EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.10.2000 L275/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2382/2000
of 26 October 2000
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No1249/96of
28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(
3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
2235/2000(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2289/2000(5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2361/2000(6).(2)Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 providesthat if during the period of application, the averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyEUR 5pertonnefromthe duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to bemade.Suchadifferencehasarisen.Itisthereforeneces-sarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixedinRegulation(EC)No 2289/2000,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No2289/2000arehereby
replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 26 October 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 260, 14.10.2000, p. 34.
(6) OJ L 272, 25.10.2000, p. 21.
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ANNEX I
Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportdutybylandinland
waterwayorseafromMediterra-
nean,theBlackSeaorBalticSea
ports(EUR/tonne)Importdutybyairorbyseafrom
otherports(2)
(EUR/tonne)
10011000 Durum wheat high quality 0,00 0,00
mediumquality(1) 0,00 0,00
10019091 Common wheat seed 0,00 0,00
10019099 Common high quality wheat other than for sowing(3) 0,00 0,00
medium quality 3,81 0,00
low quality 38,01 28,01
10020000 Rye 34,66 24,66
10030010 Barley, seed 34,66 24,66
10030090 Barley, other(3) 34,66 24,66
10051090 Maize seed other than hybrid 58,21 48,21
10059000 Maize other than seed(3) 58,21 48,21
10070090 Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing 34,66 24,66
(1) Inthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsfordurumwheatofmediumquality,referredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1 249/96,
the duty applicable is that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(2) ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit fromareduction
in the duty of:
— EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or— EUR 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or the Atlantic Coasts of the Iberian Peninsul a.
(
3) Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofEUR 24or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/9 6aremet.
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ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties
(period from 13 October 2000 to 26 October 2000)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis Kansas-City Chicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product (% proteins at 12% humidity) HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5% SRW2 YC3HAD2Medium
quality(*)USbarley2
Quotation (EUR/t) 137,74 138,09 113,44 95,77189,11(**) 179,11(**) 114,11(**)
Gulf premium (EUR/t) — 17,69 9,125,32 — — —
Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) 25,17 — — — — — —
(*) A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
(**)Fob Great Lakes.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: 21,59 EUR/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: 32,12 EUR/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: 0,00 EUR/t (HRW2)
0,00 EUR/t (SRW2).