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Date: 2007-01-31
Title: Draft Commission Regulation (EC) No …/.. of […] on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 (codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        C(2004)

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

                          on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 1249/96 (adapted)

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

                        on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No Ö 1784/2003 Õ

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No Ö 1784/2003 Õ of Ö 29 September 2003 Õ on the common organisation of the market  in  cereals[1],  and
in particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No
      1766/92[2] has been substantially amended several times[3]. In the interests of clarity and  rationality  the  said  Regulation  should  be
      codified.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 1 (adapted)

   2) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1784/2003 Õ provides for the common customs tariff duties to be charged  when  the  products  listed  in
      Article 1 thereof are imported. However Ö , Õ for the products listed in paragraph 2 of that Article Ö , Õ the import duty  is  to  be  the
      intervention price valid Ö for these products Õ at the time of importation increased by 55% and  then  reduced  by  the  cif  import  price
      applicable to the consignment.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 2 (adapted)

   3) For the purposes of grading imported lots Ö , Õ the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC)  No  Ö 1784/2003 Õ  are  Ö , Õ  in
      certain cases Ö , Õ to be classed in several standard qualities. The standard qualities to be used should  therefore  be  determined  using
      objective grading criteria and tolerance rates should also be set allowing products to be given the most appropriate  quality  grading.  Of
      the possible  objective  quality  grading  criteria  for  common  wheat,  protein  content,  specific  weight  and  miscellaneous  impurity
      (Schwarzbesatz) content are those most commonly used in the trade and also the easiest to use. For durum wheat these criteria are  specific
      weight, miscellaneous impurity (Schwarzbesatz) content and vitreous grain content. Imported  goods  are  accordingly  to  be  subjected  to
      analysis to determine these parameters for each lot imported. However Ö , Õ where the Community has  established  an  official  recognition
      procedure for quality certificates issued by an authority of the country of origin of the goods Ö , Õ these analyses Ö should  be  able  to
      carried out Õ merely by way of verification on a sufficiently representative number of imported lots.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 3 (adapted)

   4) Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1784/2003 Õ specifies that for the purposes of calculation of the import  duty  Ö , Õ  representative
      cif import prices are to be Ö periodically Õ established for each of the qualities defined for the products Ö referred  to  in Õ  paragraph
      Ö 2 of that Article Õ . For Ö the Õ establishment of these prices Ö , Õ the use must be stipulated of  quotations  for  the  several  wheat
      qualities and for the other cereals. The actual quotation sources to be used should be specified.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 4 (adapted)

   5) The use of quotations for the various wheat types and for other cereals on the commodity exchanges of the United  States  of  America  will
      provide a basis both transparent and objective for establishing representative cif import prices. Ö The Õ Ö addition Õ  of  the  commercial
      premium assigned on the United States market to each quality of the various cereals will allow the exchange quotation for each cereal to be
      converted into a fob export price from the United States Ö of America Õ . By Ö the Õ addition of sea freight  costs  between  the  Gulf  of
      Mexico or the Great Lakes and a Community port that are quoted on the freight markets these fob prices can be converted into representative
      cif import prices. Given the volume of freight passing through and Ö the Õ amount of trade at the port of Rotterdam Ö , Õ this Ö port Õ  is
      the Community destination for which sea freight quotations are most widely known, most transparent and most easily available. The  port  of
      destination to be selected for the Community should therefore be Rotterdam.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 5 (adapted)

   6) Accordingly, for the sake of transparency the representative cif import prices Ö referred to Õ in Article 10(3)  Ö of  Regulation  (EC)  No
      1784/2003 Õ are to be established from commodity exchange quotations for the cereal in question plus the commercial premium assigned to the
      cereal and sea freight costs between the Gulf of Mexico or the  Great  Lakes  and  the  port  of  Rotterdam.  However  Ö , Õ  freight  cost
      differences by port of destination justify flat rate adjustment of the import duty for Community ports located in the Mediterranean, on the
      Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula Ö , Õ in the United Kingdom Ö and in Õ Ireland, Ö in Õ the Ö Nordic Õ countries,  Ö in  the  Baltic
      States and in Poland Õ. The factors of calculation of the representative cif import prices so established should be monitored daily so that
      the trend of these prices can be followed. In the case of sorghum and rye, the representative cif import price  calculated  for  Ö barley Õ
      allows the market situation for those two products to be estimated and consequently the representative  cif  import  price  determined  for
      barley applies for these cereals.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 6 (adapted)

