CELEX: 31997R1789
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1789/97 of 16 September 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 254/ 14             lENl              Official Journal of the European Communities                                17 . 9 . 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1789/97
                                                    of 16 September 1997
                                     amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
                                                                   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 1693/97,
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), as
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in                 Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No
 particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                               1693/97 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this
                                                                   Regulation .
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 693/97 (*), as
                                                                                            Article 2
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1784/97 (6);
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96              This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September
 provides that if during the period of application, the            1997 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 16 September 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ  L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
0   OJ  L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ  L 98, 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
0   OJ  L 239, 30. 8 . 1997, p. 11 .
M OJ L 252, 16. 9. 1997, p. 30.
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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 air or
                                                                                                   or sea from                   by 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                                                              26,23                             16,23
       1001 90 99       Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            26,23                             16,23
                        medium quality                                                                47,72                              37,72
                        low quality                                                                    54,62                             44,62
       1002 00 00       Rye                                                                            67,99                             57,99
       1003 00 10       Barley, seed                                                                   67,99                             57,99
       1003 00 90       Barley, other f)                                                              67,99                              57,99
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   86,64                             76,64
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed f)                                                      86,64                              76,64
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   79,93                              69,93
(') 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
                                                         (for 15 September 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 1 2 % humidity)        HRS2 . 14%     HRW2. 11,5%          SRW2          YC3          HAD 2      US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            1 30,70           1 23,47        121,33         96,57     215,32 (')    104,49 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                         10,36           5,59         9,92         —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                     16,11              —             —             —            —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 13,20 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 21,70 per tonne.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
                                                                                                   : ECU 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).