NoL117/6|EN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.5.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No869/96
of13May1996
amendingtheimportdutiesinthecerealssector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU5per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorresponding adjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No856/96,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1863/95(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1502/95of29June1995layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
forthe1995/96marketingyearasregardsimportduties
inthecerealssector(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No346/96(4),andinparticularArticle2(1)thereof,
Whereastheimportdutiesinthecerealssectorarefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No856/96(*);
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EC)No856/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication ,theArticle1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No856/96are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14May1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13May1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.13.
(«)OJNoL49,28.2.1996,p.5.
4OJNoL115,9.5.1996,p.36.

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ANNEXI
ImportdutiesfortheproductslistedinArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
CNcode DescriptionImportduty
bylandinlandwaterway
orseafrom
Mediterranean ,
theBlackSeaor
BalticSeaports(ECU/tonne)Importdutyby
seafromother
ports(2)
(ECU/tonne)
10011000Durumwheat(') 0,00 0,00
10019091Commonwheatseed 0,00 0,00
10019099Commonhighqualitywheatotherthanforsowing(3) 0,00 0,00
mediumquality 0,00 0,00
lowquality 0,00 0,00
10020000Rye 50,22 40,22
10030010Barley,seed 50,22 40,22
10030090Barley,other(3) 50,22 40,22
10051090Maizeseedotherthanhybrid 33,39 23,39
10059000Maizeotherthanseed(3) 33,39 23,39
10070090Grainsorghumotherthanhybridsforsowing 50,22 40,22
(')InthecaseofdurumwheatnotmeetingtheminimumqualityrequirementsreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No1502/95,thedutyapplicableis
thatfixedforlow-qualitycommonwheat.
(2)ForgoodsarrivingintheCommunityviatheAtlanticOcean(Article2(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95),theimportermaybenefitfromareductionin
thedutyof:
—ECU3pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisontheMediterranean Sea,or
—ECU2pertonne,wheretheportofunloadingisinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,Denmark,Sweden,FinlandortheAdanticCoastsoftheIberian
Peninsula.
(3)Theimportermaybenefitfromaflat-ratereductionofECU14or8pertonne,wheretheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
1502/95aremet.

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ANNEXII
Factorsforcalculatingduties(periodfrom8to10.5.1996):
1.Averagesoverthetwo-weekperiodprecedingthedayoffixing:
Exchangequotations Minneapolis Kansas-City Chicago Chicago Mid-America Mid-America
Product(%proteinsat12%humidity)HRS2.14%HRW2.11%SRW2 YC3 HAD2USbarley2
Quotation(ECU/tonne) 189,58 192,43 179,46 150,39191,31(')-136,44(')
Gulfpremium(ECU/tonne)— 25,58 21,15 13,34— —
Greatlakepremium(ECU/tonne) 19,75— — — — —
(')FobDuluth.
2.Freight/cost:GulfofMexico—Rotterdam:ECU11,73pertonne;GreatLakes—Rotterdam :ECU22,19pertonne.
3.Subsidy(thirdparagraphofArticle4(2)ofRegulation(EC)No1502/95:ECU0,00pertonne).