NoL55/6EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.2.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No329/97
of24February1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No267/97,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)No267/97(4);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication ,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation (EC)No267/97are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25February
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24February1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(!)OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
2OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
0OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL45,15.2.1997,p.2.

25.2.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL55/7
ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 9,19 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 27,88 17,88
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 27,88 17,88
mediumquality 40,25 30,25
lowquality 66,39 56,39
10020000Rye 68,31 58,31
10030010Barley,seed 68,31 58,31
10030090Barley,other(3) 68,31 58,31
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 81,20 71,20
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 81,20 71,20
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 68,31 j58,31
(')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 .
C)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom14February1997to21February1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 124,96 129,14 111,98 96,69 179,84(')120,71(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 35,96 19,64 10,65 10,90— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,76pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU23,59pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).