CELEX: 31997R1138
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-20
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1138/97 of 20 June 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

21 . 6. 97            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 164/ 17
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1138/97
                                                          of 20 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
    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 1081 /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 amended Regulation (EC) No
   particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,                                1081 /97 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this
  Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed         Regulation .
  by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081 /97 (5), as
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 11 02/97 (6);                                                 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 21 June 1997.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 20 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.
0    OJ  No  L 98, 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
0    OJ  No  L 157, 14. 6. 1997, p. 3.
(6)  OJ  No  L 160, 18. 6. 1997, p. 8 .
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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 (3)                          41,18                              31,18
                         medium quality                                                               61,06                              51,06
                         low quality                                                                  77,69                              67,69
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                          77,73                              67,73
      1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                 77,73                              67,73
      1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                            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 1 249/96, the duty applicable is
    that fixed for low-quality common wheat
(2) For goods arriving in the Community via the Adantic 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 Atlantic 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 13 June 1997 to 19 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 1 2 % humidity)         HRS2. 14%     HRW2. 11,5%          SRW2           YC3         HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            128,11            119,40         111,09         94,48      176,06 (')   107,20 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                        14,09            5,60         8,43          —           —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    15,64             —              —             —             —           —
    (') Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,30 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).