Commission Regulation (EC) No 2724/98 of 16 December 1998 amending the import duties in the cereals sector
Date: 1998-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, United States, cereals, import, stock-exchange listing

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2724/98

of 16 December 1998

amending 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),

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 Regulation (EC) No 2519/98 (4), and in
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,

Whereas Article 2,
(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
provides that if during the period of application, the
average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
in Regulation (EC) No 2710/98,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2710/98 are
hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2710/98 (5);

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 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 315, 25. 11. 1998, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 340, 16. 12. 1998, p. 27.

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

ANNEX I

CN code

Description

1001 10 00

Durum wheat high quality

medium quality (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)

46,14

56,14

39,37

39,37

76,87

97,04

101,20

101,20

101,20

103,88

103,88

101,20

36,14

46,14

29,37

29,37

66,87

87,04

91,20

91,20

91,20

93,88

93,88

91,20

(1) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements for durum wheat of medium quality, 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:
— ECU 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
— 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.

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ANNEX II

Factors for calculating duties

(for 15 December 1998)

1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:

Exchange quotations

Minneapolis

Kansas-City

Chicago

Chicago

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)

HRS2. 14 % HRW2. 11,5 % SRW2

YC3

HAD2

Medium
quality (**)

US barley 2

Quotation (ECU/tonne)

113,54

99,68

88,40

74,67

130,75 (*)

120,75 (*)

75,52 (*)

Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)

—

10,41

Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)

23,80

—

(*) Fob Duluth.
(**) A discount of ECU 10 per tonne (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

1,52

—

8,40

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 10,88 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 20,95 per tonne.

3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
: ECU 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).