CELEX: 31997R1102
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1102/97 of 17 June 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 160 / 8          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               18 . 6. 97
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1102/97
                                                          of 17 June 1997
                                       amending the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
                                                                     tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               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 1 08 1 /97,
 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
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                       Article 1
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in                   Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1081 /97 are
 particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                 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 1081 /97 (^j                                                Article 2
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 June 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 17 June 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) 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.
(s) OJ  No  L 157, 14. 6. 1997, p. 3.
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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 (')                                                                 8,87                              0,00
        1001 90 91       Common wheat seed                                                             41,18                             31,18
        1001 90 99       Common high quality wheat other than for sowing Ç)                            41,18                             31,18
                         medium quality                                                                61,06                             51,06
                         low quality                                                                   72,42                             62,42
       1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           77,73                             67,73
       1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  77,73                             67,73
       1 003 00 90       Barley, other (-1)                                                            77,73                             67,73
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   91,68                             81,68
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (3)                                                      91,68                             81,68
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    77,73                             67,73
(') 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.
(z) 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 .
(') 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 13 June 1997 to 16 June 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)                           128,11            119,40         116,24         94,48      1 76,06 (')  107,20 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                        14,09            5,94         8,43          —            —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    15,64             —              —             —             —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,13 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 21,75 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).