CELEX: 31996R2096
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2096/96 of 31 October 1996 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 282/28          EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 11 . 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2096/96
                                                        of 31 October 1996
                                        fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
                                                                    are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              force in cases where no quotation is available for the
 Community,                                                         reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  next periodical fixing;
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
 Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                     Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
                                                                    function normally, the representative market rates
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                     recorded during a reference period should be used for
 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for             calculating the duties;
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in         Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
 particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
 Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  Annex to this Regulation,
 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs
Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
 referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 however, in the case of the products referred to in para­
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
 the intervention price valid for such products on importa­                                  Article 1
 tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price
 applicable to the consignment in question;                         The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)             Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
 No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the            those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­         the information given in Annex II.
 tion on the world market;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed                                        Article 2
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1766/92 for the 1996/97 marketing year as regards import           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
duties in the cereals sector;                                       1996 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 31 October 1996.
                                                                             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.
H Of No L 161 , 29 . 6. 1996, p. 125.
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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 (')                                                                15,88                                5,88
       1001 90 91       Common wheat seed                                                             45,00                                35,00
       1001 90 99       Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (-1)                          45,00                                35,00
                        medium quality                                                                44,59                                34,59
                        low quality                                                                    64,31                               54,31
       1002 00 00       Rye                                                                           77,40                                67,40
       1003 00 10       Barley, seed                                                                  77,40                                67,40
       1003 00 90       Barley, other (3)                                                             77,40                                67,40
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  85,15                                75,15
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (-1)                                                    85,15                                75,15
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   77,40                                67,40
(') 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 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 17 October to 30 October 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)                           118,63        123,91       114,73      86,76   161,66 (')   100,14 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                   18,28          7,74     14,87      —             —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    13,90                                 —         —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 9,67 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 18,91 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).