1.7.81 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL175/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1757/81
of30June1981
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
theyaremadearetobedisregardedforthepurposeof
calculatingtheseprices;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No
1665/72,anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecaseof
priceinformationrelatingtoastageotherthanfree­
at-Community-frontier ;whereaspursuanttoArticle4
(2)ofthatRegulation,thecountervailing chargemust
beamendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree­
at-frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheafore­
mentionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrently
availabletotheCommission ,thecountervailingcharge
inrespectofcertaintypesofhybridistobefixedat
theamountsindicatedintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion;
Whereas,consequently ,CommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1682/80(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1394/81(*),whichfixedthecountervailing charges
fortheprecedingperiod,shouldberepealed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteforSeeds,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2358/71of26October1971onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinseeds('),aslastamendedby
theActofAccessionofGreece,andinparticular
Article6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,plus
customsduties,foratypeofhybridmaizeforsowing
andcomingfromanon-membercountry,islower
thanthecorresponding referenceprice,acountervail­
ingchargeshallbeleviedonimportsofthehybrid
fromthatcountry,subjecttoobligationsresultingfrom
bindingunderGATT;whereasthecountervailing
chargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthefree-at-frontier pricepluscustoms
duties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1981/82marke­
tingyearforhybridmaizeforsowingwerefixedin
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1756/81(2);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingallavail­
ablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevantinfor­
mationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No1665/72(3);
whereasArticle3ofthesameRegulationprovidesthat
thefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeachcountryof
provenanceshallbedeterminedfromthemostfavou­
rablepurchasingopportunities fortheproductsin
questioncalculatedinaccordancewithArticles1and
2oftheRegulation;whereasinformationonoffers
whichhavenoeconomiceffectonthemarketinparti­
cularbecauseoftheinsignificantquantitiesforwhichHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedas
shownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
Regulation(EEC)No1682/80isherebyrepealed.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1981.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
GastonTHORN
(')OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(2)Seepage25ofthisOfficialJournal.
(3)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49.(<)OJNoL166,1.7.1980,p.43.0OJNoL140,26.5.1981,p.18.

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ANNEX
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(ECU/100kg)
CCT Amountof
heading Description countervailing Countryoforigin
No charge(')
ex10.05 Maize:
A.Hybridforsowing:
I.Doublehybridsandtopcross
hybrids 3-6Austria
5-6 USA
10-4 Romania
14-7 Canada
32-4Yugoslavia
32-4Othercountries(2)
II.Threecrosshybrids 14-9Hungary
29-8 Romania
29-8Othercountries(3)
III.Singlehybrids 3-2USA
8-5Canada
33-6Spain
33-6Othercountries(4)
(')Thecountervailing chargemaynotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.
(2)WiththeexceptionofSpainandHungary.
(3)WiththeexceptionofAustria,Canada,Spain,USAandYugoslavia .
(4)WiththeexceptionofAustria,Hungary,RomaniaandYugoslavia .