NoL26/16lENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.2.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No197/96
of1February1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;
whereasitisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimport
dutiesfixedinRegulation(EC)No183/96,
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)No2481/95(4),andinparticularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No183/96(*);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EC)No183/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No183/96are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2February1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1February1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.13.
(4)OJNoL256,26.10.1995,p.II
OOJNoL25,1.2.1996,p.42.

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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(') 0,00 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 3,20 0,00
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 3,20 0,00
mediumquality 18,43 8,43
lowquality 24,67 14,67
10020000Rye 19,99 9,99
10030010Barley,seed 19,99 9,99
10030090Barley,other(3) 19,99 9,99
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 59,19 49,19
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 59,19 49,19
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 19,99 9,99
(')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-ratereductionofECU8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95
aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom31.1.1996to6.2.1996):
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) 147,21 152,29 150,70 114,69209,36(2)169,69(2)
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne) 39,16 18,86 14,21 15,70— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne)— — — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
(2)FobGulf.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU13,22pertonne;GreatLakes/StLawrence—Rotterdam :ECU29,57pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95:ECU0,00pertonne).