CELEX: 31997R0667
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 667/97 of 16 April 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 100 /54         rENl               Official Journal of the European Communities                                17 . 4 . 97
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 667197
                                                         of 16 April 1997
                                       amending the import duties in the cereals sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
                                                                    tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             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 651 /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), and in         Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 651 /97 are
 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 651 /97 (4);                                               Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 16 April 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.
(4  OJ No  L  99, 16. 4. 1997, p. 11 .
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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 (')                                                               2,27                               0,00
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                            21,08                              11,08
       1001 90 99       Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           21,08                              11,08
                        medium quality                                                                21,72                              11,72
                        low quality                                                                  48,55                               38,55
       1002 00 00       Rye                                                                           76,38                              66,38
       1003 00 10       Barley, seed                                                                 76,38                               66,38
       1003 00 90       Barley, other (3)                                                             76,38                              66,38
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 80,06                               70,06
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (3)                                                    80,06                               70,06
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  76,38                               66,38
(') 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 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 April 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 . 1 4 %   HRW2. 11,5%    SRW2         YC3    HAD 2      US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                           144,26          152,52     134,77      103,26 177,34 (')    103,23 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          —
                                                                     18,15        9,08       8,93    —             —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                   14,26            —          —           —       —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,57 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 25,37 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).