CELEX: 31997R2255
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-12 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2255/97 of 12 November 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

13 . li . 97            PEN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               L 310 /23
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2255/97
                                                       of 12 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
                                                                     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 2156/97,
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
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2092/97 (4), and in                    Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No
                                                                     2156/97 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this
particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                     Regulation .
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2156/97 (^ as                                                Article 2
amended by Regulation (EC) No 21 88 /97 (6);
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96                This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 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, 12 November 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
') 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.
") OJ   L  292,  25. 10 . 1997, p. 10 .
') OJ   L  298,  1 . 11 . 1997, p. 19.
«) OJ   L  299,  4. 11 . 1997, p. 16.
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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                                                               49,84                              39,84
                          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 Q                                                      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 1 249/96), 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 31 October 1997 to 11 November 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          118,06         115,91         96,38      213,53 (')   102,13 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                        15,30            9,49         8,53         —             —
     Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    14,66            —              —             —            —             —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 13,10 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).