3.9.96 IEN"!OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL222/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1725/96
of2September1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorrespondingadjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1636/96,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),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No1698/96(4);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No1698/96are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3September
1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2September1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
OOJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL221,31.8.1996,p.4.

NoL222/4EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.9.96
ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 8,55 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 31»94 21,94
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(■') 31,94 21,94
mediumquality 35,48 25,48
lowquality 48,04 38,04
10020000Rye 74,17 64,17
10030010Barley,seed 74,17 64,17
10030090Barley,other(3) 74,17 64,17
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 69,48 59,48
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(-1) 69,48 59,48
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 88,28 78,28
(')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,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(')Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(for30August1996)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 131,62 137,38 130,20 113,65168,45(')102,85(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 12,71 7,34 16,56— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 13,46— — — — -
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU9,15pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU17,73pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).