are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12February
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11February1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
4OJNoL31,1.2.1997,p.19.

NoL41/4EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.2.97
ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 12,20 2,20
10019091Commonwheatseed 34,14 24,14
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 34,14 24,14
mediumquality 39,62 29,62
lowquality 66,78 56,78
10020000Rye 69,98 59,98
10030010Barley,seed 69,98 59,98
10030090Barley,other(3) 69,98 59,98
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 85,92 75,92
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 85,92 75,92
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 69,98 59,98
(')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,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation (EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom31January1997to10February1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 118,85 127,43 111,37 89,87176,560118,78(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 35,77 21,71 10,92 12,96— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — -
(')FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,48pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU23,22pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).