CELEX: 31997R0436
Language: en
Date: 1997-03-06 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 436/97 of 6 March 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 67/4              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 7 . 3 . 97
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 436/97
                                                            of 6 March 1997
                                          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 371 /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 amended Regulation (EC) No 371 /97
   particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                       are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regula­
  Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed            tion .
  by Commission Regulation (EC) No 371 /97 (4), as
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 419/97 (■s);
                                                                                                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 7 March 1997.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 6 March 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.
(■')  OJ No  L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4)   OJ No  L 60 , 1 . 3 . 1997, p. 18 .
 5    OJ No  L 64, 5 . 3 . 1997, 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
         C N code                                Description
                                                                                                   Mediterranean ,                       ports (2)
                                                                                                 the Black Sea or                     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                          Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)
        1001 10 00       Durum wheat (')                                                                15,09                              5,09
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             23,33                              13,33
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           23,33                              13,33
                         medium quality                                                                39,01                             29,01
                         low quality                                                                   64,43                             54,43
       1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           68,22                             58,22
       1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  68,22                             58,22
       1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             68,22                             58,22
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   75,94                             65,94
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (3)                                                      75,94                             65,94
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    68,22                             58,22
(') 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
                                          (period from 28 February 1997 to 5 March 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)                          131,37        134,40       116,62      102,27 1 75,45 (')   122,33 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                        35,73         17,13          9,49      12,28     —            —
     Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                  —                          —          —         —            —
     (') Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,85 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 23,94 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).