Commission Regulation (EC) No 1153/98 of 2 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1105/98 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
Date: 1998-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, cereals, import

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1153/98

of 2 June 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1105/98 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 in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1105/98 (5)
lays down detailed rules as regards import duties in the
cereals sector;

Whereas an error has been discovered in Annex I of
Regulation (EC) No 1105/98; whereas the Regulation in
question should therefore be corrected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/
96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as
regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last
amended by Regualtion (EC) No 2092/97 (4), and in
particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1105/98 is replaced by
the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 June 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 2 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 292, 25. 10. 1997, p. 10.

(5) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 20.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Import duties for the products listed in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92

CN code

Description

1001 10 00

Durum wheat (1)

1001 90 91

Common wheat seed

1001 90 99

Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)

medium quality

low quality

1002 00 00

Rye

1003 00 10

Barley, seed

1003 00 90

Barley, other (3)

1005 10 90

Maize seed other than hybrid

1005 90 00

Maize other than seed (3)

1007 00 90

Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing

Import duty
by land inland waterway
or sea from
Mediterranean,
the Black Sea or
Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)

Import duty by air or
by sea from other
ports (2)
(ECU/tonne)

7,19

51,53

51,53

76,84

92,82

108,30

108,30

108,30

98,71

98,71

108,30

0,00

41,53

41,53

66,84

82,82

98,30

98,30

98,30

88,71

88,71

98,30

(1) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the duty applicable is

that fixed for low-quality common wheat.

(2) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal (Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96), the importer may benefit

from a reduction in the duty of:
(cid:190) ECU 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
(cid:190) ECU 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or the Atlantic Coasts of the Iberian

Peninsula.

(3) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of ECU 14 or 8 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EC) No

1249/96 are met.'