CELEX: 31996R0164
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 164/96 of 30 January 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

31 . 1 . 96              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 24/21
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 164/96
                                                          of 30 January 1996
                                        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 ;
 Community,
                                                                      whereas it is therefore necessary to adjust the import
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 63/96,
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 1863/95 (2),                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 1502/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for
                                                                                              Article 1
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import duties
 in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation             Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 63/96 are hereby
 (EC) No 2481 /95 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,     replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation .
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
                                                                                             Article 2
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 63/96 (*) ;
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 63/96                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January
 provides that if during the period of application, the               1996 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                     Done at Brussels, 30 January 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 .
(3) OJ   No  L 147,   30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
(4) OJ   No  L 256,   26. 10. 1995, p. 10.
Ì5) OJ No L 13, 18. 1 . 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)
                                                                                         Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne)
      1001 10 00        Durum wheat (')                                                                0,00                              0,00
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             11,80                              1,80
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           11,80                              1,80
                        medium quality                                                                24,74                            14,74
                        low quality                                                                   34,26                            24,26
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           21 »96                           11,96
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  21,96                            11,96
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             21,96                            1 1,96
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  66,10                            56,10
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     66,10                            56,10
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   21,96                            11,96
(') 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 1502/95), 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 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 17. 1 . 1996 to 29. 1 . 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)                             137,20         144,38      138,88       109,60       210,12 (2)   1 66,39 (2)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           39,36          18,95        15,21       12,65          —             —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                      —              —           —            —             —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
    (2) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost : Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,72 per tonne ; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam : ECU 29,55 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1 502/95 : ECU 0,00 per tonne).