OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL201/77 27.7.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2310/88
of26July1988
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October1971onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3997/87(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;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1988/89marketing
yearforhybridmaizeandhybridsorgumforsowingwere
fixedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2203/88(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1665/72(4);whereas
Article3ofthesameRegulationprovidesthatthe
free-at-frontier offerpricesforeachcountryofprovenance
shallbedeterminedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunities fortheproductsinquestioncalculatedin
accordancewithArticles1and2oftheRegulation ;
whereasinformation onofferswhichhavenoeconomic
effectonthemarketinparticularbecauseoftheinsignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadearetobe
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,thecountervailing chargeinrespectof
certaintypesofhybridistobefixedattheamounts
indicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1854/87(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1440/88(6),whichfixedthecountervailing chargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexeshereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1854/87isherebyrepealed.
ArticleJ
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27July1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26July1988.
/ FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
I1)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.36.
I3)OJNoL195,23.7.1988,p.55.
(«)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.0OJNoL174,1.7.1988,p.46.b)OJNoL131,27.5.1988,p.71.

NoL201/78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.7.88
ANNEXI
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
charge(')Countryof
origin(J)
10051011
10051013'
1005101513,8
14,7
'15,4
15.4
53,1
53,1
5,6
7,3
16.7
20.5
21,0
41,0
41,0
14.8
74.3
81.4
89
103,1
103,1404
038*
064
400
048
1
048
400
062
064
068
066
2
038
048
400
066
404
3
ANNEXII
Countervailing chargeonhybridsorghumforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
chargeCountryof
origin(2)
10070010 44
44400
4
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
InthecaseofSpainandPortugalitmaynotexceedtherateobtained
byalignmentontheCCTinaccordancewiththetimetablespecifiedin
theActofAccession.
(2)Originidentification :
1OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofRomaniaandChile
2OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofCanada,Chile,Japan,
AustriaandArgentina;
3Othercountrieswiththeexception'ofBulgariaandHungary;
4Othercountries
038Austria;
048Yugoslavia;
062Czechoslovakia ;
064Hungary;
066Romania;
068Bulgaria;
400USA;
404Canada.