CELEX: 31999R0594
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 594/1999 of 18 March 1999 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 74/16              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               19. 3. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 594/1999
                                                    of 18 March 1999
                                   amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas Article 2, (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
                                                                  provides that if during the period of application, the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
Community,
                                                                  tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission              in Regulation (EC) No 563/1999,
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as                                      Article 1
regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2519/98 (4), and in                 Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 563/1999 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                                  Article 2
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 563/1999 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 584/1999 (6);                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 18 March 1999.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 315, 25. 11. 1998, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 69, 16. 3. 1999, p. 19.
(6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1999, p. 30.
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                                                                         ANNEX I
                      Import duties for the products covered by 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                     (EUR/tonne)
                                                                                           Baltic Sea ports (EUR/tonne)
     1001 10 00         Durum wheat high quality                                                       52,10                               42,10
                        medium quality (1)                                                             62,10                               52,10
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                              50,13                               40,13
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            50,13                               40,13
                        medium quality                                                                 83,80                               73,80
                        low quality                                                                    97,79                               87,79
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                            96,13                               86,13
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                   96,13                               86,13
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                              96,13                               86,13
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  100,78                               90,78
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     100,78                               90,78
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    96,13                               86,13
(1) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements for durum wheat of medium quality, 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:
    — EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
    — EUR 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 EUR 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 15 March 1999 to 17 March 1999)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                   Exchange quotations                  Minneapolis    Kansas-City   Chicago    Chicago   Minneapolis   Minneapolis   Minneapolis
   Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)               HRS2. 14 % HRW2. 11,5 %       SRW2        YC3       HAD2          Medium       US barley 2
                                                                                                                        quality (*)
   Quotation (EUR/t)                                      112,57         97,10        92,54      77,01      138,69 (**)   128,69 (**)   94,67 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/t)                                    28,09            9,89       0,50      13,00        —             —             —
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)                              —               —          —          —           —             —             —
   (*) A discount of EUR 10/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: EUR 11,66/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: EUR 22,70/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: EUR 0,00/t (HRW2)
                                                                                                        EUR 0,00/t (SRW2).