CELEX: 31997R0371
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 371/97 of 28 February 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 371 /97
                                                      of 28 February 1997
                                       fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        1766/92 for the 1996/97 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
                                                                   are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              force in cases where no quotation is available for the
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
                                                                   (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
 Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                    next periodical fixing;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                    Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
  1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for
                                                                   function normally, the representative market rates
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92            recorded during a reference period should be used for
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in        calculating the duties;
 particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,
 Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
                                                                   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,
 however, in the case of the products referred to in para­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
 the intervention price valid for such products on importa­                                 Article 1
 tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price
 applicable to the consignment in question;                        The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)           Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
 No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the           those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
 basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­       the information given in Annex II.
 tion on the world market;
                                                                                            Article 2
 Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 28 February 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.
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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 (')                                                              15,09                               5,09
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                            28,96                              18,96
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                          28,96                              18,96
                         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                                                  81,55                             71,55
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (3)                                                     81,55                             71,55
       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 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 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 (or calculating duties
                                        (period from 14 February 1997 to 28 February 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)                           126,17        134,40       116,62       97,75   175,45 (')  122,33 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                         35,42         17,13          9,49      11,25      —           —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                   —             —            —           —         —           —
    (') Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,73 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).