CELEX: 31996R2317
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-03 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2317/96 of 3 December 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 314/ 14        | EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                               4 . 12. 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2317/96
                                                         of 3 December 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 2287/96,
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 2287/96 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
                                                                                                Article 2
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2287/96 (4);
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 December
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, 3 December 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  311 ,  30. 11 . 1996, p. 13 .
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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 (')                                                                11,07                               1,07
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                              42,05                             32,05
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           42,05                             32,05
                         medium quality                                                                43,50                             33,50
                         low quality                                                                   61,27                             51,27
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           77,04                             67,04
      1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  77,04                             67,04
      1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             77,04                             67,04
      1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  91,96                             81,96
      1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     91,96                              81,96
       1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   77,04                              67,04
 (') 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 Adantic 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
                                          (period from 29 November to 2 December 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)                           118,81        125,90       116,41      83,24    170,63     100,04 0
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                         26,29         17,32          9,03     11,52      —           —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                   16,22          —            —          —         —           —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 10,91 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 20,90 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).