CELEX: 31997R1081
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1081/97 of 13 June 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

14 . 6 . 97             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 157/3
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1081 /97
                                                             of 13 June 1997
                                            fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1766/92 for the 1996/97 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 Commission                 reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
   Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                       (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                        next periodical fixing;
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
   1249/96 of 28 June 1996 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
   as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as               recorded during a reference period should be used for
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in parti­              calculating the duties;
  cular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                        Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
  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)              those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
  No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the              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 1249/96 lays down detailed
  rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No             This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 1997.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 13 June 1997.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(')  OJ   No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
O    OJ   No  L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
P)   OJ   No  L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(<)  OJ   No  L 98 , 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
 ---pagebreak---   No L 157/4                EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                                       14. 6 . 97
                                                                        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 (')                                                                8,87                               0,00
      1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             41,18                             31,18
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           41,18                             31,18
                        medium quality                                                                 54,90                             44,90
                        low quality                                                                    72,42                             62,42
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                            77,73                             67,73
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                   77,73                             67,73
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              77,73                             67,73
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   91,68                             81,68
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (-1)                                                     91,68                             81,68
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    77,73                             67,73
(') 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 .
(') 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 11
                                                     Factors for calculating duties
                                              (period from 30 May 1997 to 12 June 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 12 % humidity)        HRS2 . 14%      HRW2. 11,5%        SRW2           YC3          HAD2      US barley 2
      Quotation (ECU/tonne)                           128,11           124,01         116,24         94,48      1 76,06 (')  107,20 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                        15,69            5,94         8,43          —
                                                                                                                                  -
                                                                 I
     Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                   15,64                            —             —             —           —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,08 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 21,75 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).