L351/52 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.12.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2610/97
of22December 1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No2512/97,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),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No2092/97(4),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No2512/97(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No2589/97(6);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
2512/97areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23December
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(•)OJL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
I1)OJL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
3OJL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(«)OJL292,25.10.1997,p.10.
MOJL345,16.12.1997,p.49.
h)OJL350,20.12.1997,p.83.

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ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutybyairor
byseafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 0,00 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 35,51 25,51
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 35,51 25,51
mediumquality 54,09 44,09
lowquality 63,13 53,13
10020000Rye 73,57 63,57
10030010Barley,seed 73,57 63,57
10030090Barley,other(3) 73,57 63,57
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 79,07 69,07
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 79,07 69,07
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 73,57 63,57
(')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
(periodfrom15December1997to18December1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago ChicagoMinneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 123,89 115,71 112,25 98,32214,81(')100,68(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 14,46 8,89 7,14- —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 14,83— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU13,58pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU23,61pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).