EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.12.1999 L324/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2649/1999
of 15 December 1999
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organization of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No1249/96of
28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(
3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
2519/98(4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92providesthattheratesofdutyintheCommonCustomsTariff are to be charged on import of the productsreferred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,however, in the case of the products referred to inparagraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to beequal to the intervention price valid for such productson importation and increased by 55%, minus the cifimportpriceapplicabletotheconsignmentinquestion;however, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty inthe Common Customs Tariff;
(2)Whereas,pursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92,thecifimportpricesarecalculatedonthebasis of the representative prices for the product inquestion on the world market;(3)Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays downdetailed rules for the application of Council Regulation(EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in thecereals sector;
(4)Whereas the import duties are applicable until newduties are fixed and enter into force; whereas they alsoremaininforceincaseswherenoquotationisavailablefor the reference exchange referred to in Annex II toRegulation (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weekspreceding the next periodical fixing;
(5)Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system tofunction normally, the representative market ratesrecorded during a reference period should be used forcalculating the duties;
(6)Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96results in import duties being fixed as set out in theAnnex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorreferredtoinArticle10
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed inAnnex I to this Regulation on the basis of the informationgiven in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 315, 25.11.1998, p. 7.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.12.1999 L324/17
ANNEX I
Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(EUR/tonne)Importdutybyairor
byseafromother
ports(2)
(EUR/tonne)
10011000 Durum wheat high quality 25,97 15,97
mediumquality(1) 35,97 25,97
10019091 Common wheat seed 36,03 26,03
10019099 Common high quality wheat other than for sowing(3) 36,03 26,03
medium quality 79,96 69,96
low quality 92,43 82,43
10020000 Rye 72,34 62,34
10030010 Barley, seed 72,34 62,34
10030090 Barley, other(3) 72,34 62,34
10051090 Maize seed other than hybrid 99,85 89,85
10059000 Maize other than seed(3) 99,85 89,85
10070090 Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing 72,34 62,34
(1) Inthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsfordurumwheatofmediumquality,referredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1 249/96,
the duty applicable is that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(2) ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit fromareduction
in the duty of:
— EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or— EUR 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or the Atlantic Coasts of the Iberian Peninsul a.
(
3) Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofEUR 14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/9 6aremet.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.12.1999 L324/18
ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties
(period from 1 December to 14 December 1999)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis Kansas-City Chicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product (% proteins at 12% humidity) HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5% SRW2 YC3HAD2Medium
quality(*)USbarley2
Quotation (EUR/t) 114,38 95,74 85,78 75,93143,98(**) 133,98(**) 97,61(**)
Gulf premium (EUR/t) — 7,09 4,57 7,01 — — —
Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) 19,54 — — — — — —
(*) A discount of EUR 10/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
(**)Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: 15,05 EUR/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: 27,89 EUR/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: EUR 0,00/t (HRW2)
EUR 0,00/t (SRW2).