CELEX: 31997R0803
Language: en
Date: 1995-05-02 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 803/97 of 2 May 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

3 . 5. 97           I EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 115/7
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 803/97
                                                          of 2 May 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 788/97,
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
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                       Article 1
as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in                   Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 788 /97 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
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 788/97 f);                                                  Article 2
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
provides that if during the period of application, the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 May 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 2 May 1997.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ  No L  126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ  No L  161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(<) OJ  No L 98 , 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
M OJ No L 114, 1 . 5. 1997, p. 13.
 ---pagebreak---     No L 115/8            ( ENl                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      3 . 5. 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 (')                                                                 4,90                              0,00
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             24,01                              14,01
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           24,01                              14,01
                         medium quality                                                                29,45                              19,45
                         low quality                                                                   46,82                             36,82
       1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           78,87                             68,87
       1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  78,87                             68,87
       1003 00 90        Barley, other (-1)                                                            78,87                             68,87
       1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  83,10                             73,10
       1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     83,10                             73,10
       1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   78,87                             68,87
 (') 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 Adantic 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 II
                                                    Factors (or calculating duties
                                             (period from 30 April 1997 to 1 May 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)                            144,39        147,96       137,03     102,39  177,08 (')   103,11 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                    17,16        10,32       8,69     —            —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                   13,58          —            —          —        —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,12 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 24,70 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).