CELEX: 31999R1523
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1523/1999 of 12 July 1999 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

13. 7. 1999             EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 177/19
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1523/1999
                                                             of 12 July 1999
                                         amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (2)    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 EUR 5 per
Community,                                                                       tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment
                                                                                 is to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                       whereas it is therefore necessary to adjust the import
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                            duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1423/1999,
cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1253/1999 (2),
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of
28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of
                                                                                                      Article 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties
in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No          Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1423/1999 are hereby
2519/98 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,                     replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
(1)     Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed                                     Article 2
        by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/1999 (5), as
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1463/1999 (6);                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July 1999.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 12 July 1999.
                                                                                      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.
(5) OJ L 166,   1.7.1999, p. 33.
(6) OJ L 168,   3.7.1999, p. 11.
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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                     (EUR/tonne)
                                                                                               Baltic Sea ports (EUR/tonne)
     1001 10 00          Durum wheat high quality                                                          22,16                              12,16
                         medium quality (1)                                                                32,16                              22,16
     1001 90 91          Common wheat seed                                                                 35,76                              25,76
     1001 90 99          Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                               35,76                              25,76
                         medium quality                                                                    72,45                              62,45
                         low quality                                                                       90,79                              80,79
     1002 00 00          Rye                                                                               88,38                              78,38
     1003 00 10          Barley, seed                                                                      88,38                              78,38
     1003 00 90          Barley, other (3)                                                                 88,38                              78,38
     1005 10 90          Maize seed other than hybrid                                                    102,62                               92,62
     1005 90 00          Maize other than seed (3)                                                       102,62                               92,62
     1007 00 90          Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                       99,23                              89,23
(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 30 June to 9 July 1999)
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)                                        120,54          99,79         89,73     75,93       146,74 (**)  136,74 (**)   80,37 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/t)                                      —               8,25         – 0,03    12,64           —             —           —
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)                              12,61             —             —         —             —             —           —
   (*) A discount of EUR 10/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: EUR 14,41/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: EUR 26,06/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 : EUR 0,00/t (HRW2)
                                                                                                           : EUR 0,00/t (SRW2).