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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No877/97
of15May1997
fixingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No641/97(4),andinparti­
cularArticle2(1)thereof,
WhereasArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
providesthattheratesofdutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffaretobechargedonimportoftheproducts
referredtoinArticle1ofthatRegulation ;whereas,
however,inthecaseoftheproductsreferredtoinpara­
graph2ofthatArticle,theimportdutyistobeequalto
theinterventionpricevalidforsuchproductsonimporta­
tionandincreasedby55%,minusthecifimportprice
applicabletotheconsignment inquestion;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1766/92,thecifimportpricesarecalculatedonthe
basisoftherepresentative pricesfortheproductinques­
tionontheworldmarket;
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1249/96laysdowndetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92forthe1996/97marketingyearasregardsimport
dutiesinthecerealssector;
Whereastheimportdutiesareapplicableuntilnewduties
arefixedandenterintoforce;whereastheyalsoremainin
forceincaseswherenoquotationisavailableforthe
referenceexchangereferredtoinAnnexIItoRegulation
(EC)No1249/96duringthetwoweeksprecedingthe
nextperiodicalfixing;
Whereas,inordertoallowtheimportdutysystemto
functionnormally,therepresentative marketrates
recordedduringareferenceperiodshouldbeusedfor
calculatingtheduties;
WhereasapplicationofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
resultsinimportdutiesbeingfixedassetoutinthe
AnnextothisRegulation ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportdutiesinthecerealssectorreferredtoin
Article10(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92shallbe
thosefixedinAnnexItothisRegulationonthebasisof
theinformationgiveninAnnexII.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16May1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15May1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(«)OJNoL98,15.4.1997,p.2.

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ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutybyairor
byseafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 4,53 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 31,89 21,89
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(-1) 31,89 21,89
Imediumquality 36,41 26,41
lowquality 54,21 44,21
10020000Rye 75,06 65,06
10030010Barley,seed 75,06 65,06
10030090Barley,other(3) 75,06 65,06
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 84,89 74,89
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(-1) 84,89 74,89
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 75,06 65,06
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1249/96,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit
fromareductioninthedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAtlanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(')Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties
(periodfrom1May1997to14May1997)
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 137,46 140,94 129,91 100,21 178,72(')108,19(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 17,20 10,43 9,45 — —
GreatLakespremium(ECU/tonne) 13,90— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU12,13pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU23,43pertonne.
3.SubsidywithinthemeaningofthethirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne(HRW2)
:ECU0,00pertonne(SRW2).