7.9.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL226/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1746/96
of6September 1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No1636/96,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No1698/96(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1739/96(*);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
1698/96areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7September
1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6September1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
MOJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
0OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(4)OJNoL221,31.8.1996,p.4.
Is)OJNoL225,6.9.1996,p.8.

NoL226/16EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.9.96
ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 15,29 5,29
10019091Commonwheatseed 31,94 21,94
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 31,94 21,94
mediumquality 41,22 31,22
lowquality 48,04 38,04
10020000Rye 74,17 64,17
10030010Barley,seed 74,17 64,17
10030090Barley,other(3) 74,17 64,17
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 69,48 59,48
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 69,48 59,48
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 88,28 78,28
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1249/96,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAdanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit
fromareductioninthedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAdanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom30Augustto5September1996)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 131,62 132,19 130,20 113,65161,71(')102,85(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 12,17 7,34 16,56—
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 13,46 —I
— — -
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU9,16pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU17,73pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).