CELEX: 31997R1360
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1360/97 of 15 July 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 186/20          EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16 . 7 . 97
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1360/97
                                                          of 15 July 1997
                                        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
                                                                    are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 766/92
                                                                    force in cases where no quotation is available for the
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of 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                     Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for             function normally, the representative market rates
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             recorded during a reference period should be used for
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as             calculating the duties;
amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in parti­
cular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                      Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
                                                                    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                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,
however, in the case of the products referred to in para­                                    Article 1
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
the intervention price valid for such products on importa­          The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price             Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
applicable to the consignment in question;                          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 16 July 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 15 July 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
h) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
P) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(«) OJ No L 98 , 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
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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                                                             37,10                              27,10
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           37,10                              27,10
                         medium quality                                                                61,65                              51,65
                         low quality                                                                   72,08                              62,08
       1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           74,41                              64,41
       1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  74,41                              64,41
       1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             74,41                              64,41
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  98,32                              88,32
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed Q                                                       98,32                              88,32
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   86,35                              76,35
(') 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 .
(■1) 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 June 1997 to 14 July 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)                           118,01            108,47         106,45         86,72      1 80,09 (')  97,96 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          —
                                                                        11,64            3,23         8,66          —            —
     Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                  17,27              —              —             —             —            —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,98 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 22,36 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).