CELEX: 31996R1780
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-12 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1780/96 of 12 September 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 232/46        ( ENi               Official Journal of the European Communities                               13 . 9 . 96
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1780/96
                                                      of 12 September 1996
                                       amending the import duties in the cereals sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
                                                                    to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
  Community,
                                                                    it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              in Regulation (EC) No 1636/96,
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
  Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
  1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for                                     Article 1
  the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in         Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No
  particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,                                1698/96 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this
                                                                    Regulation.
 Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 698/96 (4), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1746/96 (*);                                                  Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96               This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September
 provides that if during the period of application, the             1996.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 12 September 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
b) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(<) OJ No L 221 , 31 . 8 . 1996, p. 4.
O OJ No L 226, 7. 9. 1996, p. 15.
 ---pagebreak---   13 . 9. 96                EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                                  No L 232/47
                                                                        ANNEX I
                       Import duties for the products listed in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                                                    Import duty
                                                                                            by land inland waterway                  Import duty by
                                                                                                    or sea from                       sea from other
       CN code                                  Description
                                                                                                  Mediterranean,                          ports (2)
                                                                                                the Black Sea or                       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                         Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)
      1001 10 00         Durum wheat (')                                                               15,29                                5,29
      1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             31,94                              21,94
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           31,94                              21,94
                         medium quality                                                                41,22                              31,22
                        low quality                                                                    48,04                              38,04
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                            74,17                              64,17
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                   74,17                              64,17
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              74,17                              64,17
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   74,85                              64,85
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      74,85                              64,85
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    88,28                              78,28
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1 249/96, 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 1 249/96), 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.
 ---pagebreak---  No L 232/48             ( ENl            Official Journal of the European Communities                             13 . 9 . 96
                                                               ANNEX II
                                                    Factors for calculating duties
                                            (period from 30 August to 11 September 1996)
 1 . Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                      Exchange quotations          Minneapolis   Kansas City    Chicago    Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis
      Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)       HRS2. 14%     HRW2. 11,5%     SRW2        YC3     HAD2       US barley 2
     Quotation (ECU/tonne)                           131,62        132,19       130,20     108,21  161,71 (')   1 02,85 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          —
                                                                    12,17         7,34      16,80     —             —
     Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                   13,46         —            —           —        —             —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 8,99 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 17,73 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).