CELEX: 31996R1725
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-02 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1725/96 of 2 September 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

3 . 9 . 96             I EN"!             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 222/3
                                              COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1725/96
                                                            of 2 September 1996
                                             amending the import duties in the cereals sector
     THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
     Community,                                                           to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
                                                                          it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
     Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 in Regulation (EC) No 1636/96,
     of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
    market in cereals ('), 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                                         Article 1
    the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
    as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in           Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1698/96 are
    particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                  hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
    Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
    by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 698/96 (4);                                                 Article 2
    Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96                This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 September
    provides that if during the period of application, the               1996 .
                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                        States .
                        Done at Brussels, 2 September 1996.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
(')  OJ    No   L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2)  OJ    No   L 126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
O    OJ    No   L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4)  OJ    No   L 221 , 31 . 8. 1996, p. 4.
 ---pagebreak---    No L 222/4               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                                       3 . 9 . 96
                                                                         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
        C N code                                 Description                                       Mediterranean,                        ports (2)
                                                                                                 the Black Sea or                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                          Baltic Sea ports ( ECU/tonne)
       1001 10 00        Durum wheat (')                                                                 8,55                              0,00
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             3 1 »94                           21,94
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (■')                          31,94                             21,94
                         medium quality                                                                35,48                             25,48
                         low quality                                                                   48,04                             38,04
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           74,17                             64,17
      1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  74,17                             64,17
      1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             74,17                             64,17
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   69,48                             59,48
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (-1)                                                     69,48                             59,48
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    88,28                             78,28
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements 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 .
(') 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
                                                          (for 30 August 1996)
 1 . Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                      Exchange quotations          Minneapolis    Kansas City   Chicago    Chicago Minneapolis  Minneapolis
      Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)       HRS2 . 14%    HRW2. 11,5%     SRW2        YC3     HAD2       US barley 2
     Quotation (ECU/tonne)                          131,62          137,38      130,20     113,65  168,45 (')   1 02,85 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          —
                                                                     12,71        7,34      1 6,56    —             —
     Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                   13,46          —           —           —        —               -
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 9,15 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 17,73 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).