30.6.82 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL186/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1686/82
of29June1982
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
theyaremadearetobedisregardedforthepurposeof
calculatingtheseprices;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No
1665/72,anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecaseof
priceinformationrelatingtoastageotherthanfree­
at-Community-frontier ;whereaspursuanttoArticle4
(2)ofthatRegulation,thecountervailing chargemust
beamendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree­
at-frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheafore­
mentionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrently
availabletotheCommission ,thecountervailingcharge
inrespectofcertaintypesofhybridistobefixedat
theamountsindicatedintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1757/81(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1387/82(6),whichfixedthecountervailing charges
fortheprecedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2358/71of26October1971onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinseeds('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3808/81(2),andinparticular
Article6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,plus
customsduties,foratypeofhybridmaizeforsowing
andcomingfromanon-membercountry,islower
thanthecorresponding referenceprice,acountervail­
ingchargeshallbeleviedonimportsofthehybrid
fromthatcountry,subjecttoobligationsresultingfrom
bindingunderGATT;whereasthecountervailing
chargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthefree-at-frontier pricepluscustoms
duties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1982/83marke­
tingyearforhybridmaizeforsowingwerefixedin
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1676/82(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingallavail­
ablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevantinfor­
mationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No1665/72(4);
whereasArticle3ofthesameRegulationprovidesthat
thefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeachcountryof
provenanceshallbedeterminedfromthemostfavou­
rablepurchasingopportunities fortheproductsin
questioncalculatedinaccordancewithArticles1and
2oftheRegulation ;whereasinformationonoffers
whichhavenoeconomiceffectonthemarketinparti­
cularbecauseoftheinsignificantquantitiesforwhichHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedas
shownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1757/81isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(J)OJNoL382,31.12.1981,p.37.
(3)Seeoaee9ofthisOfficiallournal.
(<)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.0OJNoL175,1.7.1981,p.27.
(6)OJNoL155,5.6.1982,p.26.

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ANNEX
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CCT Amountof
heading Description countervailing Countryoforigin
No charge(')
ex10.05 Maize:
A.Hybridforsowing:
I.Doublehybridsandtopcross
hybrids 12-5 Romania
12-5Othercountries(2)
II.Threecrosshybrids 3-6Austria
17-4Hungary
17-4Othercountries(3)
III.Singlehybrids 23-8 Romania
24Hungary
54-6Spain
54-6Othercountries(4)
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
(2)WiththeexceptionofSpain,Hungary,USA,Austria,CanadaandYugoslavia .
(3)WiththeexceptionofCanada,Spain,USA,YugoslaviaandRomania.
(4)WiththeexceptionofAustria,Yugoslavia,USAandCanada.