CELEX: 31983R1761
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1761/83 of 29 June 1983 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

30 . 6. 83                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 172/25
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1761/83
                                                    of 29 June 1983
                                       fixing countervailing charges on seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 which they are made are to be disregarded for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   purpose of calculating these prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                            No 1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   of price information relating to a stage other than free­
2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organi­               at-Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4
zation of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by          (2) of that Regulation, the countervailing charge must
Regulation (EEC) No 1581 /83 (2), and in particular            be amended where a significant variation in the free­
Article 6 (5) thereof,                                         at-frontier offer price is recorded ;
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71           Whereas, as a result of the application of the afore­
provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus     mentioned provisions to the information currently
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 1686/82 0, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
charge is equal to the difference between the reference        No 1455/83 (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 1983/84 market­           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
ing year for hybrid maize for sowing were fixed in             Committee for Seeds,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1758 /83 (3);
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
country of provenance are determined using all
available relevant information ; whereas such relevant                                 Article 1
information is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72 (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
                                                                                       Article 2
provenance shall be determined from the most favour­
able purchasing opportunities for the products in              Regulation (EEC) No 1686/82 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
particular because of the insignificant quantities for         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1983 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 June 1983 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 1 63, 22. 6. 1983, p. 23.
(3) See page 15 of this Official Journal.                       0 OJ No L 186, 30 . 6. 1982, p. 27 .
(4) OJ No L 175, 2. 8 . 1972, p. 49.                           f) OJ No L 149, 7. 6 . 1983, p. 11 .
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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 :                                                     I
                           A. Hybrid for sowing :                                      l
                                 I. Double hybrids        and top cross \l
                                     hybrids                                10,9       Hungary
                         \                                                  17,0       Austria
                                                                            20,5       Yugoslavia
                         I                                                  25,5       Romania
                                                                            25,5       Other countries (2)
                                II . Three cross hybrids                    13,1       Yugoslavia
                         l                                                  15,6       Austria
                         \                                                  23,5       Hungary
                         \                                                  31,5       Romania
                                                                            31,5       Other countries (3)
                               III. Single hybrids                          53,6       Spain
                                                                            80,8       Yugoslavia
                                                                            80,8       Other countries (■*)
           (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
           (2) With the exception of Spain, USA and Canada.
           (3) With the exception of Canada, Spain and USA.
           (4) With the exception of the USA, Canada, Austria, Hungary and Romania.