CELEX: 32000R1403
Language: en
Date: 2000-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1403/2000 of 30 June 2000 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

L 161/4                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       1.7.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1403/2000
                                                            of 30 June 2000
                                           fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (3)    Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for
                                                                                the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
Community,
                                                                         (4)    The import duties are applicable until new duties are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           cases where no quotation is available for the reference
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/                        exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
1999 (2),                                                                       1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the next peri-
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of                       odical fixing.
28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of           (5)    In order to allow the import duty system to function
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties                    normally, the representative market rates recorded
in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                during a reference period should be used for calculating
2519/98 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,                           the duties.
Whereas:                                                                 (6)    Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in
                                                                                import duties being fixed as set out in the Annex to this
(1)     Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides                      Regulation,
        that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are
        to be charged on import of the products referred to in
        Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the
        import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid                                   Article 1
        for such products on importation and increased by
        55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the               The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10
        consignment in question. However, that duty may not              (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in
        exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.            Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information
                                                                         given in Annex II.
(2)     Pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/
        92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of                                     Article 2
        the representative prices for the product in question on
        the world market.                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L  315, 25.11.1998, p. 7.
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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
                                                                                                                                         Import duty by air or by sea from
                                                                                                      waterway or sea from Mediterra-
        CN code                                       Description                                                                                 other ports (2)
                                                                                                       nean, the Black Sea or Baltic Sea
                                                                                                                                                   (EUR/tonne)
                                                                                                              ports (EUR/tonne)
     1001 10 00          Durum wheat high quality                                                                     0,00                             0,00
                         medium quality (1)                                                                           0,00                             0,00
     1001 90 91          Common wheat seed                                                                            6,23                             0,00
     1001 90 99          Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                                          6,23                             0,00
                         medium quality                                                                             36,08                             26,08
                         low quality                                                                                54,81                             44,81
     1002 00 00          Rye                                                                                        48,36                             38,36
     1003 00 10          Barley, seed                                                                               48,36                             38,36
     1003 00 90          Barley, other (3)                                                                          48,36                             38,36
     1005 10 90          Maize seed other than hybrid                                                               94,00                             87,32
     1005 90 00          Maize other than seed (3)                                                                  94,00                             87,32
     1007 00 90          Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                                73,06                             63,06
(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 16 June 2000 to 29 June 2000)
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)                                        127,64          119,43        105,70   83,13        168,41 (**)  158,41 (**)  105,33 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/t)                                       —               6,74          1,73     6,50           —             —           —
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)                               19,82            —             —         —             —             —           —
   (*) A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Great Lakes.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: 18,64 EUR/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: 27,20 EUR/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: 0,00 EUR/t (HRW2)
                                                                                                           0,00 EUR/t (SRW2).