CELEX: 31999R0185
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 185/1999 of 27 January 1999 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 21/4               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               28. 1. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 185/1999
                                                    of 27 January 1999
                                   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
                                                                  to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 in Regulation (EC) No 98/1999,
market in cereals (1), 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 the                                      Article 1
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as             Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 98/1999 are
regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last          hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2519/98 (4), and in
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed         This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 98/1999 (5);                     1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 January 1999.
                                                                             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 315, 25. 11. 1998, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 11, 16. 1. 1999, p. 7.
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                                                                         ANNEX I
                      Import duties for the products covered by 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                     (EUR/tonne)
                                                                                           Baltic Sea ports (EUR/tonne)
     1001 10 00         Durum wheat high quality                                                       55,48                               45,48
                        medium quality (1)                                                             65,48                               55,48
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                              48,16                               38,16
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            48,16                               38,16
                        medium quality                                                                 77,88                               67,88
                        low quality                                                                    97,61                               87,61
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           103,48                               93,48
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  103,48                               93,48
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             103,48                               93,48
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  103,41                               93,41
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     103,41                               93,41
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   103,48                               93,48
(1) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements for durum wheat of medium quality, 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:
    — EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
    — EUR 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 EUR 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 15 January 1999 to 26 January 1999)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                   Exchange quotations                 Minneapolis     Kansas-City   Chicago    Chicago   Minneapolis   Minneapolis Minneapolis
   Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)              HRS2. 14 % HRW2. 11,5 %        SRW2        YC3       HAD2          Medium     US barley 2
                                                                                                                        quality (*)
   Quotation (EUR/tonne)                                 113,58          99,91        88,65      73,38      133,00 (**)   123,00      84,90 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/tonne)                               26,75          10,69         2,22      11,69        —             —           —
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/tonne)                         —              —            —          —           —             —           —
   (*) A discount of EUR 10 per tonne (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: EUR 11,00 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: EUR 21,18 per tonne.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: EUR 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
                                                                                                        EUR 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).