CELEX: 31982R1686
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1686/82 of 29 June 1982 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

30 . 6 . 82                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 186/27
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1686/82
                                                       of 29 June 1982
                                          fixing countervailing charges on seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    they are made are to be disregarded for the purpose of
COMMUNITIES,                                                      calculating these prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                               1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case of
                                                                  price information relating to a stage other than free­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      at-Community-frontier ; whereas pursuant to Article 4
2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organi­
zation of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by             (2) of that Regulation, the countervailing charge must
                                                                  be amended where a significant variation in the free­
Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (2), and in particular                at-frontier offer price is recorded ;
Article 6 (5) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas, as a result of the application of the afore­
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71
                                                                  mentioned provisions to the information currently
provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus
customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize for sowing             available to the Commission, the countervailing charge
and coming from a non-member country, is lower                    in respect of certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at
than the corresponding reference price, a countervail­            the amounts indicated in the Annex to this Regula­
                                                                  tion ;
ing charge shall be levied on imports of the hybrid
from that country, subject to obligations resulting from          Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
binding under GATT ; whereas the countervailing                   No 1757/81 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
charge is equal to the difference between the reference           No 1387/82 (6), which fixed the countervailing charges
price and the free-at-frontier price plus customs                 for the preceding period, should be repealed ;
duties ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas the reference prices for the 1982/83 marke­               are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
ting year for hybrid maize for sowing were fixed in               Committee for Seeds,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/82 (3) ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
country of provenance are determined using all avail­
able relevant information ; whereas such relevant infor­                                  Article 1
mation is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4) ;                     The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as
                                                                  shown in the Annex hereto.
whereas Article 3 of the same Regulation provides that
the free-at-frontier offer prices for each country of
provenance shall be determined from the most favou­                                       Article 2
rable purchasing opportunities for the products in                Regulation (EEC) No 1757/81 is hereby repealed.
question calculated in accordance with Articles 1 and
2 of the Regulation ; whereas information on offers                                       Article 3
which have no economic effect on the market in parti­
cular because of the insignificant quantities for which           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1982.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 June 1982.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p . 1 .
(J) OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p . 37 .
(3) See oaee 9 of this Official lournal .                         0 OJ No L 175, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 27.
(<) OJ No L 175, 2. 8 . 1972, p . 49 .                            (6) OJ No L 155, 5. 6. 1982, p. 26.
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                                                        ANNEX
                                Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg)
               CCT                                                    Amount of
              heading                       Description              countervailing  Country of origin
                No                                                     charge (')
          ex 10.05        Maize :
                          A. Hybrid for sowing :
                                I. Double hybrids and     top cross
                                    hybrids                              12-5       Romania
                                                                         12-5       Other countries (2)
                               II. Three cross hybrids                     3-6      Austria
                                                                         17-4       Hungary
                                                                         17-4       Other countries (3)
                              III . Single hybrids                       23-8       Romania
                                                                         24         Hungary
                                                                         54-6       Spain
                                                                         54-6       Other countries (4)
          (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
          (2) With the exception of Spain, Hungary, USA, Austria, Canada and Yugoslavia.
          (3) With the exception of Canada, Spain, USA, Yugoslavia and Romania.
          (4) With the exception of Austria, Yugoslavia, USA and Canada.