   7) For the purpose of setting the import duty on the cereals indicated in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1784/2003 Õ a period of  Ö 10
      working days Õ recording of the representative  cif  import  prices  for  each  cereal  will  reflect  market  trends  without  introducing
      uncertainty. Import duties for these products can therefore be determined on the fifteenth day and the last working day of each month using
      the average representative cif import price recorded over two weeks. The import duty thus calculated can be applied for two  weeks  without
      any appreciable distorting effect on the duty paid import price. However Ö , Õ if no exchange quotation is available during the calculation
      period for the representative cif import prices or if as a result of sudden changes in  the  components  Ö of  the  calculation  of  import
      duty Õ they fluctuate very substantially during the period Ö of calculation Õ, action must be taken to maintain a  properly  representative
      price for the product in question. In the case of large fluctuations in either the exchange quotation, the commercial premiums attached  to
      the quotation, the sea freight costs or the rate of exchange used to calculate the representative cif import price of the product Ö , Õ the
      price used for calculation of the import duty should be kept representative by means of an adjustment corresponding to the  deviation  from
      it that these changes account for. Even where this type of adjustment is made the timing of the next determination need not be affected.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 9 (adapted)

   8) In the case of imports of flint maize Ö , Õ the exchange quotation used for calculation of the representative cif  import  price  may  not,
      either because of the particular quality of the goods or because their price includes a quality premium over the normal price, take account
      of the existence of such a premium over normal market terms. To take account of Ö the Õ quality premium over prices or quotations importers
      who show that they have used the goods to make high quality products justifying the existence of such a premium should be reimbursed, at  a
      flat rate, part of the import duty paid.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 10

   9) In order to ensure that importers respect the provisions of this Regulation security should  be  required  from  them  additional  to  that
      pertaining to licences.

                                            ê 1249/96 Recital 11 (adapted)

  10) Ö The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals Õ,

                                            ê 1249/96

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                            ê 1249/96 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 1

The Common Customs Tariff duty rates as indicated in Article 10 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1784/2003 Õ shall be those applicable on  the
date stipulated by Article 67 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92[4].

                                                                    Article 2

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1(a) (adapted)

1. The import duties indicated in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EC)° No Ö 1784/2003 Õ on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001  90
99 (high quality common wheat), Ö 1002, ex 1005 except for the seed hybrid Õ, and Ö ex 1007 except for the sowing hybrid, Õ shall  be  calculated
daily but fixed on the 15 and the last working day of each month by the Commission for application Ö respectively Õ from the 16 of the month  and
the first day of the following month. Where the 15 is not a Commission working day Ö , Õ the duties shall be fixed on the working  day  preceding
the 15 of the month in question.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1(a)

However, if during the period of application of the duties thus fixed the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne or more  from
that fixed, the corresponding adjustment shall be made.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1(a) (adapted)

2. The price to be used for the calculation of the import duty shall be the daily cif representative import  price  determined  as  specified  in
Article Ö 5 Õ. For each fixing, the import duty considered Ö shall be Õ the average of import duties calculated during the  previous  10  working
days. For fixing and adjustments, the Commission shall not take account of daily import duties used for the previous fixing.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1(a)

The intervention price to be used for calculation of the duties shall be that of the month in which the import duty applies.

                                            ê 1249/96

3. Import duties fixed as provided for in this Regulation shall be applicable until a new fixing comes into force.

                                            ê 1249/96 (adapted)

On the occasion of each fixing or adjustment the Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European  Ö Union Õ  the  import  duties
and the data used for their calculation.

4. Ö Where the Õ port of unloading Ö in the Community is located in Õ:

Ö (a) Õ     Ö the Õ Mediterranean (beyond the Strait of Gibraltar) Ö and if the goods arrive via the Atlantic Ocean or via the  Suez  Canal,  the
       Commission shall reduce the import duty by EUR 3 Õ per tonne Ö ; Õ

Ö (b) Õ     Ö the Õ Atlantic Ö coast Õ of the Iberian Peninsula, Ö in  the Õ  United  Kingdom  Ö ,  in  Ireland,  in  Denmark,  Estonia,  Latvia,
       Lithuania, Poland, Finland and Sweden and if the goods arrive via the Atlantic Ocean, the Commission shall reduce the import duty by EUR 2
       Õ per tonne Ö . Õ

                                            ê 597/2002 Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

The customs authority at the port of unloading shall issue a certificate in accordance  with  the  model  given  in  Annex  Ö I Õ  attesting  the
quantity of each product unloaded. For the duty reduction Ö provided for in the first subparagraph Õ to be granted this must accompany the  goods
until completion of the customs import formalities.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1(c) (adapted)

                                                                    Article 3

Ö 1. Õ Import duties shall be reduced by EUR 24 per tonne on flint maize meeting the specifications laid down in Annex Ö II Õ.

