CELEX: 31995R1913
Language: en
Date: 1995-08-02 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1913/95 of 2 August 1995 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 184/ 10       I EN I                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                3 . 8 . 95
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1913/95
                                                        of 2 August 1995
                                        fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1766/92 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import
                                                                    duties in the cereals sector ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                          Whereas the improt duties are applicable until new duties
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                are fixed and enter into force ; whereas they also remain
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                   in force in cases where no quotation is available for the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
No 1863/95 (2),                                                     (EC) No 1502/95 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                    next periodical fixing ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1502/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for              Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              function normally, the representative market rates
for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import duties             recorded during a reference period should be used for
in the cereals sector (3), as amended by Regulation (EC)            calculating the duties ;
No 1817/95 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,           Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                    results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs               Annex to this Regulation,
Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas,
however, in the case of the products referred to in para­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
the intervention price valid for such products on importa­                                   Article 1
tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price
applicable to the consignment in question ;                          The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
                                                                     Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)              those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the              the information given in Annex II.
basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
tion on the world market ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 lays down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No             This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 August 1995.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 2 August 1 995.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                             Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 (>) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
 (2) OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
 (■') OJ No L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
 h) OJ No L 175, 27. 7. 1995, p. 23.
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                                                                       ANNEX I
                      Import duties for the products listed in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                                                  Import duty
                                                                                           by land inland waterway               Import duty by
                                                                                                  or sea from                    sea from other
       CN code                                   Description                                     Mediterranean ,                     ports (')
                                                                                               the Black Sea or                  (ECU/tonne) (')
                                                                                       Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne) (')
     1001 10 00        Durum wheat (2)                                                                10,00                             0
     1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                              13,96                             3,96
     1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (4)                            13,96                             3,96
                        medium quality                                                                36,99                            26,99
                        low quality                                                                   50,23                            40,23
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           84,66                            74,66
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  84,66                            74,66
     1 003 00 90        Barley, other (4)                                                             84,66                            74,66
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 118,08                           108,08
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (4)                                                    118,08                           108,08
     1007 90 00         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  115,15                           105,15
(') Where import takes place in the month following the month of fixing, these import duty amounts are to be adjusted in accordance with the third
    subparagraph of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95.
(2) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1502/95, the duty applicable is
    that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(') For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean (Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95), 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 Adantic Coasts of the Iberian
        Peninsula .
(4) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of ECU 8 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95
    are met.
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                                                              ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties (period from 19. 7. to 2. 8 . 1995):
1 . Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing :
                     Exchange quotations            Minneapolis    Kansas-City   Chicago      Chicago   Mid-America   Mid-America
    Product (% proteins at 12% humidity)           HRS2. 14% HRW2. 1 1 %         SRW2          YC3          HAD2      US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                             132,70         130,87      126,32        84,61       175,31 (')   88,14 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —             14,84         7,69       10,50          —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                     26,13           —           —            —             —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost : Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,04 per tonne ; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam : ECU 21,94 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 : ECU 1,54 per tonne).