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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No82/98
of13January 1998
amending theimport duties inthecereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC) No1766/92
of30June 1992 onthe common organization ofthe
market incereals (1),aslast amended byCommission
Regulation (EC) No923/96 (2),
Having regard toCommission Regulation (EC) No
1249/96 of28June 1996 laying down detailed rules for
theapplication ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No1766/92
asregards import duties inthecereals sector (3),aslast
amended byRegulation (EC) No 2092/97 (4),and in
particular Article 2(1)thereof,
Whereas theimport duties inthecereals sector arefixed
byCommission Regulation (EC) No 2638/97 (5),as
amended byRegulation (EC) No2/98 (6);
Whereas Article 2(1)ofRegulation (EC) No 1249/96
provides that ifduring the period ofapplication, theaverage import duty calculated differs byECU 5per
tonne from theduty fixed, acorresponding adjustment is
tobemade; whereas such adifference hasarisen; whereas
itistherefore necessary toadjust theimport duties fixed
inRegulation (EC) No2638/97,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes Iand IItoamended Regulation (EC) No
2638/97 arehereby replaced byAnnexes Iand IItothis
Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on14January
1998.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States.
Done atBrussels, 13January 1998.
FortheCommission
Franz FISCHLER
Member oftheCommission
(1)OJL181, 1.7.1992, p.21.
(2)OJL126, 24.5.1996, p.37.
(3)OJL161, 29.6.1996, p.125.
(4)OJL292, 25.10.1997, p.10.
(5)OJL356, 31.12.1997, p.23.
(6)OJL1,3.1.1998, p.3.
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ANNEX I
Import duties fortheproducts listed inArticle 10(2)ofRegulation (EEC) No1766/92
CN code DescriptionImport duty
byland inland waterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean,
theBlack Sea or
Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)Import duty byairor
byseafrom other
ports (2)
(ECU/tonne)
1001 1000 Durum wheat (1) 0,00 0,00
1001 9091 Common wheat seed 42,97 32,97
1001 9099 Common high quality wheat other than forsowing (3) 42,97 32,97
medium quality 57,40 47,40
low quality 65,55 55,55
1002 0000 Rye 70,48 60,48
1003 0010 Barley, seed 70,48 60,48
1003 0090 Barley, other (3) 70,48 60,48
1005 1090 Maize seed other than hybrid 84,56 74,56
1005 9000 Maize other than seed (3) 84,56 74,56
1007 0090 Grain sorghum other than hybrids forsowing 70,48 60,48
(1)Inthecase ofdurum wheat notmeeting theminimum quality requirements referred toinAnnex ItoRegulation (EC) No1249/96, theduty applicable is
that fixed forlow-quality common wheat.
(2)Forgoods arriving intheCommunity viatheAtlantic Ocean orviatheSuez Canal (Article 2(4)ofRegulation (EC) No1249/96), theimporter may benefit
from areduction intheduty of:
—ECU 3pertonne, where theport ofunloading isontheMediterranean Sea, or
—ECU 2pertonne, where theport ofunloading isinIreland, theUnited Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland ortheAtlantic Coasts oftheIberian
Peninsula.
(3)The importer may benefit from aflat-rate reduction ofECU 14or8pertonne, where theconditions laid down inArticle 2(5)ofRegulation (EC) No
1249/96 aremet.
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ANNEX II
Factors forcalculating duties
(period from 30December 1997 to12January 1998)
1.Averages over thetwo-week period preceding theday offixing:
Exchange quotations Minneapolis Kansas City Chicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product (%proteins at12%humidity) HRS2. 14%HRW2. 11,5% SRW2 YC3 HAD2 USbarley 2
Quotation (ECU/tonne) 121,82 114,31 111,53 95,00 210,92 (1) 115,38 (1)
Gulf premium (ECU/tonne) 21,23 14,16 8,80 6,32 — —
Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne) — — — — — —
(1)Fob Gulf.
2.Freight/cost: Gulf ofMexico —Rotterdam: ECU 13,53 pertonne; Great Lakes —Rotterdam: ECU 24,08 pertonne.
3.Subsidy within themeaning ofthethird paragraph ofArticle 4(2)ofRegulation (EC) No1249/96: ECU 0,00 pertonne (HRW2)
:ECU 0,00 pertonne (SRW2).