28.10.97 (ENl L294/3 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2112/97
of27October1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1902/97,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
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssectorf),as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No641/97(4),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No1902/97(*);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
1902/97areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28October
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27October1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2OJL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
P)OJL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
4OJL98,15.4.1997,p.2.
(5)OJL268,1.10.1997,p.3.

L294/4 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.10.97
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 29,96 19,96
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 29,96 19,96
mediumquality 41,36 31,36
lowquality 52,96 42,96
10020000Rye 70,30 60,30
10030010Barley,seed 70,30 60,30
10030090Barley,other(-1) 70,30 60,30
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 74,16 64,16
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(?) 74,16 64,16
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 70,30 60,30
(')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 .
(-1)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom15October1997to24October1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 129,49 125,59 118,94 97,09213,47(')102,74(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 14,32 9,65 10,29— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 13,59— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU13,48pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU21,69pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).