CELEX: 31996R0534
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 534/96 of 27 March 1996 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 78/ 18          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 3 . 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 534/96
                                                         of 27 March 1996
                                         fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        1766/92 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import
                                                                     duties in the cereals sector,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)         reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
   No 1 863/95 (2),                                                  (EC) No 1502/95 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                     next periodical fixing;
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
   1502/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for            Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
  the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             function normally, the representative market rates
  for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import duties            recorded during a reference period should be used for
  in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation           calculating the duties;
  (EC) No 346/96 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,      Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95
  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 importa­                                  Article 1
  tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price
  applicable to the consignment in question;                        The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
                                                                    Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)            those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
  No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the           the information given in Annex II.
 basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
 tion on the world market;
                                                                                              Article 2
 Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 lays down detailed
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No           This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 1996.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 27 March 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2)  OJ No  L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
O    OJ No  L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
(«)  OJ No  L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 5.
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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)
                                                                                          Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)
       1001 10 00        Durum wheat (')                                                                5,05                              0,00
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                              9,00                              0,00
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            9,00                             0,00
                        medium quality                                                                27,65                             17,65
                        low quality                                                                   34,42                             24,42
       1002 00 00       Rye                                                                           42,14                            32,14
       1003 00 10       Barley, seed                                                                  42,14                            32,14
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             42,14                            32,14
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  59,82                            49,82
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     59,82                            49,82
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   42,14                            32,14
(') 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 13. 3. 1996 to 26. 3. 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 . 1 1 %      SRW2         YC3          HAD2       US barley 2
     Quotation (ECU/tonne)                           141,44        142,47        137,94      119,32      1 89,05 i1)   151,96 (2)
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                         43,67         23,98         21,75       14,97          —            —
     Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    —             —             —          —              —            —
     (') Fob Duluth.
     (2) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 10,72 per tonne; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam: ECU 29,42 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95: ECU 0,00 per tonne).