CELEX: 31996R1550
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-01 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1550/96 of 1 August 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 192/8          Pen I                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 2. 8 . 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1550/96
                                                        of 1 August 1996
                                      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 1540 /96,
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
particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                 Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1540/96 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 1 540/96 (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 2 August 1996.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels, 1 August 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Christos PAPOUTSIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
 (2) OJ No L  126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
 0   OJ No L  161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
 (<) OJ No L  191 , 1 . 8 . 1996, p. 26 .
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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 (')                                                               0,14                                0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                            28,37                               18,37
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                          28,37                               18,37
                        medium quality                                                               38,01                              28,01
                        low quality                                                                  53,91                              43,91
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                          64,33                               54,33
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                 64,33                               54,33
     1003 00 90          Barley, other (3)                                                           64,33                               54,33
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 57,45                               47,45
      1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                   57,45                               47,45
      1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                 78,44                               68,44
(') 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 1 249/96), 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 .
(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 31 . 7. 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 1 2 % humidity)        HRS2. 14%     HRW2. 11,5%   SRW2          YC3     HAD2      US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            131,18         134,59    124,94       111,05  176,87 (')   112,83 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                     13,06      6,81        31,20     —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    17,60           —         —            —        —            —
    (') Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 9,16 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 17,73 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).