5.3.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL64/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No419/97
of4March1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorrespondingadjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No371/97,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),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No371/97(4);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No371/97are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5March1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4March1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL60,1.3.1997,p.18.

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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(') 15,09 5,09
10019091Commonwheatseed 28,96 18,96
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 28,96 18,96
mediumquality 39,01 29,01
lowquality 64,43 54,43
10020000Rye 68,22 58,22
10030010Barley,seed 68,22 58,22
10030090Barley,other(3) 68,22 58,22
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 75,94 65,94
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 75,94 65,94
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 68,22 58,22
(')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
(periodfrom28February1997to3March1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 126,17 134,40 116,62102,27175,45(')122,33(>)
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 35,42 17,13 9,49 12,28— —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,78pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU23,94pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).