CELEX: 31994R1495
Language: en
Date: 1994-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1495/94 of 28 June 1994 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

No L 161 /22                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 6. 94
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1495/94
                                                            of 28 June 1994
                                               fixing countervailing charges on seeds
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            insignificant quantities for which they are made are to be
                                                                        disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                             Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case of price
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                   information relating to a stage other than free-at­
 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the                   Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of
 market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                that Regulation, the countervailing charge must be
 No 3375/93 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,               amended where a significant variation in the free-at­
 Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                   frontier offer price is recorded ;
 provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus             Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforemen­
 customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize and hybrid                  tioned provisions to the information currently available to
 sorgum for sowing and coming from a non-member                         the Commission, the countervailing charge in respect of
 country, is lower than the corresponding reference price, a            certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at the amounts
 countervailing charge on hybrid maize and hybrid                       indicated in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from
 that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding            Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
 under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal                No 1706/93 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 to the difference between the reference price and the                  666/94 Q, which fixed the countervailing charges for the
 free-at-frontier price plus customs duties ;                           preceding period, should be repealed ;
 Whereas the reference prices for the 1994/1995 market­                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 ing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 were fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No                            Committee for Seeds,
 1476/94 (3) ;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each
 country of provenance are determined using all
 available relevant information ; whereas such relevant                                           Article 1
 information is defined in Article 1 (1), (2) and (3) of
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4), amended                  The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in
                                                                        the Annex hereto.
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2811 /86 (*) ; whereas Article 3 of
 the same Regulation provides that the free-at-frontier
                                                                                                  Article 2
 offer prices for each country of provenance shall be
 determined from the most favourable purchasing                         Regulation (EEC) No 1706/93 is hereby repealed.
 opportunities for the products in question calculated in
 accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ;                                            Article 3
 whereas information on offers which have no economic
 effect on the market in particular because of the                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 June 1994.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L  246,  5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  303,  10. 12. 1993, p. 9.
O   OJ  No  L  159,  28. 6. 1994, p. 34.
(4) OJ  No  L  175,  2. 8. 1972, p. 49.                                (*) OJ No L 159, 1 . 7. 1993, p. 72.
Is) OJ No L 260, 12. 9. 1986, p. 8.                                    O OJ No L 83, 26. 3. 1994, p. 6.
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                                           ANNEX
               Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                          Amount of
                   CN code               countervailing            Country of
                                           charge (')               origin (2)
                  1005 10 11                 13,8                     404
                                             15.1                     064
                                            20,4                      066
                                            34,9                      068
                                            34,9                         1
                  1005 10 13                  3,2                     091
                                              3,2                     090
                                              3,2                     093
                                              5,5                     388
                                             14.3                     063
                                            21,7                      061
                                            35.2                      066
                                            38                        068
                                            70,1                      404
                                            70,1                         2
                  1005 10 15                  7,2                     061
                                             14,9                     092
                                             19.4                     038
                                            22.6                      093
                                            29,4                      090
                                            29,4                      091
                                            45.7                      052
                                            47                        512
                                            51                        064
                                            77                        063
                                            80.4                      066
                                            90.5                      388
                                           140,7                      524
                                           140,7                         3
          (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
          (2) Origin identification :
                 1 Other countries with the exception of Austria, Argentina, Bosnia­
                   Herzegovina, Croatia, Chile, Slovenia, the territory of former
                   Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United States
                2 Other countries with the exception of Japan, Austria, Argentina,
                   Hungary, Turkey, Chile, the United States and Croatia
                3 Other countries with the exception of Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada
                   and the United States
              038 Austria
              052  Turkey
              061  Czech Republic
              063  Slovak Republic
              064  Hungary
              066 Romania
              068 Bulgaria
              090 The territory of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
              091 Slovenia
              092 Croatia
              093 Bosnia-Herzegovina
              388  South Africa
              400  the United States
              404  Canada
              512  Chile
              524 Uruguay