CELEX: 31995R2044
Language: en
Date: 1995-08-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2044/95 of 23 August 1995 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

24. 8 . 95             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 199/61
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2044/95
                                                        of 23 August 1995
                                      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 ;
Community,
                                                                    whereas it is therefore necessary to adjust the import
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1991 /95,
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1863/95 0,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1502/95 of 29 June 1995 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 amended by Regulation (EC)            Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No
No 1817/95 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,           1991 /95 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this
Wheres the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed             Regulation .
by Regulation (EC) No 1991 /95 (*), as amended by Regu­
lation (EC) No 2003/95 («) ;                                                                 Article 2
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regualtion (EC) No 1991 /95
provides that if during the period of application, the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 August 1995.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels, 23 August 1995.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (») OJ No L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
 P)  OJ No L  179,  29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
 (') OJ No L  147,  30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
 (<) OJ No L  175,  27. 7. 1995, p. 23.
 (J) OJ No L  194,  17. 8 . 1995, p. 1 .
 («) OJ No L  195,  18 . 8 . 1995, p. 17.
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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 (3)
                                                                                                the Black Sea or                  (ECU/tonne) (')
                                                                                        Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne) (')
      1001 10 00        Durum wheat (2)                                                                1 0,00                            0
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                              22,53                            12,53
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (4)                            22,53                            12,53
                        medium quality                                                                38,48                             28,48
                        low quality                                                                   55,95                             45,95
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           82,68                             72,68
      1 003 00 1 0      Barley, seed                                                                  82,68                             72,68
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (4)                                                             82,68                             72,68
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 111,97                           101,97
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (4)                                                    111,97                           101,97
      1007 90 00        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  113,17                           103,17
(') Where import takes place in the month following the month of fixing, these import duty amounts are to be adjusted in accordance with the third
    subparagraph of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95.
(2) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1502/95, the duty applicable is
    that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(3) 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 .
(4) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of ECU 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 16. 8 . to 22. 8. 1995):
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. 11%          SRW2          YC3          HAD2        US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                              124,91        130,07      120,15        86,44       175,74 (')    89,05 0)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                             —            13,23         6,43       14,14          —             —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                      24,29          —           —            —             —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost : Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,69 per tonne ; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam : ECU 24,00 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 : ECU 0,00 per tonne).