Ö 2. Õ In order to benefit from Ö the Õ reduction Ö provided for in paragraph 1 Õ , flint maize must be processed into  a  product  of  CN  codes
1904 1010, 1103 13 or 1104 23 within six months from the date of Ö acceptance of Õ entry for free circulation.

Ö 3. Õ The end-use provisions of Article 82 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation  (EC)  No  2454/93[5]
shall apply.

Ö 4. Õ Notwithstanding Article 293 (1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2454/93, the importer shall lodge with  the  competent  authority  an  additional
security of EUR 24 per tonne for flint maize, except when import licence applications are  accompanied  by  certificates  of  conformity  by  the
Argentine Servicio National de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (Senasa) Ö in accordance with the second subparagraph of Õ Article Ö 7 Õ (1)  of
Ö this Õ Regulation. In this case, the import licence shall contain in box 24 the mention of the type of certificate of conformity.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1(c) (adapted)

If Ö , Õ however Ö , Õ the duty applicable on the date of the acceptance of the customs declaration of release for free circulation is less  than
EUR 24 per tonne of maize, the security shall be equal to the duty amount.

                                            ê 1249/96 Article 3 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 4

The quality standards to be met on importation into the Community and the tolerances allowed shall be those shown in Annex Ö II Õ.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 5

1. For common wheat of high quality, durum wheat, maize and the other feed grains referred  to  in  Article  2(1)  Ö of  this  Regulation Õ,  the
components determining the representative cif import prices indicated in Article 10 Ö (3) Õ of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1784/2003 Õ shall be:

(a)   the representative exchange quotation on the market of the United States of America;

(b)   the known commercial premiums and discounts attached to this quotation in the United States Ö of America Õ market on the quotation day  and
       in particular, in the case of durum wheat, attached to the meal quality;

(c)   sea freight and associated costs between the United States Ö of America Õ (Gulf of Mexico or Duluth)  and  the  port  of  Rotterdam  for  a
       vessel of at least 25 000 tonnes.

2. The Commission shall record each working day:

(a)   the component referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 from the exchanges and using the reference qualities shown in Annex Ö III Õ;

(b)   components referred to in points (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 from publicly available information.

3. With a view to calculating the component referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 or the relevant fob quotation,  the  following  premiums  and
discounts Ö shall Õ apply:

Ö (a) Õ     premium of EUR 14 per tonne for high quality common wheat Ö ; Õ

Ö (b) Õ     discount of EUR 10 per tonne for medium quality durum wheat Ö ; Õ

Ö (c) Õ     discount of EUR 30 per tonne for low quality durum wheat.

4. The representative cif import prices for durum wheat, high quality common wheat and maize shall be the sum of the components  referred  to  in
points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1. The representative cif import prices for rye and sorghum shall be calculated using the barley  quotations
in the United States Ö of America Õ, according to the provisions of Annex Ö III Õ.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 2

5. The representative cif import prices for common wheat seed of CN code 1001 90 91 and maize  seed  of  CN  code  1005  10  90  shall  be  those
calculated for high quality common wheat and maize respectively.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 6

1. Import licences applications for high quality common wheat shall be valid only if the applicant:

(a)   enters the quality to be imported in box 20 of the import licence;

(b)   gives a written commitment to lodge with the relevant competent body on the date of acceptance of  the  declaration  of  release  for  free
       circulation a specific security additional to those required Ö in Article 12 of Õ Commission Regulation (EC) No Ö 1342/2003 Õ[6].

The additional security referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph, shall be EUR 95  per  tonne.  However,  in  cases  where  the  import
licence is to be accompanied by certificates of conformity issues by the Federal Grain Inspection  Service  (FGIS)  and  by  the  Canadian  Grain
Commission (CGC) Ö in accordance with Õ Article Ö 7 Õ, no additional security Ö shall be Õ required. In  this  case,  the  import  licence  shall
contain in box 24 the mention of the type if certificate of conformity.

