19.7.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL180/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1400/96
of18July1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1366/96,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No1366/96(4),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1393/96(5);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation(EC)No
1366/96areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19July1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18July1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
MOJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL177,16.7.1996,p.9.hOJNoL179,19.7.1996,p.39.

NoL180/12\EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.7.96
ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 0,00 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 2,63 0,00
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 2,63 0,00
mediumquality 18,82 8,82
lowquality 39,38 29,38
10020000Rye 40,54 30,54
10030010Barley,seed 40,54 30,54
10030090Barley,other(3) 40,54 30,54
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 31,94 21,94
10059000Maizeotherthanseedf) 31,94 21,94
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 54,65 44,65
(')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,FinlandortheAdanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula.
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom15.7.1996to17.7.1996):
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago ChicagoMinneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 152,31 151,42 141,67 127,89179,15(')134,66(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 15,24 3,63 39,72 — —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 21,80— — — — —
(i)FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU9,25pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU18,00pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).