CELEX: 31996R0289
Language: en
Date: 1996-02-14
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 289/96 of 14 February 1996 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

15. 2. 96           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 37/25
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 289/96
                                                        of 14 February 1996
                                       fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         1766/92 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import
                                                                    duties in the cereals sector ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                         Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               are fixed and enter into force ; whereas they also remain
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  in force in cases where no quotation is available for the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
 No 1863/95 (2),                                                    (EC) No 1502/95 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                    next periodical fixing ;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 1502/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for             Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             function normally, the representative market rates
 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import duties            recorded during a reference period should be used for
 in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation           calculating the duties ;
 (EC) No 2481 /95 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,   Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95
 Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs              Annex to this Regulation,
 Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
 referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas,             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 however, in the case of the products referred to in para­
 graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
                                                                                             Article 1
 the intervention price valid for such products on importa­
 tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price            The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
 applicable to the consignment in question ;                        Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)            those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
 No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the            the information given in Annex II.
 basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
 tion on the world market ;                                                                  Article 2
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 lays down detailed               This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No           1996 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 14 February 1996.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
h) OJ No L 256, 26. 10. 1995, p. 10.
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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                                                              3,84                            0,00
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            3,84                            0,00
                        medium quality                                                                18,49                             8,49
                        low quality                                                                   27,30                           17,30
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           18,67                             8,67
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  18,67                             8,67
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             18,67                             8,67
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  61,37                           51,37
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     61,37                           51,37
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   18,67                             8,67
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1502/95, the duty applicable is
    that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(2) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean (Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95), 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 .
P) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of ECU 8 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95
    are met .
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                                                               ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties (period from 31 . 1 . 1996 to 13. 2. 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. 11%       SRW2          YC3          HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                              147,07        152,93      148,49       112,29       205,50 (2)   171,03 (2)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            38,79         18,28       13,91        16,04          —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                       —             —           —            —             —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
    (2) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost : Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 13,10 per tonne ; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam : ECU 29,52 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 : ECU 0,00 per tonne).