EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.1999 L340/97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2817/1999
of 30 December 1999
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organization of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of
28June1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92asregardsimportdutiesinthecerealssector(
3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
2519/98(4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92providesthattheratesofdutyintheCommonCustomsTariff are to be charged on import of the productsreferred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,however, in the case of the products referred to inparagraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to beequal to the intervention price valid for such productson importation and increased by 55%, minus the cifimport price applicable to the consignment in question;however, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty inthe Common Customs Tariff;
(2)Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on thebasis of the representative prices for the product inquestion on the world market;(3)Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays downdetailed rules for the application of Council Regulation(EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in thecereals sector;
(4)Whereas the import duties are applicable until newduties are fixed and enter into force; whereas they alsoremain in force in cases where no quotation is availablefor the reference exchange referred to in Annex II toRegulation (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weekspreceding the next periodical fixing;
(5)Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system tofunction normally, the representative market ratesrecorded during a reference period should be used forcalculating the duties;
(6)Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96results in import duties being fixed as set out in theAnnex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorreferredtoinArticle10
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed inAnnex I to this Regulation on the basis of the informationgiven in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 December 1999.
For the Commission
Margot WALLSTRÖM
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 315, 25.11.1998, p. 7.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.1999 L340/98
ANNEX I
Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(EUR/tonne)Importdutybyairor
byseafromother
ports(2)
(EUR/tonne)
10011000 Durum wheat high quality 27,34 17,34
mediumquality(1) 37,34 27,34
10019091 Common wheat seed 34,23 24,23
10019099 Common high quality wheat other than for sowing(3) 34,23 24,23
medium quality 78,89 68,89
low quality 91,70 81,70
10020000 Rye 79,18 69,18
10030010 Barley, seed 79,18 69,18
10030090 Barley, other(3) 79,18 69,18
10051090 Maize seed other than hybrid 97,84 87,84
10059000 Maize other than seed(3) 97,84 87,84
10070090 Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing 79,18 69,18
(1) Inthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsfordurumwheatofmediumquality,referredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1 249/96,
the duty applicable is that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(2) ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOceanorviatheSuezCanal(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1249/96),theimportermaybenefit fromareduction
in the duty of:
— EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or— EUR 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or the Atlantic Coasts of the Iberian Peninsul a.
(
3) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 14 or 8 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/9 6 are met.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.1999 L340/99
ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties
(period from 15 December to 29 December 1999)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis Kansas-City Chicago Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis
Product (% proteins at 12% humidity) HRS2.14% HRW2.11,5% SRW2 YC3 HAD2 Medium
quality(*)USbarley2
Quotation (EUR/t) 115,17 99,32 89,73 79,04156,91(**) 146,91(**) 103,77(**)
Gulf premium (EUR/t) 34,86 6,04 2,82 7,38 — — —
Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) — — — — — — —
(*) A discount of EUR 10/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
(**)Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: 15,13 EUR/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: 27,99 EUR/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: EUR 0,00/t (HRW2)
EUR 0,00/t (SRW2).