CELEX: 31996R1047
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-11
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1047/96 of 11 June 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

12. 6. 96             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 139/9
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1047/96
                                                          of 11 June 1996
                                       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 1020/96,
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  No 923/96 (2),
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
  1502/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                       Article 1
 for the 19 95/96 marketing year as regards import duties
 in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation            Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No
 (EC) No 346/96 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,       1020/96 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this
 Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed           Regulation.
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1020/96 (*), as
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1022/96 (6);                                                   Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1020/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1996.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 11 June 1996.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(■) OJ  No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0   OJ  No  L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
P)  OJ  No  L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
(4) OJ  No  L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 5.
0 OJ No L 135, 6. 6. 1996, p. 26.
(«) OJ No L 136, 7. 6. 1996, p. 15.
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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)
                                                                                         Balde Sea ports (ECU/tonne)
      1001 10 00        Durum wheat (')                                                               0,00                               0,00
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             0,00                               0,00
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           0,00                               0,00
                        medium quality                                                               12,15                               2,15
                        low quality                                                                  33,53                              23,53
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                          50,55                              40,55
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                 50,55                              40,55
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                            50,55                              40,55
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 42,54                              32,54
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                    42,54                              32,54
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  50,55                              40,55
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1502/95, the duty applicable is
    that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(2) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean (Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1 502/95), 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 .
(3) 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
    1502/95 are met.
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                                                             ANNEX II
Factors for calculating duties (period from 5. 6. 1996 to 10 . 6. 1996):
1 . Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                     Exchange quotations           Minneapolis    Kansas City Chicago     Chicago Mid-America  Mid-America
    Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)          HRS2. 14%     HRW2. 11%    SRW2          YC3     HAD2        US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            175,47         168,37    143,73       142,64  200,07 (')    137,61 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                     17,34     20,59        12,67     —             —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    25,55           —         —            —        —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 11,00 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 20,69 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95: ECU 0,00 per tonne).