CELEX: 31993R1706
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1706/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

No L 159/72                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 7. 93
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1706/93
                                                       of 30 June 1993
                                           fixing countervailing charges on seeds
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      insignificant quantities for which they are made are to be
                                                                  disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                              Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case of price
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71             information relating to a stage other than free-at­
 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the             Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of
 market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         that Regulation, the countervailing charge must be
 No 3695/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,         amended where a significant variation in the free-at­
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71              frontier offer price is recorded ;
provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus        Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforemen­
customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize and hybrid             tioned provisions to the information currently available to
sorgum for sowing and coming from a non-member                    the Commission, the countervailing charge in respect of
country, is lower than the corresponding reference price, a       certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at the amounts
countervailing charge on hybrid maize and hybrid                  indicated in the Annex to this Regulation ;               ,
sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from
that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding       Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal           No 1688/92 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
to the difference between the reference price and the             615/93 Q, which fixed the countervailing charges for the
free-at-frontier price plus customs duties ;                      preceding period, should be repealed ;
Whereas the reference prices for the 1993/ 1994 market­           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
ing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      Committee for Seeds,
 1720/93 (3) ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each
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
                                                                  The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4), amended              the Annexes hereto.
by Regulation (EEC) No 281 1 /86 (*) ; whereas Article 3 of
the same Regulation provides that the free-at-frontier                                      Article 2
offer prices for each country of provenance shall be
determined from the most favourable purchasing                    Regulation (EEC) No 1688/92 is hereby repealed.
opportunities for the products in question calculated in
accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ;                                        Article 3
whereas information on offers which have no economic
effect on the market in particular because of the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 30 June 1993 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 374, 22. 12. 1992, p. 40 .
(3) See page 107 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ No L 175, 2. 8 . 1972, p. 49.                              (6) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1992, p. 30.
 4 OJ No L 260, 12. 9. 1986, p. 8.                                Ç) OJ No L 66, 18 . 3 . 1993, p. 17.
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                                          ANNEX I
              Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                          Amount of                r    t     f
                  CN code                countervailing             oririnW
                                           charge (')               0 8 1>
                 1005 10 11                  13,8                     404
                                             20.4                     066
                                             33.5                     400
                                             34,9                     068
                                             34,9                         1
                 1005 10 13                   0,8                     064
                                              3                       092
                                              3,2                     091
                                              3,2                     090
                                              3,2                     093
                                             21,7                     062
                                             22,7                     066
                                             27,1                     388
                                             38                       068
                                             38                           2
                 1005 10 15                    0,4                    038
                                               7,2                    062
                                             22.6                     093
                                             29,4                     090
                                             29.4                     091
                                             50.5                     064
                                             61,1                     512
                                             80,9                     066
                                             95,9                     388
                                            140,7                     524
                                            140,7                         3
          (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 /« of the customs value.
          (2) Origin identification :
                1 Other countries with the exception of Austria, Argentina, Bosnia­
                   Herzegovina, Croatia, Chile, Hungary, Slovenia and the territory of
                  former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
                2 Other countries with the exception of Japan, Austria, Argentina,
                  Turkey, Chile, the United States and Canada
                3 Other countries with the exception of Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada,
                   Croatia, the United States and Turkey
              038 Austria
              052 Turkey
              062 The territory of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
              064 Hungary
              066 Romania
              068 Bulgaria
              090 The territory of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
              091 Slovenia
              092 Croatia
              093 Bosnia-Herzegovina
              388  South Africa
              400  the United States
              404  Canada
              512  Chile
              524 Uruguay
              528 Argentina
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                                        ANNEX II
               Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum for sowing
                                                           (ECU/100 kg)
                                         Amount of
                                                       Country of
                    CN code             countervailing  origin (')
                                             charge
                   1007 00 10                 19,0        400
            (') Origin identification :
                400 United States of America