NoL168/38 30.6.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1850/90
of29June1990
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October1971onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1239/89(2),andinparticularArticle6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,plus
customsduties,foratypeofhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorgumforsowingandcomingfromanon-member
country,islowerthanthecorresponding referenceprice,a
countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeandhybrid
sorghumshallbeleviedonimportsofthehybridfrom
thatcountry,subjecttoobligationsresultingfrombinding
underGATT;whereasthecountervailing chargeisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthereferencepriceandthe
free-at-frontier pricepluscustomsduties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1990/91marketing
yearforhybridmaizeandhybridsorgumforsowingwere
fixedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1849/90(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1665/72(4),amended
byRegulation(EEC)No2811/860;whereasArticle3of
thesameRegulationprovidesthatthefree-at-frontier
offerpricesforeachcountryofprovenanceshallbe
determinedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunitiesfortheproductsinquestioncalculatedin
accordancewithArticles1and2oftheRegulation ;whereasinformation onofferswhichhavenoeconomic
effectonthemarketinparticularbecauseofthe
insignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadearetobe
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)
No1925/89(<■),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1162/900,whichfixedthecountervailing chargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexeshereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1925/89isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1990.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(>)OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.35.
(3)Seepage36ofthisOfficialJournal.
(<)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.
(*)OJNoL260,12.9.1986,p.8.(*)OJNoL187,1.7.1989,p.24.0OJNoL116,8.5.1990,p.16.

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ANNEXI
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
charge(')Countryof
origin(2)
10051011 13,8 404
14,34 064
l 15,8 048
l 31,8 400
32,4 066
32,4 1
10051013 0,7 512
16,9 048
21,6 066
21,7 062
26,0 068
27,1 064
l 45,5 528
45,5 2
10051015 2,9 064
38,8 346
\ 42,3 066
42,4 388
77,2 404
I 80,9 528
87,3 048
130,8 052
130,8 3
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
InthecaseofSpainitmaynotexceedtherateobtainedbyalignment
ontheCommonCustomsTariffinaccordancewiththetimetable
specifiedintheActofAccession.
(2)Originidentification :
1OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofAustriaandChile
2OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofCanada,Japan,Austriaand
theUnitedStates
3OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofBulgaria,Austria,theUnited
StatesandChile
048Yugoslavia
052Turkey
062Czechoslovakia
064Hungary
066Romania
068Bulgaria
346Kenya
388SouthAfrica
400theUnitedStates
404Canada
512Chile
528Argentina
ANNEXII
Countervailing chargeonhybridsorghumforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
chargeCountryof
origin(')
10070010 14,7 064
(')Originidentification :
064Hungary