NoL159/72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.7.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1706/93
of30June1993
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
of26October1971onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinseeds('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3695/92(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;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1993/1994market­
ingyearforhybridmaizeandhybridsorgumforsowing
werefixedinCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1720/93(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingall
availablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevant
informationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1665/72(4),amended
byRegulation(EEC)No2811/86(*);whereasArticle3of
thesameRegulationprovidesthatthefree-at-frontier
offerpricesforeachcountryofprovenanceshallbe
determinedfromthemostfavourablepurchasing
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)
No1688/92(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
615/93Q,whichfixedthecountervailing chargesforthe
precedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedasshownin
theAnnexeshereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1688/92isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1993.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL374,22.12.1992,p.40.
(3)Seepage107ofthisOfficialJournal.
(4)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.
4OJNoL260,12.9.1986,p.8.(6)OJNoL176,30.6.1992,p.30.
Ç)OJNoL66,18.3.1993,p.17.

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ANNEXI
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
Amountofrtf
CNcode countervailing oririnWcharge(') 081>
10051011 13,8 404
20.4 066
33.5 400
34,9 068
34,9 1
10051013 0,8 064
3 092
3,2 091
3,2 090
3,2 093
21,7 062
22,7 066
27,1 388
38 068
38 2
10051015 0,4 038
7,2 062
22.6 093
29,4 090
29.4 091
50.5 064
61,1 512
80,9 066
95,9 388
140,7 524
140,7 3
(')Thecountervailingchargemaynotexceed4/«ofthecustomsvalue.
(2)Originidentification :
1OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofAustria,Argentina,Bosnia­
Herzegovina,Croatia,Chile,Hungary,Sloveniaandtheterritoryof
formerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia
2OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofJapan,Austria,Argentina,
Turkey,Chile,theUnitedStatesandCanada
3OthercountrieswiththeexceptionofArgentina,Bulgaria,Canada,
Croatia,theUnitedStatesandTurkey
038Austria
052Turkey
062TheterritoryoftheformerCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic
064Hungary
066Romania
068Bulgaria
090TheterritoryofformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia
091Slovenia
092Croatia
093Bosnia-Herzegovina
388SouthAfrica
400theUnitedStates
404Canada
512Chile
524Uruguay
528Argentina

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ANNEXII
Countervailing chargeonhybridsorghumforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeAmountof
countervailing
chargeCountryof
origin(')
10070010 19,0 400
(')Originidentification :
400UnitedStatesofAmerica