CELEX: 31997R0966
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 966/97 of 30 May 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

31 . 5. 97        lENl                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 141 /3
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 966/97
                                                        of 30 May 1997
                                       fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        1766/92 for the 1996/97 marketing year as regards import
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              duties in the cereals sector;
 Community,                                                        Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 force in cases where no quotation is available for the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission              reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
 Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                    (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                   next periodical fixing;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for            Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92            function normally, the representative market rates
as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as             recorded during a reference period should be used for
amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in parti­           calculating the duties;
cular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs             Annex to this Regulation ,
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          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
graph 2 of that Article , the import duty is to be equal to
the intervention price valid for such products on importa­                                  Article 1
tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price
applicable to the consignment in question;                         The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
                                                                   Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the
                                                                   the information given in Annex II.
basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
tion on the world market;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 30 May 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
h) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ No L 98, 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
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                                                                       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 air or
                                                                                                  or sea from                    by 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 (')                                                                9,49                               0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             45,74                              35,74
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           45,74                              35,74
                        medium quality                                                                46,29                              36,29
                        low quality                                                                   65,82                              55,82
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           77,14                              67,14
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  77,14                              67,14
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             77,14                              67,14
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  92,02                              82,02
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (-1)                                                    92,02                              82,02
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   77,14                              67,14
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements 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 .
f) 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
                                              (period from 15 May 1997 to 29 May 1997)
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)                             127,17           1 29,50        120,21         94,06      174,88 (')   1 07,23 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                         18,80           8,56         8,51         —             —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    11,46              —             —             —            —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,09 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 22,31 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).