CELEX: 31997R2188
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-03
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2188/97 of 3 November 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 299 / 16              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               4. 11 . 97
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2188/97
                                                       of 3 November 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 21 56/97,
 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                                      Article 1
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last
                                                                    Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2156/97 are
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2092/97 (4), and in
                                                                    hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation .
 particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,
 Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
                                                                                             Article 2
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 21 56/97 Is);
 Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96              This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November
 provides that if during the period of application, the             1997.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 3 November 1997 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0   OJ  L 126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
0   OJ  L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ  L 292,  25. 10 . 1997, p. 10 .
(s  OJ  L 298 , 1 . 11 . 1997, p. 19.
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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 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 (')                                                                 0,00                              0,00
      1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             29,31                              19,31
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           29,31                              19,31
                         medium quality                                                                44,46                             34,46
                         low quality                                                                   57,77                             47,77
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           72,06                             62,06
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                   72,06                             62,06
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              72,06                             62,06
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   78,26                             68,26
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                      78,26                             68,26
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    72,06                             62,06
(') 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 for calculating duties
                                                         (for 31 October 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)                            130,22            123,71         115,91         96,38      213,53 (')   102,13 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                        14,72            9,49         8,53         —             —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    14,66                             —             —            —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 13,13 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 22,10 per tonne.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
                                                                                                   : ECU 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).