NoL187/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.7.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1925/89
of30June1989
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October1971onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1239/89(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;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1989/90marketing
yearforhybridmaizeandhybridsorgumforsowingwere
fixedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1950/89(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1665/72(4);whereas
Article3ofthesameRegulationprovidesthatthe
free-at-frontier offerpricesforeachcountryofprovenance
shallbedeterminedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunitiesfortheproductsinquestioncalculatedin
accordancewithArticles1and2oftheRegulation;
whereasinformationonofferswhichhavenoeconomic
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)
No2310/88(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1520/89(*),whichfixedthecountervailing chargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexeshereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No2310/88isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
OOJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.35.
(3)Seepage96ofthisOfficialJournal.
(<)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.0OJNoL201,27.7.1988,p.77.
(•)OJNoL148,1.6.1989,p.56.

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ANNEXI
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
charge(')Countryof
origin(*)
10051011 9,3 048
13,6 064
13,8 404
41,4 400
41,4 1
10051013 21,7 062
25,5 064
26,0 068
40,5 066
! 40,5 2
10051015 14,1 404
16,1 064
16,3 038
24,1 048
38,0 066
38,0 3
ANNEXII
Countervailing chargeonhybridsorghumforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
chargeCountryof
origin(2)
10070010 15,3 400
(')Thecountervailingchargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvaluer
InthecaseofSpainandPortugalitmaynotexceedtherateobtained
byalignmentontheCCTinaccordancewiththetimetablespecifiedin
theActofAccession.
(2)Originidentification :
1OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofRomania,AustriaandChile
2OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofCanada,Chile,Japan,
Austria,Argentina,theUnitedStatesandYugoslavia
3OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofBulgaria,Austria,theUnited
States,Chile,ArgentinaandSouthAfrica
038Austria
048Yugoslavia
062Czechoslovakia
064Hungary
066Romania
068Bulgaria
400theUnitedStates
404Canada.