2. Import licences applications for durum wheat shall be valid only if the applicant:

(a)   enters the quality to be imported in box 20 of the import licence;

(b)   gives a written commitment to lodge with the relevant competent body on the date of acceptance of  the  declaration  of  release  for  free
       circulation a specific security additional to those required Ö in Article 12 of Õ Regulation (EC) No Ö 1342/2003 Õ, if the import duty  on
       the quality shown in box 20 Ö of the import licence Õ is not the highest duty for the product category in question.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 2

The amount of the additional security referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph shall be the difference on the day of acceptance of  the
declaration of release for free circulation between the highest duty and that applicable to the quality shown, plus a  supplement  of  EUR 5  per
tonne. However, where the import duty is applicable to the different qualities of durum wheat is zero, the commitment referred to  in  point  (b)
of the first subparagraph shall not be required.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

Where the import licence is to be accompanied by certificates of conformity issued by the Federal Grain Inspection  Service  (FGIS)  and  by  the
Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) as Ö in accordance with Õ Article Ö 7 Õ, no additional security Ö shall be Õ required. In this case,  the  import
licence shall contain in box 24 the mention of the type of certificate of conformity.

                                            ê 1249/96 Art. 6

                                                                    Article 7

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 3 (a)

1. The customs office of release for free circulation shall take representative samples, in accordance with the  Annex  to  Commission  Directive
76/371/EEC[7], of every consignment of durum wheat and of flint maize. However, sampling shall not take place  where  the  import  duty  for  the
different qualities is the same.

If, however, the Commission officially recognises a quality certificate for common wheat, durum wheat or flint maize issued  by  the  country  of
origin of the cereals, samples shall be taken for verification of the certified  quality  only  from  a  sufficiently  representative  number  of
consignments.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 3(a) (adapted)

Ö 2. Õ The following certificates of conformity shall be officially recognised by  the  Commission  pursuant  to  the  principles  laid  down  in
Articles 63 to 65 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93:

Ö (a) Õ     certificates issued by the Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (Senasa) of Argentina for flint maize Ö ; Õ

Ö (b) Õ     certificates issued by the Federal Grains Inspection Services (FGIS) of the United States of America for high  quality  common  wheat
       and high quality durum wheat Ö ; Õ

Ö (c) Õ     certificates issued by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) of Canada for high quality common wheat and high quality durum wheat.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 3(a)

A blank specimen of the certificates of conformity issued by Senasa is given in Annex IV. Reproduction of the stamps authorised by the  Argentine
government shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 3(a) (adapted)

Blank specimens of the certificates of conformity and stamps issued by the FGIS are given in Annex Ö V Õ.

Blank specimens of the certificates of conformity and stamps issued by the FGIS are given in Annex Ö VI Õ.

When the analytical parameters entered in the certificates of conformity issued by the entities  referred  to  in  the  first  subparagraph  show
conformity with the common wheat, durum wheat and flint maize quality standards given in Annex Ö II Õ, samples shall be taken of at least  3%  of
the cargoes arriving at each entry port during the marketing year.

The goods shall be classed in the standard quality for which all the requirements indicated in Annex Ö II Õ are met.

                                            ê 641/97 Art. 1 pt. 7 (adapted)

Ö 3. Õ The standard methods for the determinations  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  shall  be  those  given  in  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No
Ö 824/2000 Õ[8].

                                            ê 641/97 Art. 1 pt. 7

Flint maize is maize of the species Zea mays indurata the grains of which present a dominantly vitreous endosperm (hard or horny  texture).  They
are generally orange or red. The upper part (opposite the germ), or crown, shows no fissure.

                                            ê 641/97 Art. 1 pt. 7 (adapted)

Vitreous grains of flint maize Ö are Õ defined as grains meeting two criteria:

Ö (a) Õ     their crown shows no fissure;

Ö (b) Õ     when cut lengthwise their endosperm shows a central mealy part completely surrounded by a horny part. The  horny  part  must  account
       for the dominant part of the total cut surface.

The vitreous grain percentage shall be established by counting in a  representative  sample  of  100  grains  the  number  meeting  the  criteria
Ö referred to in the third subparagraph Õ.

The reference method for determining the flotation index is given in Annex Ö VII Õ.

