CELEX: 31997R1784
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1784/97 of 15 September 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 252/30             I EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               16. 9 . 97
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1784/97
                                                     of 15 September 1997
                                      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 1693/97,
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), 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                                       Article 1
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as              Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1693/97 are
amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in
                                                                    hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation .
particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed                                    Article 2
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 693/97 (^
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96               This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September
 provides that if during the period of application, the             1997 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 15 September 1997.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
  (') OJ L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
  (2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
  0   OJ L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
  (4) OJ L 98 , 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
  0   OJ L 239, 30. 8 . 1997, p. 11 .
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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 (')                                                                0,00                               0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             18,00                               8,00
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing f)                            18,00                               8,00
                        medium quality                                                                38,24                              28,24
                         low quality                                                                  47,02                              37,02
     1002 00 00          Rye                                                                          67,99                              57,99
     1003 00 10          Barley, seed                                                                 67,99                              57,99
     1003 00 90          Barley, other (*)                                                            67,99                              57,99
     1005 10 90          Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 86,64                              76,64
      1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                    86,64                              76,64
      1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  79,93                              69,93
(') 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 29 August 1997 to 12 September 1997)
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)                          138,10            129,92         127,69          96,57      215,32 (')   1 04,49 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                        13,04            6,50          9,92         —             —
                                                                                  \
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                   16,38              —                             —                          —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 13,54 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 22,26 per tonne.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1 249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
                                                                                                    : ECU 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).