CELEX: 31997R0064
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 64/97 of 16 January 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

17. 1 . 97          I EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 14/41
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 64/97
                                                        of 16 January 1997
                                      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 57/97,
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 57/97 are hereby
particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                 replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation .
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 57/97 (4);                                                  Article 2
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96               This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 January
provides that if during the period of application, the              1997 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 16 January 1997.
                                                                              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 13, 16. 1 . 1997, p. 21 .
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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 (')                                                               15,90                               5,90
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                            32,89                               22,89
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                          32,89                               22,89
                        medium quality                                                               39,73                               29,73
                        low quality                                                                  60,27                               50,27
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                          73,27                               63,27
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                 73,27                               63,27
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                            73,27                               63,27
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 85,85                               75,85
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed f)                                                     85,85                               75,85
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  73,27                               63,27
(') 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 Adantic 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 15 January 1997)
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)                           118,89          125,88     114,97       88,23  171,27 (')   113,91 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                         35,19           21,36      11,94       12,89     —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    —               —          —           —        —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,89 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 22,72 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).