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 3(b) (adapted)

Ö 4. Õ If the analysis results show the imported common wheat, durum wheat and flint maize to be of a lower standard quality than entered on  the
import licence the importer shall pay the difference between the import duty applicable to the product shown on  the  licence  and  that  on  the
product actually imported. In this case, the security for the import licence referred to in Ö point (a) of Õ Article Ö 12 Õ  of  Regulation  (EC)
No Ö 1342/2003 Õ and the additional security Ö provided for Õ in Articles Ö 3(4) Õ, and Ö 6 (1)  and  Õ  (2)  Ö of Õ  this  Regulation  shall  be
released, except for the EUR 5 supplement provided for in Ö the second subparagraph of that Article 6(2)Õ.

If the difference referred to in the first subparagraph is not paid within one month  Ö , Õ  the  Ö additional Õ  security  Ö provided  for Õ  in
Article Ö 3(4) Õ and Article Ö 6 Õ (1) and (2) shall be forfeit.

                                            ê 1249/96 (adapted)

Ö 5. Õ Representative samples of imported cereals taken by the competent authority of the Member State shall be retained for six months.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 8

Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 is repealed.

The references made to the said repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with  the
correlation table in Annex IX.

                                                                    Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

                                            ê 1249/96

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

Done at Brussels, […]

      For the Commission
      […]
      Member of the Commission

                                            ê 597/2002 Art. 1 pt. 5

                                                                     ANNEX I

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                                            ê 2519/98 Art. 1 pt. 2

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                            ê 2104/2001 Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

                                                  Classification standards for imported products

                                       (on the basis of a moisture content of 12 % by weight or equivalent)

|Product           |Common wheat and spelt1 excluding    |Durum wheat                            |Flint maize  |Maize other  |Other grains |
|                  |meslin                               |                                       |             |than flint   |             |
|CN code           |1001 90                              |1001 10 Ö 00 Õ                         |1005 90 00   |1005 10 90   |1002, 1003   |
|                  |                                     |                                       |             |and          |and          |
|                  |                                     |                                       |             |1005 90 00   |1007 00 90   |
|Quality2                                                                                                                                 |

                                            ê 2519/98 Art. 1 pt. 2

                                                                    Tolerances

|Permitted tolerance                       |Common/durum wheat                    |Flint maize          |
|Protein percentage                        |-0,7                                  |—                    |
|Specific weight                           |-0,5                                  |-0,5                 |
|Impurity percentage                       |+0,5                                  |—                    |
|Vitreous grain percentage                 |-2,0                                  |-3,0                 |
|Flotation index                           |—                                     |+1,0                 |

                                                                  _____________

                                            ê 1249/96

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                            ê 2104/2001 Art. 1 pt. 3 (adapted)
                                            è1 1900/2002 Art. 1

                                                   Quotation exchanges and reference varieties

|Product             |Common wheat                                           |Durum wheat          |Maize           |Other feed grains    |
|Standard quality    |High               |Medium            |Low             |                     |                |                     |
|Reference variety   |Hard Red Spring    |Hard Red Winter   |Soft Red Winter |Hard Amber Durum No 2|Yellow Corn No 3|US Barley No 2       |
|(type/grade) for    |No 2               |No 2              |No 2            |                     |                |                     |
|exchange quotation  |                   |                  |                |                     |                |                     |
|Quotation exchange  |Minneapolis Grain  |Kansas City Board |Chicago Board of|Minneapolis Grain    |Chicago Board of|Minneapolis Grain    |
|                    |Exchange           |of Trade          |Trade           |Exchange1            |Trade           |Exchange2            |
|1. Where no quotation is available that can be used to calculate a representative cif import price, fob quotations publicly available in |
|the USA Ö shall Õ be used.                                                                                                               |
|2. è1 Where no quotation is available that can be used to calculate a representative cif import price, the most representative fob       |
|quotations publicly available in the United States of America shall be used. ç                                                           |

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                                            ê 641/97 Art. 1 pt. 4 (adapted)

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                                            ê 641/97 Art. 1 pt. 6 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX IV

                                           BLANK QUALITY CERTIFICATE FROM SENAS AUTHORIZED BY ARGENTINE
                                                          GOVERNMENT (ARTICLE Ö 7(2) Õ )

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                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 4

                  BLANK CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY AUTHORISED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR COMMON WHEAT

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                   BLANK CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY AUTHORISED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR DURUM WHEAT

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                                                                  _____________

                                            ê 1110/2003 Art. 1 pt. 5

                                                                     ANNEX VI

        BLANK CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY AUTHORISED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FOR COMMON AND DURUM WHEAT AND EXPORT GRADE SPECIFICATIONS

