12.4.96 EN NoL91/41 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No656/96
of11April1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No548/96,
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)No642/96(*);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No548/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation (EC)No642/96are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12April1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11April1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
I1)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.13.
(4)OJNoL49,28.2.1996,p.5.
(5)OJNoL90,11.4.1996,p.30.

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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(') 8,51 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 0,00 0,00
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 0,00 0,00
mediumquality 6,43 0,00
lowquality 13,46 3,46
10020000Rye 43,68 33,68
10030010Barley,seed 43,68 33,68
10030090Barley,other(3) 43,68 33,68
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 46,14 36,14
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 46,14 36,14
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 43,68 33,68
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1502/95,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOcean(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95),theimportermaybenefitfromareductionin
thedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAdanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1502/95aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(on10April1996):
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) 159,05 165,78 159,34 138,04187,58(2)152,41(2)
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 43,47 23,77 23,19 11,80— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
(2)FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU10,85pertonne;GreatLakes/StLawrence—Rotterdam :ECU24,26pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95:ECU0,00pertonne).