CELEX: 31987R1854
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1854/87 of 30 June 1987 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

No L 174/46                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 7. 87
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1854/87
                                                        of 30 June 1987
                                           fixing countervailing charges on seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         insignificant quantities for which they are made are to be
                                                                    disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case of price
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  information relating to a stage other than free-at-
Portugal,                                                           Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                that Regulation, the countervailing charge must be
of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the                amended where a significant variation in the free-at-
market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            frontier offer price is recorded ;
No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,           Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforemen­
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                tioned provisions to the information currently available to
provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus          the Commission, the countervailing charge in respect of
customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize and hybrid               certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at the amounts
sorgum for sowing and coming from a non-member                      indicated in the Annex to this Regulation ;
country, is lower than the corresponding reference price, a        Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
countervailing charge on hybrid maize and hybrid                    No 2025/86 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from               1519/87 (6), which fixed the countervailing charges for the
that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding         preceding period, should be repealed ;
under GAIT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal
to the difference between the reference price and the free-        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
at-frontier price plus customs duties ;                             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Seeds,
Whereas the reference prices for the 1987/88 marketing
year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing were
fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1808/87 (3) ;               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each
                                                                                              Article 1
country of provenance are determined using all
available relevant information ; whereas such relevant             The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in
information is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of           the Annex hereto.
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72 (4); whereas
Article 3 of the same Regulation provides that the free-                                      Article 2
at-frontier offer prices for each country of provenance
shall be determined from the most favourable purchasing             Regulation (EEC) No 2025/86 is hereby repealed.
opportunities for the products in question calculated in
accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ;                                          Article 3
whereas information on offers which have no economic
effect on the market in particular because of the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1987.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No  L  246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L  118, 7. 5. 1986, p. 1,
0   OJ No  L  170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 21 .                             0 OJ No L 173, 1 . 7. 1986, p. 38.
0   OJ No  L  175, 2. 8. 1972, p. 49.                               («) OJ No L 142, 2. 6. 1987, p. 20.
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                                                               ANNEX I
                                       Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                                                                (ECU/100 kg)
                   CCT                                                             Amount of
                  heading                         Description                    countervailing        Country of origin
                  number                                                            charge (')
             ex 10.05           Maize :                                       I
          \                     A. Hybrid for sowing :
                                       I. Double hybrids and top cross                10,2          Austria
          \                               hybrids                                     35,7           Romania
                              ll                                                      35,7           Other countries (2)
                                      II. Three cross hybrids                         26,3          Yugoslavia
                              l                                                       26,3           Other countries (3)
                                     III. Single hybnJs                               88,7           Austria
                              II                                                      18,6           Romania
                              II                                                      98,2           Hungary
          l                   II                                                      76,1           Yugoslavia
                              I                                                       93,8           Canada
          I                   II                                                      98,2           Other countries (4)
             (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value. In the case of Spain and Portugal it may
                 not exceed the rate obtained by alignment on the CCT in accordance with the timetable specified in the Act of
                 Accession .
             (2) With the exception of Canada, Hungary, USA and Yugoslavia.
             (3) With the exception of Canada, USA, Chile, Japan, Austria, Romania, Argentina and Hungary.
             (4) With the exception of Bulgaria and USA.
                                                               ANNEX II
                                     Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum (or sowing
                                                                                                                (ECU/100 kg)
                    CCT                                                            Amoynt of
                  heading                         Description                     countervailing       Country of origin
                  number                                                             charge
             10.07 C I          Hybrid sorghum for sowing                             46,2           USA
           I                                                                          46,2           Other countries