CELEX: 31999R2202
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2202/1999 of 15 October 1999 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

L 268/14               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   16. 10. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2202/1999
                                                          of 15 October 1999
                                           fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (3)    Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down
                                                                                detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the
Community,                                                                      cereals sector;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30               (4)    Whereas the import duties are applicable until new
June 1992 on the common organization of the market in                           duties are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/                        remain in force in cases where no quotation is available
1999 (2),                                                                       for the reference exchange referred to in Annex II to
                                                                                Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks
                                                                                preceding the next periodical fixing;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of
28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of           (5)    Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties                    function normally, the representative market rates
in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                recorded during a reference period should be used for
2519/98 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,                           calculating the duties;
(1)     Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                (6)    Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
        provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs                   results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
        Tariff are to be charged on import of the products                      Annex to this Regulation,
        referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,
        however, in the case of the products referred to in
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be
        equal to the intervention price valid for such products
        on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif                                          Article 1
        import price applicable to the consignment in question;          The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10
        however, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in            (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in
        the Common Customs Tariff;                                       Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information
                                                                         given in Annex II.
(2)     Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
        No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the                                      Article 2
        basis of the representative prices for the product in
        question on the world market;                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 15 October 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L  315, 25.11.1998, p. 7.
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                                                                                ANNEX I
                             Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                                                                 Import duty
                                                                                                          by land inland waterway               Import duty by air or
                                                                                                                 or sea from                      by sea from other
        CN code                                       Description
                                                                                                                Mediterranean,                         ports (2)
                                                                                                               the Black Sea or                      (EUR/tonne)
                                                                                                        Baltic Sea ports (EUR/tonne)
     1001 10 00          Durum wheat high quality                                                                   29,50                              19,50
                         medium quality (1)                                                                         39,50                              29,50
     1001 90 91          Common wheat seed                                                                          46,13                              36,13
     1001 90 99          Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                                        46,13                              36,13
                         medium quality                                                                             77,37                              67,37
                         low quality                                                                                87,68                              77,68
     1002 00 00          Rye                                                                                        80,84                              70,84
     1003 00 10          Barley, seed                                                                               80,84                              70,84
     1003 00 90          Barley, other (3)                                                                          80,84                              70,84
     1005 10 90          Maize seed other than hybrid                                                             101,19                               91,19
     1005 90 00          Maize other than seed (3)                                                                101,19                               91,19
     1007 00 90          Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                                80,84                              70,84
(1) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements for durum wheat of medium quality, 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:
    — EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
    — EUR 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 EUR 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 1 October to 14 October 1999)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                    Exchange quotations                   Minneapolis    Kansas-City      Chicago   Chicago     Minneapolis    Minneapolis  Minneapolis
   Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)                 HRS2. 14 %    HRW2. 11,5 %       SRW2        YC3         HAD2          Medium      US barley 2
                                                                                                                               quality (*)
   Quotation (EUR/t)                                        111,67          96,20         89,21     74,29       138,86 (**)   128,86 (**)    87,52 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/t)                                       —              6,93          3,61       5,02          —              —            —
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)                               10,56           —              —          —            —              —            —
   (*) A discount of EUR 10/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: 14,24 EUR/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: 26,38 EUR/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: EUR 0,00/t (HRW2)
                                                                                                            EUR 0,00/t (SRW2).