CELEX: 31997R0419
Language: en
Date: 1997-03-04
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 419/97 of 4 March 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

5. 3 . 97            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 64/5
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 419/97
                                                         of 4 March 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
   Community,
                                                                    to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
                                                                    it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             in Regulation (EC) No 371 /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
  particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                              Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 371 /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 371 /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 5 March 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 4 March 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 60, 1 . 3 . 1997, p. 18 .
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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 (')                                                                15,09                              5,09
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             28,96                              18,96
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           28,96                              18,96
                         medium quality                                                                39,01                             29,01
                         low quality                                                                   64,43                             54,43
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           68,22                             58,22
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                   68,22                             58,22
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              68,22                             58,22
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   75,94                             65,94
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      75,94                             65,94
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    68,22                             58,22
(') 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
                                         (period from 28 February 1997 to 3 March 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 . 14%    HRW2. 11,5%     SRW2          YC3    HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation ( ECU/tonne)                         126,17         134,40      1 1 6,62     102,27 175,45 (')    122,33 (>)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                        35,42          17,13          9,49      12,28    —             —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                  —              —            —           —       —             —
    (') Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,78 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 23,94 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).