NoL173/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.7.86
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2025/86
of30June1986
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October1971onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1355/86(2),andinparticularArticle6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,plus
customsduties,foratypeofhybridmaizeforsowingand
comingfromanon-membercountry,islowerthanthe
corresponding referenceprice,acountervailing charge
shallbeleviedonimportsofthehybridfromthat
country,subjecttoobligationsresultingfrombinding
underGATT;whereasthecountervailing chargeisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthereferencepriceandthefree­
at-frontierpricepluscustomsduties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1986/87marketing
yearforhybridmaizeforsowingwerefixedinCom­
missionRegulation(EEC)No2024/86(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1665/72(4);whereas
Article3ofthesameRegulationprovidesthatthefree­
at-frontierofferpricesforeachcountryofprovenance
shallbedeterminedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunitiesfortheproductsinquestioncalculatedin
accordancewithArticles1and2oftheRegulation ;
whereasinformationonofferswhichhavenoeconomic
effectonthemarketinparticularbecauseoftheinsignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadearetobe
disregardedforthepurposeofcalculatingtheseprices;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No
1665/72,anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecaseofprice
informationrelatingtoastageotherthanfree-at­
Community-frontier ;whereas,pursuanttoArticle4(2)of
thatRegulation,thecountervailing chargemustbe
amendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree-at­
frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheaforemen­
tionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrentlyavailableto
theCommission ,thecountervailing chargeinrespectof
certaintypesofhybridistobefixedattheamounts
indicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1795/85(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1725/86(6),whichfixedthecountervailing chargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexhereto.
Article2
Regulation (EEC)No1795/85isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL246,5.11.19/1,p.1.
(2)OJNoL118,7.5.1986,p.1.
(3)Seepage36ofthisOfficialJournal.
(4OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.0OJNoL169,29.6.1985,p.50.
(6)OJNoL149,3.6.1986,p.36.

1.7.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL173/39
ANNEX
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
countervailing
charge(')Countryoforigin
ex10.05 Maize:I
A.Hybridforsowing:I
I.Doublehybridsandtopcross 6,9USA
hybrids 10,4Hungary
34,5 Rumania
34,5Othercountries(2)
II.Threecrosshybrids 18,1Austria
30,1Hungary
40,3Rumania
43,3Argentina
43,3Othercountries(3)
III.Singlehybrids 16,3Austria
74,0Hungary
119,9 Rumania\ 136,9 Canada
136,9Othercountries(*)
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.InthecaseofSpainand
PortugalitmaynotexceedtherateobtainedbyalignmentontheCCTinaccordancewiththe
timetablespecifiedintheActofAccession .
(2)WiththeexceptionofCanada,AustriaandYugoslavia.
(3)WiththeexceptionofCanada,USA,Chile,JapanandYugoslavia .
(4)WiththeexceptionofBulgaria,YugoslaviaandUSA.