CELEX: 31996R2381
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2381/96 of 13 December 1996 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 325/ 16        EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                14. 12. 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2381 /96
                                                      of 13 December 1996
                                        fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
                                                                    are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           force in cases where no quotation is available for the
   Community,
                                                                    reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92            (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
   of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                next periodical fixing;
   market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
   Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                   Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
                                                                    function normally, the representative market rates
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   recorded during a reference period should be used for
   1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for           calculating the duties;
   the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
   as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in       Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
   particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,                               results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
  Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                Annex to this Regulation,
   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,            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  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 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
  Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)          Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
  No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the          those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
  basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­      the information given in Annex II .
  tion on the world market;
  Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed                                     Article 2
  rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1766/92 for the 1996/97 marketing year as regards import         This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December
  duties in the cereals sector,                                    1996 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 13 December 1996.
                                                                             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.
 ---pagebreak---    14. 12. 96               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                                 No L 325/ 17
                                                                         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 (')                                                                12,51                              2,51
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                              40,24                             30,24
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            40,24                             30,24
                         medium quality                                                                 44,80                             34,80
                         low quality                                                                    64,88                             54,88
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           74,11                             64,11
      1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  74,11                             64,11
      1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             74,11                             64,11
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   91,00                             81,00
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      91,00                             81,00
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    74,11                             64,11
(') 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 Adantic 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.
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                                                              ANNEX II
                                                    Factors for calculating duties
                                          (period from 29 November to 12 December 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 1 2 % humidity)      HRS2 14%     HRW2. 11,5 %     SRW2        YC3     HAD2       US barley 2
     Quotation (ECU/tonne)                           112,45       117,73        111,44      83,49  172,90 0     1 08,06 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                         32,76        24,03         10,23      12,07     —             —
     Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                   —            —             —          —        —
                                                                                                                    —
     (') Fob Gulf/Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 11,59 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 22,18 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).