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                                           Export grade specifications for Canadian common durum wheat

                                                                   COMMON WHEAT

|Canada Western Red Spring             |Test weight                           |Total foreign material                |
|(CWRS)                                |                                      |including other cereal grains         |
|No 1 CWRS                             |(Min.) 79,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0,4 % including 0,2 %          |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |
|No 2 CWRS                             |(Min.) 77,5 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0,75 % including .             |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                     |
|No 3 CWRS                             |(Min.) 76,5 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,25 % including               |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                     |

|Canada Western Extra Strong Red Spring|Test weight                           |Total foreign material                |
|(CWES)                                |                                      |including other cereal grains         |
|No 1 CWES                             |(Min.) 78,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0,75 % including 0,2 %         |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |
|No 2 CWES                             |(Min.) 76,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,5 % including                |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                     |

|Canada Prairie Spring Red             |Test weight                           |Total foreign material                |
|(CPSR)                                |                                      |including other cereal grains         |
|No 1 CPSR                             |(Min.) 77,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0,75 % including 0,2 %         |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |
|No 2 CPSR                             |(Min.) 75,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,5 % including                |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                     |

|Canada Prairie Spring White           |Test weight                           |Total foreign material                 |
|(CPSW)                                |                                      |including other cereal grains          |
|No 1 (CPSW)                           |(Min.) 77,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0,75 % including 0,2 %          |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                            |
|No 2 (CPSW)                           |(Min.) 75,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,5 % including                 |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                      |

|Canada Western Red Winter             |Test weight                           |Total foreign material                 |
|(CWRW)                                |                                      |including other cereal grains          |
|No 1 CWRW                             |(Min.) 78,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,0 % including 0,2 %           |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                            |
|No 2 CWRW                             |(Min.) 74,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 2,0 % including                 |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                      |

|Canada Western Soft White Spring      |Test weight                           |Total foreign material                |
|(CWSWS)                               |                                      |including other cereal grains         |
|No 1 CWSWS                            |(Min.) 78,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0, 75 % including 0,2 %        |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |
|No 2 CWSWS                            |(Min.) 75,5 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,0 % including                |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                     |
|No 3 CWSWS                            |(Min.) 75,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,5 % including                |
|                                      |                                      |0,2 % other seeds                     |

                                                                      DURUM

|Canada Western Amber Durum            |Test weight                           |Total foreign material                |
|(CWAD)                                |                                      |including other cereal grains         |
|No 1 CWAD                             |(Min.) 80,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0,5 % including 0,2 %          |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |
|No 2 CWAD                             |(Min.) 79,5 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 0,8 % including 0,2 %          |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |
|No 3 CWAD                             |(Min.) 78,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 1,0 % including 0,2 %          |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |
|No 4 CWAD                             |(Min.) 75,0 kg/hL                     |(Max.) 3,0 % including 0,2 %          |
|                                      |                                      |other seeds                           |

Notes :

"Other Cereal Grains": In these grades, include oats, barley, rye and triticale.

"Common wheat": For common wheat exports, the Canadian Grain Commission will supply documentation with the  certificate  specifying  the  protein
       percentage for the cargo in question.

"Durum wheat": For durum wheat exports, the Canadian Grain Commission will supply documentation with the certificate attesting  to  the  vitreous
       kernel percentage and specific weight (kilograms/hectolitre) of the cargo in question.

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                                            ê 641/97 Art. 1 pt. 8 (adapted)

                                                                    ANNEX VII

                                        STANDARD METHOD FOR DETERMINING FLOTATION INDEX (ARTICLE Ö 7(3) Õ)

Prepare an aqueous solution of sodium nitrate of specific weight 1,25 and conserve it at 35 °C.

Place in the solution 100 grains of maize from a representative sample of maximum moisture content 14,5 %.

Shake the solution at 30 second intervals for five minutes to eliminate air bubbles.

Separate the floating from the submerged grains and count them.

Flotation index for trial = (number of floating grains/number of submerged grains)× 100

Repeat five times.

The flotation index is the arithmetic mean for the five trials excluding the two extreme values.

