CELEX: 31998R0956
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 956/98 of 6 May 1998 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 133/14             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   7. 5. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 956/98
                                                      of 6 May 1998
                                   amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
                                                                  provides that if during the period of application, the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
Community,
                                                                  tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission              in Regulation (EC) No 929/98,
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as                                      Article 1
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 Regulation (EC) No 929/98 are
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,                                 hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed                                  Article 2
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 929/98 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 940/98 (6);                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 May 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 6 May 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 130, 1. 5. 1998, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 131, 5. 5. 1998, p. 7.
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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)                                                                7,16                               0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             54,23                             44,23
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           54,23                             44,23
                        medium quality                                                                74,59                             64,59
                        low quality                                                                   88,14                             78,14
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           99,04                             89,04
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  99,04                             89,04
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             99,04                             89,04
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  95,25                             85,25
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     95,25                             85,25
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   99,04                             89,04
(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 April 1998 to 5 May 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)                           120,90        106,69          99,53        88,93      177,76 (1)    85,86 (1)
   Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                                      12,72           6,33         9,81                      
   Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                   9,88                                                             
   (1) Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico  Rotterdam: ECU 11,60 per tonne; Great Lakes  Rotterdam: ECU 20,58 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).