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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No113/98
of15January 1998
fixing 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) No2092/97 (4),and inparti-
cular Article 2(1)thereof,
Whereas Article 10ofRegulation (EEC) No 1766/92
provides that therates ofduty intheCommon Customs
Tariff are tobecharged onimport ofthe products
referred toinArticle 1ofthat Regulation; whereas,
however, inthecase oftheproducts referred toinpara-
graph 2ofthat Article, theimport duty istobeequal to
theintervention price valid forsuch products onimporta-
tion and increased by55%,minus thecifimport price
applicable totheconsignment inquestion;
Whereas, pursuant toArticle 10(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1766/92, thecifimport prices arecalculated onthe
basis oftherepresentative prices fortheproduct inques-
tion ontheworld market;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No1249/96 lays down detailed
rules fortheapplication ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No
1766/92 asregards import duties inthe cereals sector;Whereas theimport duties areapplicable until new duties
arefixed andenter into force; whereas they also remain in
force incases where noquotation isavailable forthe
reference exchange referred toinAnnex IItoRegulation
(EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
next periodical fixing;
Whereas, inorder toallow the import duty system to
function normally, the representative market rates
recorded during areference period should beused for
calculating theduties;
Whereas application ofRegulation (EC) No 1249/96
results inimport duties being fixed assetout inthe
Annex tothis Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import duties inthe cereals sector referred toin
Article 10(2)ofRegulation (EEC) No1766/92 shall be
those fixed inAnnex Itothis Regulation onthebasis of
theinformation given inAnnex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on16January
1998.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States.
Done atBrussels, 15January 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.
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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 41,63 31,63
1001 9099 Common high quality wheat other than forsowing (3) 41,63 31,63
medium quality 59,04 49,04
low quality 67,07 57,07
1002 0000 Rye 70,29 60,29
1003 0010 Barley, seed 70,29 60,29
1003 0090 Barley, other (3) 70,29 60,29
1005 1090 Maize seed other than hybrid 82,12 72,12
1005 9000 Maize other than seed (3) 82,12 72,12
1007 0090 Grain sorghum other than hybrids forsowing 70,29 60,29
(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 31December 1997 to14January 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) 122,83 113,74 110,39 95,55 218,70 (1) 115,54 (1)
Gulf premium (ECU/tonne) 21,36 13,05 8,37 8,16 — —
Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne) — — — — — —
(1)Fob Gulf.
2.Freight/cost: Gulf ofMexico —Rotterdam: ECU 13,56 pertonne; Great Lakes —Rotterdam: ECU 24,14 pertonne.
3.Subsidy within themeaning ofthethird paragraph ofArticle 4(2)ofRegulation (EC) No1249/96: ECU 0,00 pertonne (HRW2)
:ECU 0,00 pertonne (SRW2).