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                                                                    ANNEX VIII

                                                Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96                                               |                                         |
|(OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125)                                                       |                                         |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/97                                                |                                     |
|(OJ L 98, 15.4.1997, p. 2)                                                          |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 2092/97                                               |                                     |
|(OJ L 292, 25.10.1997, p. 10)                                                       |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/98                                               |                                     |
|(OJ L 315, 25.11.1998, p. 7)                                                        |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000[9]                                          |Article 2 only.                      |
|(OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13)                                                       |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2001                                             |                                     |
|(OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 8)                                                        |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 597/2002                                              |                                     |
|(OJ L 91, 6.4.2002, p. 9)                                                           |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1900/2002                                             |                                     |
|(OJ L 287, 25.10.2002, p. 15)                                                       |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003                                             |                                     |
|(OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12)                                                        |                                     |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/2004                                              |Article 5 only                       |
|(OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50)                                                        |                                     |

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                                                                     ANNEX IX

                                                                Correlation Table

|Regulation (EC) No 1249/96                                          |This Regulation                                                     |
|Article 1                                                           |Article 1                                                           |
|Article 2(1) first and second sentences                             |Article 2(1) first subparagraph                                     |
|Article 2(1) third sentence                                         |Article 2(1) second subparagraph                                    |
|Article 2(2)                                                        |Article 2(2)                                                        |
|Article 2(3)                                                        |Article 2(3)                                                        |
|Article 2(4) first subparagraph, first indent                       |Article 2(4), first subparagraph, point (a)                         |
|Article 2(4) first subparagraph, second and third indents           |Article 2(4), first subparagraph, point (b)                         |
|Article 2(4) second subparagraph                                    |Article 2(4) second subparagraph                                    |
|Article 2(5) first subparagraph, first sentence                     |Article 3(1)                                                        |
|Article 2(5) first subparagraph, second sentence                    |Article 3(2)                                                        |
|Article 2(5) first subparagraph, third sentence                     |Article 3(3)                                                        |
|Article 2(5) second subparagraph                                    |Article 3(4) first subparagraph                                     |
|Article 2(5) third subparagraph                                     |Article 3(4) second subparagraph                                    |
|Article 2a                                                          |_____                                                               |
|Article 3                                                           |Article 4                                                           |
|Article 4(1)                                                        |Article 5(1)                                                        |
|Article 4(2)                                                        |Article 5(2)                                                        |
|Article 4(3) first, second and third indents                        |Article 5(3) points(a), (b) and (c)                                 |
|Article 4(4)                                                        |Article 5(4)                                                        |
|Article 4(5)                                                        |Article 5(5)                                                        |
|Article 5                                                           |Article 6                                                           |
|Article 6(1)                                                        |Article 7(1)                                                        |
|Article 6 (1a) first subparagraph, first, second and third indents  |Article 7(2) first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c)            |
|Article 6 (1a) second to sixth subparagraphs                        |Article 7(2) second to sixth subparagraphs                          |
|Article 6(2) first subparagraph                                     |Article 7(3) first subparagraph                                     |
|Article 6(2) second subparagraph                                    |Article 7(3) second subparagraph                                    |
|Article 6(2) third subparagraph, first and second indents           |Article 7(2) third subparagraph, points (a) and (b)                 |
|Article 6(2) fourth subparagraph                                    |Article 7(2) fourth subparagraph                                    |
|Article 6(2) fifth subparagraph                                     |Article 7(2) fifth subparagraph                                     |
|Article 6(3)                                                        |Article 7(4)                                                        |
|Article 6(4)                                                        |Article 7(5)                                                        |
|Article 7                                                           |_____                                                               |
|Article 8                                                           |_____                                                               |
|______                                                              |Article 8                                                           |
|______                                                              |Article 9                                                           |
|Annex I                                                             |Annex II                                                            |
|Annex II                                                            |Annex III                                                           |
|Annex III                                                           |_____                                                               |
|Annex IV                                                            |Annex IV                                                            |
|Annex IVa                                                           |Annex V                                                             |
|Annex IVb                                                           |Annex VI                                                            |
|Annex V                                                             |Annex VII                                                           |
|Annex VI                                                            |Annex I                                                             |
|______                                                              |Annex VIII                                                          |
|______                                                              |Annex IX                                                            |

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[1]   OJ L Ö 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78 Õ.
[2]   OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
[3]   See Annex VIII.
[4]   OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
[5]   OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
[6]   OJ L Ö 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12. Õ
[7]   OJ L 102, 15.4.1976, p. 1.
[8]   OJ L Ö 100, 20.4.2000, p. 31 Õ.
[9]   Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2015/2001 (OJ L 272, 13.10.2001, p. 31).