CELEX: 31996R1809
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1809/96 of 18 September 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 237/ 16         HENI                Official Journal of the European Communities                                19 . 9 . 96
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1809/96
                                                         of 18 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 1787/96,
   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,                                   1787/96 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 178 7/96 (4), as last
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/96 0;                                                      Article 2
  Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96                This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 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, 18 September 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.
(4)  OJ No  L 233,   14. 9. 1996, p. 15.
0   OJ  No  L 237,   19. 9. 1996, p. 32.
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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
                                                                                                    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 (')                                                               21,23                               11,23
      1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             38,37                              28,37
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           38,37                              28,37
                         medium quality                                                                48,51                              38,51
                         low quality                                                                   54,80                              44,80
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           73,46                              63,46
      1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  73,46                              63,46
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              73,46                              63,46
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   86,31                              76,31
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      86,31                              76,31
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    87,57                              77,57
(') 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.
(:) 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 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 (or calculating duties
                                          (period from 13 September to 17 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)                           1 18,99       124,35       122,27     100,16  155,51 (')   103,47 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                    13,38          9,16     13,86     —            —
     Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    19,38        —             —         —         —            —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 8,51 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 18,00 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).