CELEX: 31997R0183
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 183/97 of 31 January 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

1 . 2 . 97         1 EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 31 / 19
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EC) No 183 / 97
                                                       of 31 January 1997
                                       fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        1766/92 for the 1996/97 marketing year as regards import
                                                                   duties in the cereals sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  force in cases where no quotation is available for the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission               reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                     (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                   next periodical fixing;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1249 /96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for            Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             function normally, the representative market rates
as regards import duties in the cereals sector (*), and in         recorded during a reference period should be used for
particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                calculating the duties;
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs              results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
Tariff are to be charged on import of the products                 Annex to this Regulation ,
referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas,
however, in the case of the products referred to in para­          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Regulation ( EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 31 January 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.
  ') 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 (')                                                                12,20                               2,20
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             34,14                               24,14
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (s)                           34,14                               24,14
                        medium quality                                                                39,62                               29,62
                        low quality                                                                   61,59                               51,59
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           69,98                               59,98
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  69,98                               59,98
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             69,98                               59,98
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  85,92                               75,92
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (-1)                                                    85,92                               75,92
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   69,98                               59,98
(') 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 Atlantic 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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                                                             4AfiVEAT 11
                                                  Factors for calculating duties
                                        (period from 15 January 1997 to 30 January 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)                        118,85         127,43      115,45       89,87   176,56 0     118,78 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                        35,77          21,71        11,71      12,96      —            —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                  —              —            —          —         —            —
    (') Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,80 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 23,22 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).