NoL329/38[EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.12.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2421/96
of18December 1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No2381/96,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
byCommission Regulation (EC)No2381/96(4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No2391/96(5);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
2381/96areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19December
1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(«)OJNoL325,14.12.1996,p.16.
5OJNoL326,17.12.1996,p.26.

19.12.96EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL329/39
ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 19,18 9,18
10019091Commonwheatseed 40,24 30,24
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 40,24 30,24
mediumquality 44,80 34,80
lowquality 59,54 49,54
10020000Rye 74,11 64,11
10030010Barley,seed 74,11 64,11
10030090Barley,other(-1) 74,11 64,11
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 91,00 81,00
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 91,00 81,00
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 74,11 64,11
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1249/96,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit
fromareductioninthedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,thfeUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom13Decemberto17December1996)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago ChicagoMinneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 112,45 117,73 115,29 83,49166,85(')108,06(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 32,76 24,03 11,15 12,07— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,18pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU22,18pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).