CELEX: 31996R1636
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1636/96 of 14 August 1996 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 205/6          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15 . 8 . 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1636/96
                                                        of 14 August 1996
                                        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
   1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for           Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
                                                                     function normally, the representative market rates
  the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
  as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in         recorded during a reference period should be used for
                                                                    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
  provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs             results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
  Tariff are to be charged on import of the products                Annex to this Regulation,
  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 15 August 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 14 August 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                              Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                         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.
 ---pagebreak---    15 . 8 . 96            I EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                                 No L 205/7
                                                                        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 (')                                                                4,69                              0,00
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             22,01                             12,01
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           22,01                             12,01
                         medium quality                                                               35,23                             25,23
                         low quality                                                                  48,79                             38,79
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                          66,99                             56,99
      1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                 66,99                             56,99
      1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                            66,99                             56,99
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  52,03                             42,03
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     52,03                             42,03
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   81,10                             71,10
(') 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 Adantic Coasts of the Iberian
        Peninsula .
(3) 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 31 . 7. 1996 to 13. 8. 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)                           133,80        136,84     129,70       109,50  172,36 (')   1 1 0,06 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          —
                                                                    13,53       7,12        38,18     —              —
     Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                   21,24          —          —            —        —              —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 9,14 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 17,70 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).