CELEX: 31998R2741
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2741/98 of 17 December 1998 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

18. 12. 98           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 343/29
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2741/98
                                                  of 17 December 1998
                                   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
                                                                  to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 in Regulation (EC) No 2710/98,
market in cereals (1), 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
                                                                                           Article 1
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as
regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last          Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2710/98 are
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2519/98 (4), and in                 hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2710/98 (5), as                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2724/98 (6);                        1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 17 December 1998.
                                                                             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 340, 16. 12. 1998, p. 27.
(6) OJ L 342, 17. 12. 1998, p. 25.
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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                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                           Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)
     1001 10 00         Durum wheat high quality                                                       46,14                               36,14
                        medium quality (1)                                                             56,14                               46,14
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                              46,97                               36,97
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            46,97                               36,97
                        medium quality                                                                 76,87                               66,87
                        low quality                                                                    97,04                               87,04
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           101,20                               91,20
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  101,20                               91,20
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             101,20                               91,20
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  103,88                               93,88
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     103,88                               93,88
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   101,20                               91,20
(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:
    — 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 15 December 1998 to 16 December 1998)
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 (ECU/tonne)                                 110,98           99,68        88,40    74,67    130,75 (*)   120,75 (*)    75,52 (*)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                               24,0            10,41         1,52     8,40        —            —            —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                        —                —            —        —           —            —            —
    (*) Fob Duluth.
   (**) A discount of ECU 10 per tonne (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 10,81 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 20,95 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).