19.3.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL68/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No480/96
of18March1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No457/96,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals(]),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1863/95(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1502/95of29June1995layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
forthe1995/96marketingyearasregardsimportduties
inthecerealssector(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No346/96(4),andinparticularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No457/96Is);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No457/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No457/96are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19March1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18March1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.0OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.13.
(<)OJNoL49,28.2.1996,p.5.
Is)OJNoL64,14.3.1996,p.6.

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ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 1,29 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 6,59 0,00
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 6,59 0,00
mediumquality 27,53 17,53
lowquality 32,69 22,69
10020000Rye 39,26 29,26
10030010Barley,seed 39,26 29,26
10030090Barley,other(3) 39,26 29,26
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 60,26 50,26
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 60,26 50,26
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 39,26 29,26
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1502/95,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
0ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOcean(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95),theimportermaybenefitfromareductionin
thedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula.
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95
aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom13.3.1996to26.3.1996):
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis Kansas-City Chicago Chicago Mid-America Mid-America
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 152,21 142,28 142,45 118,84191,91(2)153,94(2)
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 34,40 24,31 18,05 14,10— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
(2)FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU10,70pertonne;GreatLakes/StLawrence—Rotterdam:ECU29,38pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95:ECU0,00pertonne).