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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No892/97
of16May1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation (EC)No877/97,
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)No877/97(*);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication ,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No877/97are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17May1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16May1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
I1)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.(jOJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL98,15.4.1997,p.2.
'OJNoL124,16.5.1997,p.37.

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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(') 4,53 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 42,64 32,64
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(-1) 42,64 32,64
mediumquality 41,77 31,77
lowquality 60,01 50,01
10020000Rye 75,06 65,06
10030010Barley,seed 75,06 65,06
10030090Barley,other(-1) 75,06 65,06
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 84,89 74,89
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(-1) 84,89 74,89
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 75,06 65,06
(')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
Factors(orcalculatingduties
(for15May1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago ChicagoMinneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 130,47 132,93 123,26 100,21178,72(')108,19(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 19,67 11,10 9,45 — —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 10,47— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,30pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam:ECU23,10pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).