CELEX: 31996R1787
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-13
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1787/96 of 13 September 1996 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

14. 9 . 96         I EN 1              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 233/ 15
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1787/96
                                                      of 13 September 1996
                                        fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
   Community,                                                       force in cases where no quotation is available for the
                                                                    reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
   of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                next periodical fixing;
   market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
   Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                   Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
                                                                    function normally, the representative market rates
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   recorded during a reference period should be used for
   1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for           calculating the duties;
  the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
  as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in        Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
  particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                               results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
  Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 Annex to this Regulation,
  provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs
  Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
  referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  however, in the case of the products referred to in para­
 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
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)           Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
  No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the          those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
 basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­       the information given in Annex II.
 tion on the world market;
 Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed                                      Article 2
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1766/92 for the 1996/97 marketing year as regards import          This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September
 duties in the cereals sector;                                     1996 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 13 September 1996.
                                                                             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.
O OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
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                                                                         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
                                                                                                    or sea from                       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 (')                                                               15,75                               5,75
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                              33,28                              23,28
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            33,28                              23,28
                         medium quality                                                                43,09                              33,09
                         low quality                                                                   49,42                              39,42
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           73,46                              63,46
      1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  73,46                              63,46
      1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             73,46                              63,46
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   75,80                              65,80
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      75,80                              65,80
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    87,57                              77,57
(') 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 1 249/96), 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 for calculating duties
                                           (period from 30 August to 12 September 1996)
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)                           126,75        130,09       128,58      107,62  161,180       1 03,47 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          —
                                                                   12,61          7,80      16,49    —               —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                   16,89          —            —           —       —               —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 8,94 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 17,82 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).