Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/98 of 24 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 on rules of application (cereals sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
Date: 1998-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, cereals, import, product quality, representative price, stock-exchange listing

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2519/98

of 24 November 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 on rules of application (cereals sector
import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92

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 organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article
10(4) thereof,

Whereas provisions on the treatment of cereals imported
into the Community are set out in Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1249/96 (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2092/97 (4);

Whereas, in view of experience in applying the provisions
of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 and to improve the clarity
and applicability of certain provisions, there is a need to
adjust this text, particularly some aspects of a technical
nature relating to the representative cif import price to be
used as a basis for calculating the corresponding import
duty in the provisions on imports of durum wheat with a
vitreous grain content of between 60 and 73 %; whereas
Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 should therefore be
amended; whereas, to avoid problems for operators, these
amendments shall apply solely to import certificates
issued from the date this Regulation enters into force;

Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall
be:

(a)

the representative exchange quotation on the
market of the United States of America;

(b) the known commercial premiums and discounts
attached to this quotation on the United States
market on the quotation day and in particular, in
the case of durum wheat, attached to the meal
quality;

(c) the sea freight costs between the United States
(Gulf of Mexico or Duluth) and the port of
Rotterdam for a vessel of at least 25 000 tonnes.

The Commission shall record each working day:

— component (a) from the exchanges and using the

reference qualities shown in Annex II,

— components (b) and (c)

from publicly available
information. However, in the case of durum wheat
of medium quality a discount of ECU 10 per tonne
shall be withheld under (b).

2.
The representative cif import prices for barley,
maize and, in the case of common wheat and durum
wheat, for each standard quality shall be the sum of
components (a), (b) and (c) indicated by the Commis-
sion in accordance with the second subparagraph of
paragraph 1.

the representative cif

However,
for
imports of barley, maize and, in the case of common
wheat and durum wheat, each standard quality that are
made:

import prices

Article 1

— overland or by river,

Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 4(1) and (2) are replaced by the following:

For common wheat of high, medium and low
‘1.
quality, durum wheat of high and medium quality,
maize and other feed grains the components deter-
mining the representative cif imports prices indicated

(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.

— by sea on vessels arriving in the Community from
ports located in the Mediterranean, Black Sea or
Baltic Sea,

shall be reduced by ECU 10 per tonne. In this case the
import duty reductions provided for in Article 2(4)
shall not be applicable.

In cases where third countries grant subsidies on
exports of standard medium or low quality common
wheat to European or Mediterranean basin countries so

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that world market prices can be undercut the Commis-
sion may take account of these subsidies in estab-
lishing the representative cif price for importation into
the Community.';

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation;
3. the last subparagraph of Article 6(1) is replaced by the

following:
‘The goods shall be classed in the standard quality for
which all the requirements indicated in Annex I are
met. However if the quality of durum wheat of code

CN 1001 10 is lower than that specified in Annex I for
durum wheat of medium quality, the import duty shall
be that applicable on common wheat of low quality.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Classification of imported products

(on the basis of a moisture content of 12 % by weight or equivalent)

Product

Common wheat and
spelt (1) excluding meslin

Durum wheat

Flint
maize

Maize other
than flint

Other
grains

CN code

1001 90

1001 10

1005 90 00

1005 10 90
and
1005 90 00

1002, 1003
and
1007 00 90

Quality

High Medium Low

High Medium Low

1. Minimum protein

14,0

11,5 —

—

—

—

—

percentage

2. Minimum specific

77,0

74,0 — 76,0

76,0 —

76,0

weight kg/hl

3. Maximum impurity

1,5

1,5 —

1,5

1,5 —

—

percentage
(Schwarzbesatz)

4. Minimum vitreous
grain percentage

—

—

— 75,0

62,0 —

95,0

5. Maximum flotation

—

—

—

—

—

—

25,0

index

(1) Including husked spelt.

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Tolerances

Permitted tolerance

Common/durum wheat

Flint maize

Protein percentage

Specific weight

Impurity percentage

Vitreous grain percentage

Flotation index

–0,7

–0,5

+0,5

–2,0

—

—

–0,5

—

–3,0

+1,0'