Commission Regulation (EC) No 2857/98 of 30 December 1998 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
Date: 1998-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, cereals, import, representative price, stock-exchange listing

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2857/98

of 30 December 1998

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),

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 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs
Tariff are to be charged on import of
the products
referred to in Article 1 of
that Regulation; whereas,
however, in the case of the products referred to in para-
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
the intervention price valid for
such products on
importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import
price applicable to the consignment in question; however,
that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common
Customs Tariff;

Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
force in cases where no quotation is available for the
reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
(EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
next periodical fixing;

Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
function normally,
rates
recorded during a reference period should be used for
calculating the duties;

representative market

the

Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
Annex to this Regulation;

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
introduction of
the euro (5) provides that, as from 1
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the
basis of the representative prices for the product in ques-
tion on the world market;

The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
the information given in Annex II.

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector;

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 1998.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

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 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.

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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 (EUR/tonne)

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

55,52

65,52

49,73

49,73

79,22

99,40

108,75

108,75

108,75

107,67

107,67

108,75

45,52

55,52

39,73

39,73

69,22

89,40

98,75

98,75

98,75

97,67

97,67

98,75

(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:
— EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
— EUR 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 EUR 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

(period from 15 December 1998 to 29 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 (EUR/tonne)

112,21

99,10

87,24

73,91

129,94

119,94

76,72

Gulf premium (EUR/tonne)

25,57

10,20

Great Lakes premium (EUR/tonne)

—

—

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

1,88

—

6,94

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: EUR 10,87 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: EUR 21,10 per tonne.

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