30.6.84 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL172/69
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1864/84
of29June1984
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2358/71of26October1971onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinseeds('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1581/83(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;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1984/85market­
ingyearforhybridmaizeforsowingwerefixedin
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1858/84(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No1665/72(4);
whereasArticle3ofthesameRegulationprovidesthat
thefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeachcountryof
provenanceshallbedeterminedfromthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities fortheproductsin
questioncalculatedinaccordancewithArticles1and
2oftheRegulation;whereasinformationonoffers
whichhavenoeconomiceffectonthemarketin
particularbecauseoftheinsignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadearetobedisregardedforthe
purposeofcalculatingtheseprices;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)
No1665/72,anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecase
ofpriceinformationrelatingtoastageotherthanfree
at-Community-frontier ;whereas,pursuanttoArticle4
(2)ofthatRegulation,thecountervailing chargemust
beamendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree
at-frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheafore­
mentionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrently
availabletotheCommission,thecountervailingcharge
inrespectofcertaintypesofhybridistobefixedat
theamountsindicatedintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1761/83Q,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1468/84(*),whichfixedthecountervailing charges
fortheprecedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforSeedshas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedas
shownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1761/83isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1984.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1984.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.0OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.23.
(3)Seepage60ofthisOfficialJournal.
(4)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.0OJNoL172,30.6.1983,p.25.
(6OJNoL142,29.5.1984,p.29.

NoL172/70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.84
ANNEX
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing .
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
countervailing
charge(■)Countryoforigin
ex10.05 Maize:I
A.Hybridforsowing:
I.Doublehybridsandtopcross
hybrids 173
173Romania
Othercountries(*)
II.Threecrosshybrids 163
16,3Hungary
Othercountries(3)
III.Singlehybrids 20,9
28,8
78,9
78,9Spain
Hungary
Austria
Othercountries(4)
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
QWiththeexceptionofSpain,USA,Canada,Yugoslavia,HungaryandAustria.
(3)WiththeexceptionofCanada,Spain,USA,Chile,Japan,Austria,RomaniaandYugoslavia.
(4)WiththeexceptionoftheUSA,Canada,Bulgaria,YugoslaviaandRomania.