OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities30.6.92NoL176/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1688/92
of29June1992
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October1971onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1740/91(2),andinparticularArticle6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,plus
customsduties,foratypeofhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorgumforsowingandcomingfromanon-member
country,islowerthanthecorresponding referenceprice,a
countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorghumshallbeleviedonimportsofthehybridfrom
thatcountry,subjecttoobligationsresultingfrombinding
underGATT;whereasthecountervailing chargeisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthereferencepriceandthe
free-at-frontier pricepluscustomsduties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1992/1993market­
ingyearforhybridmaizeandhybridsorgumforsowing
werefixedinCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1655/92(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1665/72(4),amended
byRegulation(EEC)No2811/86(*);whereasArticle3of
thesameRegulationprovidesthatthefree-at-frontier
offerpricesforeachcountryofprovenanceshallbe
determinedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunities fortheproductsinquestioncalculatedinaccordancewithArticles1and2oftheRegulation;
whereasinformationonofferswhichhavenoeconomic
effectonthemarketinparticularbecauseofthe
insignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadearetobe
disregardedforthepurposeofcalculatingtheseprices;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No
1665/72,anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecaseofprice
informationrelatingtoastageotherthanfree-at­
Community-frontier ;whereas,pursuanttoArticle4(2)of
thatRegulation,thecountervailing chargemustbe
amendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree-at­
frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheaforemen­
tionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrentlyavailableto
theCommission ,thecountervailingchargeinrespectof
certaintypesofhybridistobefixedattheamounts
indicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1902/91(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
813/92Q,whichfixedthecountervailingchargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexeshereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No813/92isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1992.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(■)OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.0OJNoL163,26.6.1991,p.39.
(3)OJNoL172,27.6.1992,p.49.
(4)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.0OJNoL260,12.9.1986,p.8.(*)OJNoL169,29.6.1991,p.38.
OOJNoL86,1.4.1992,p.76.

NoL176/3930.6.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ANNEXI
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
charge(')Countryof
origin(2)
10051011
10051013
100510151,8
4,3
13.8
25,2
34.9
37,2
37,2
3,2
7,1
8,6
16,5
21.7
27.1
41.8
41,8
11,1
24.2
29,4
32.1
37.2
37.3
48.4
53.0
76.1
78,28
116,3
116,3512
064
404
066
068
056
1
048
064
528
066
062
068
388
2
400
066
048
404
052
038
512
346
064
388
528
3
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
InthecaseofSpainitmaynotexceedtherateobtainedbyalignment
ontheCommonCustomsTariffinaccordancewiththetimetable
specifiedintheActofAccession .
(2)Originidentification :
1OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofAustria,Argentina,the
UnitedStatesandBosnia-Herzegovina ,Croatia,Sloveniaandthe
YugoslavRepublicsofSerbia,MontenegroandMacedonia
2OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofJapan,Austria,Turkey,
Chile,theUnitedStatesandCanada
3OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofBulgariaandNewZealand
038Austria
048Bosnia-Herzegovina ,Croatia,SloveniaandtheYugoslavRepublics
ofSerbia,MontenegroandMacedonia
052Turkey
062TheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic
064Hungary
066Romania
068Bulgaria
346Kenya
388SouthAfrica
400theUnitedStates
404Canada
512Chile
528Argentina
056Armenia,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Georgia,Kazakhstan ,Kirghizstan ,
Moldova,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan ,Ukraine,Uzbekistan
053Estonia
054Latvia
055Lithuania

NoL176/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.92
ANNEXII
Countervailing chargeonhybridsorghumforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
chargeCountryof
origin(')
10070010 19,7 064
400 9,2
(')Originidentification :
064Hungary
400UnitedStatesofAmerica