CELEX: 31998R0082
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-13
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 82/98 of 13 January 1998 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 82/98
                                                   of 13 January 1998
                                   amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
                                                                 tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
Community,
                                                                 it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             in Regulation (EC) No 2638/97,
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals (1), 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
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                    Article 1
as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2092/97 (4), and in                Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,                                2638/97 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 2638/97 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2/98 (6);                                                   Article 2
Whereas Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96              This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January
provides that if during the period of application, the           1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 13 January 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 292, 25. 10. 1997, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 23.
(6) OJ L 1, 3. 1. 1998, p. 3.
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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 air or
                                                                                                   or sea from                   by 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 (1)                                                                 0,00                              0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             42,97                              32,97
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           42,97                              32,97
                        medium quality                                                                57,40                              47,40
                        low quality                                                                   65,55                              55,55
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           70,48                              60,48
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  70,48                              60,48
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             70,48                              60,48
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  84,56                              74,56
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     84,56                              74,56
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   70,48                              60,48
(1) 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.
(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 30 December 1997 to 12 January 1998)
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)                             121,82           114,31          111,53        95,00      210,92 (1)    115,38 (1)
   Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           21,23             14,16           8,80         6,32          —            —
   Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                     —                 —              —             —            —            —
   (1) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 13,53 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 24,08 per tonne.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
                                                                                                   : ECU 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).