CELEX: 31999R1137
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1137/1999 of 31 May 1999 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

1. 6. 1999           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 137/3
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1137/1999
                                                      of 31 May 1999
                                    fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
                                                                   rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector;
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 (1), 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
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/               next periodical fixing;
96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the              Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as              function normally, the representative market rates
regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last           recorded during a reference period should be used for
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2519/98 (4), and in                  calculating the duties;
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs              Annex to this Regulation,
Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
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                                           Article 1
importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import
price applicable to the consignment in question; however,          The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common            Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
Customs Tariff;                                                    those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
                                                                   the information given in Annex II.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the                                     Article 2
basis of the representative prices for the product in ques-
tion on the world market;                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 31 May 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 135, 25.11.1998, 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                                                       46,65                               36,65
                        medium quality (1)                                                             56,65                               46,65
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                              56,87                               46,87
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            56,87                               46,87
                        medium quality                                                                 86,22                               76,22
                        low quality                                                                   102,71                               92,71
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           104,25                               94,25
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  104,25                               94,25
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             104,25                               94,25
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  102,82                               92,82
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     102,82                               92,82
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   104,25                               94,25
(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 14 May to 28 May 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/t)                                      111,88         96,78         88,26     81,06       133,71 (**)   123,71 (**)   76,11 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/t)                                                    9,62        1,65      8,74                                   
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)                             11,61                                                                      
   (*) A discount of EUR 10/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico  Rotterdam: EUR 12,97/t; Great Lakes  Rotterdam: EUR 25,23/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 : EUR 0,00/t (HRW2)
                                                                                                        : EUR 0,00/t (SRW2).