Commission Regulation (EC) No 1550/1999 of 15 July 1999 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
Date: 1999-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, United States, cereals, import, stock-exchange listing

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1550/1999

of 15 July 1999

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
1253/1999 (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,

(1) 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
paragraph 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;

(2) 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
question on the world market;

(3) 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;

(4) 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;

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

representative market

the

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 July 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 135, 25.11.1998, p. 7.

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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)

16,83

26,83

35,78

35,78

76,14

95,04

84,61

84,61

84,61

102,80

102,80

95,46

6,83

16,83

25,78

25,78

66,14

85,04

74,61

74,61

74,61

94,32

94,32

85,46

(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 30 June to 14 July 1999)

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/t)

118,34

97,05

88,28

74,96

151,72 (**)

141,72 (**)

83,94 (**)

Gulf premium (EUR/t)

—

7,12

– 3,02

11,87

Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

14,43

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(*) A discount of EUR 10/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
(**) Fob Duluth.

2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: EUR 14,44/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: EUR 26,19/t.

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