CELEX: 32000R1225
Language: en
Date: 2000-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1225/2000 of 9 June 2000 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

10.6.2000              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 139/21
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1225/2000
                                                             of 9 June 2000
                                         amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (2)    Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides
                                                                                that if during the period of application, the average
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from
Community,                                                                      the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore neces-
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           sary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC)
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/                        No 1168/2000,
1999 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties
in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                                     Article 1
2519/98 (4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,                     Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1168/2000 are hereby
Whereas:                                                                 replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
(1)     The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by                                         Article 2
        Commission Regulation (EC) No 1168/2000 (5), as last
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1196/2000 (6).                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 9 June 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181,  1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160,  26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 161,  29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 315,  25.11.1998, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 131,  1.6.2000, p. 14.
(6) OJ L 134,  7.6.2000, p. 31.
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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
                                                                                                                                         Import duty by air or by sea from
                                                                                                      waterway or sea from Mediterra-
        CN code                                       Description                                                                                 other ports (2)
                                                                                                       nean, the Black Sea or Baltic Sea
                                                                                                                                                   (EUR/tonne)
                                                                                                              ports (EUR/tonne)
     1001 10 00          Durum wheat high quality                                                                   11,56                              1,56
                         medium quality (1)                                                                         21,56                             11,56
     1001 90 91          Common wheat seed                                                                          24,70                             14,70
     1001 90 99          Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                                        24,70                             14,70
                         medium quality                                                                             62,98                             52,98
                         low quality                                                                                77,18                             67,18
     1002 00 00          Rye                                                                                        74,25                             64,25
     1003 00 10          Barley, seed                                                                               74,25                             64,25
     1003 00 90          Barley, other (3)                                                                          74,25                             64,25
     1005 10 90          Maize seed other than hybrid                                                               82,21                             72,21
     1005 90 00          Maize other than seed (3)                                                                  82,21                             72,21
     1007 00 90          Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                                74,25                             64,25
(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 31 May 2000 to 8 June 2000)
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/t)                                        128,55          117,60        107,30   95,67        166,76 (**)  156,76 (**)  103,72 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/t)                                       —               6,02          2,07    8,66            —             —           —
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)                               24,71            —             —        —              —             —           —
   (*) A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Great Lakes.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: 19,04 EUR/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: 27,27 EUR/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: 0,00 EUR/t (HRW2)
                                                                                                           0,00 EUR/t (SRW2).