27.6.97 (EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL169/57
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1177/97
of26June1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorrespondingadjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1081/97,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No641/97(4),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No1081/97(^as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1138/97(6);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation(EC)No
1081/97areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27June1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26June1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(■)OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
OOJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL98,15.4.1997,p.2.0OJNoL157,14.6.1997,p.3.
(6)OJNoL164,21.6.1997,p.17.

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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(') 8,87 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 41,18 31,18
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 41,18 31,18
mediumquality 66,63 56,63
lowquality 77,69 67,69
10020000Rye 77,73 67,73
10030010Barley,seed 77,73 67,73
10030090Barley,other(-1) 77,73 67,73
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 91,68 81,68
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 91,68 81,68
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 77,73 67,73
(')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 .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom13June1997to25June1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago ChicagoMinneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 128,11 114,30 111,09 94,48 176,06(')107,20(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 13,36 5,60 8,43— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 15,64— — —l
—
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU12,39pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU21,75pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).