CELEX: 31995R2398
Language: en
Date: 1995-10-11
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2398/95 of 11 October 1995 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

12. 10 . 95          EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 244/75
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2398 /95
                                                        of 11 October 1995
                                         fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1 766 /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 improt 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 0,                                                      (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             recoided during a reference period should be used for
 in the cereals sector (3), as amended by Regulation (EC)            calculating the duties ;
 No 1817/95 (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                   resul:s 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 ;                         Artie e 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 12 October
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No            1995 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 11 October 1995.
                                                                               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.
(4) OJ  No L 175, 27. 7. 1995, p. 23.
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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 (3)
                                                                                               the Black Sea or                   ( ECU/tonne) (')
                                                                                       Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne) (')
     1001 10 00         Durum wheat (2)                                                               0,00                              0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                            10,57                              0,57
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (4)                          10,57                              0,57
                        medium quality                                                               29,06                             19,06
                        low quality                                                                  36,82                             26,82
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                          67,32                             57,32
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                 67,32                             57,32
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (4)                                                            67,32                             57,32
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 83,51                             73,51
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (4)                                                    83,51                             73,51
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  73,42                             63,42
(') Where import takes place in the month following the month of fixing, these import duty amounts are to be adjusted in accordance with the third
    subparagraph of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 27. 9. to 10. 10. 1995):
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 . 1 1 °/ 3  SRW2          YC3          HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            136,95         138,91        135,19        93,14       182,91 (')   97,96 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                                          13,66          9,61       11,07                   -I
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    17,76
                                                                I
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost : Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 13,1 1 per tonne ; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam : ECU 29,46 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1 502/9 j : ECU 0,00 per tonne).