CELEX: 31996R1271
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-01
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1271/96 of 1 July 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 163/40          I eNI                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 2. 7. 96
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1271/96
                                                            of 1 July 1996
                                       amending the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
                                                                      tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
 Community,
                                                                      it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 in Regulation (EC) No 1196/96,
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals (!), as last amended by 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
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                        Article 1
 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import duties
 in the cereals sector (3), and in particular Article 2 (1 )          Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1196/96 are
 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 1 196/96 (4);                                                Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 July 1996.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 1 July 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.
(3) OJ No  L  161 ,  29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ No  L  161 ,  29. 6. 1996, p. 5.
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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 (2)
                                                                                                the Black Sea or                       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                         Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)
      1001 10 00        Durum wheat (')                                                                 0,00                               0,00
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                               0,00                               0,00
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                             0,00                               0,00
                        medium quality                                                                  6,83                               0,00
                        low quality                                                                    42,41                              32,41
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                            37,68                              27,68
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                   37,68                              27,68
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              37,68                              27,68
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   27,02                              17,02
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      27,02                              17,02
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    51,79                              41,79
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1 249/96, 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 1 249/96), 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 Adantic Coasts of the Iberian
        Peninsula.
(3) 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 (on 4. 6. 1996):
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)                            168,93       161,40      139,85       161,67  186,50 (')  137,35 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —           16.37        2,34        10,02     —           —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    22,07         —           —            —        —           —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 10,14 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 19,72 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).