CELEX: 31996R0733
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 733/96 of 23 April 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

24. 4. 96           EN                 Official Journal or the European Communities                           LNO L   1U1 / 1J
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 733/96
                                                         of 23 April 1996
                                       amending the import duties in the cereals sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       average import duty calculated diners by ECU 5 per
                                                                    tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              o be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
  Community,
                                                                     t is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              in Regulation (EC) No 642/96,
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  No 1863/95 (2),
                                                                    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 last amended by Regulation           Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No 642/96
 (EC) No 346/96 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,      ire hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regula­
                                                                    tion .
 Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/96 0, as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 679/96 (6);                                                   Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 642/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the             rhis Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 23 April 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
\2) OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
(4) OJ No L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 5.
Is) OJ No L 90, 11 . 4. 1996, p. 30.
(6 OJ No L 94, 16. 4. 1996, p. 12.
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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 (')                                                                 8,51                            0,00
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                               0,00                            0,00
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                             0,00                            0,00
                        medium quality                                                                  0,00                            0,00
                        low quality                                                                     2,08                            0,00
      100200 00         Rye                                                                            43,68                          33,68
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                   43,68                          33,68
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              43,68                          33,68
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   46,14                          36,14
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      46,14                          36,14
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   43,68                           33,68
(') 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.
(2) 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.
(') 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
    1502/95 are met.
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                                                             ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties (period from 10. 4. 1996 to 22. 4. 1996):
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. 1 1 %       SRW2         YC3          HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            159,05        177,06         169,91      138,04      1 87,58 (2)   152,41 (2)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          43,47         23,82          23,59       11,80          —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                     —             —              —           —             —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
    (2) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 1 1,24 per tonne; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam: ECU 24,08 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95: ECU 0,00 per tonne).