CELEX: 31996R0597
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-02 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 597/96 of 2 April 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

3 . 4. 96            I EN I             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 84/39
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 597/96
                                                           of 2 April 1996
                                       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 548/96,
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  No 1 863/95 (2),
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
  1502/95 of 29 June 1 995 laying down detailed rules for
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                       Article 1
 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import duties
 in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation            Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 548/96 are
 (EC) No 346/96 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,      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 548/96 Q;                                                   Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 548/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 1996.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 2 April 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 .
0    OJ  No L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
(4)  OJ  No L 49, 28 . 2. 1996, p. 5.
0    OJ  No L 80, 30. 3. 1996, p. 4.
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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 (')                                                                7,77                            0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             10,65                            0,65
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           10,65                            0,65
                        medium quality                                                                23,27                           13,27
                        low quality                                                                   29,13                           19,13
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           43,97                           33,97
     1003 00 10          Barley, seed                                                                 43,97                           33,97
     1003 00 90          Barley, other (3)                                                            43,97                           33,97
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  61,14                           51,14
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     61,14                           51,14
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   43,97                           33,97
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1 502/95, 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 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
    1502/95 are met
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                                                             ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties (period from 27. 3. 1996 to 1 . 4. 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. 1 1 %    SRW2          YC3          HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            142,02         149,35       144,20      120,04      1 88,33 (2)   152,13 (2)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          43,43          23,47        22,75       14,93          —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                     —              —            —           —             —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
    (2) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 10,74 per tonne; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam: ECU 24,03 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95: ECU 0,00 per tonne).