CELEX: 31996R0364
Language: en
Date: 1996-02-29
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 364/96 of 29 February 1996 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

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                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 364/96
                                                            of 29 February 1996
                                             fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
     THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1766/92 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import
                                                                          duties in the cereals sector;
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
     Community,                                                          Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
     Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
    of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                    force in cases where no quotation is available for the
    market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)            reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
    No 1863/95 (2),                                                      (EC) No 1502/95 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                         next periodical fixing;
    Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
    1502/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for               Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
    the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               function normally, the representative market rates
    for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import duties              recorded during a reference period should be used for
    in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation             calculating the duties;
   (EC) No 346/96 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,        Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95
   Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                     results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
   provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs                Annex to this Regulation,
   Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
   referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,
   however, in the case of the products referred to in para­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  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
                                                                        Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
  Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
  No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the
                                                                        those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
                                                                        the information given in Annex II.
  basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
  tion on the world market;
                                                                                                  Article 2
  Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 lays down detailed
  rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1996.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                       States .
                       Done at Brussels, 29 February 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.
(*)  OJ    No   L 49, 28 . 2. 1996, p. 5.
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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 (')                                                                0,00                             0,00
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                              8,67                             0,00
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            8,67                             0,00
                        medium quality                                                                 21,51                            11,51
                        low quality                                                                    34,42                            24,42
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           23,71                             13,71
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  23,71                             13,71
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             23,71                             13,71
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  60,95                            50,95
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     60,95                            50,95
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   23,71                            13,71
(') 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 Atlantic Coasts of the Iberian
        Peninsula .
(3) 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 15. 2. 1996 to 28. 2. 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)                             148,65        152,48       144,70      1 15,94     1 96,48 (2)   168,57 (2)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           34,96         18,30        13,17        15,39         —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                      —            —             —            —            —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
    (2) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,54 per tonne; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam: ECU 29,12 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95: ECU 0,00 per tonne).