23.8.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL214/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1673/96
of22August1996
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),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1249/96of28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(3),andin
particularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No1636/96(4),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1651/96(s);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoamendedRegulation (EC)No
1636/96areherebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothis
Regulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23August1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22August1996.
FortheCommission
ErkkiLIIKANEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
2OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.125.
(*)OJNoL205,15.8.1996,p.6.
Is)OJNoL207,17.8.1996,p.19.

NoL214/12EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.8.96
ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 4,69 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 22,01 12,01
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 22,01 12,01
mediumquality 35,23 25,23
lowquality 48,79 38,79
10020000Rye 66,99 56,99
10030010Barley,seed 66,99 56,99
10030090Barley,other(3) 66,99 56,99
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 47,54 37,54
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 47,54 37,54
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 81,10 71,10
(')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,FinlandortheAdanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula .
(3)Theimporter-maybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1249/96aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom14.8.1996to21.8.1996):
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis KansasCityChicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11,5%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 133,80 136,84 129,70 113,49172,36(')110,06(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 13,53 7,12 38,64— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 21,24— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam :ECU9,18pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU17,70pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EC)No1249/96:ECU0,00pertonne).