CELEX: 31996R1004
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1004/96 of 4 June 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

5. 6. 96           I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 134/15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1004/96
                                                          of 4 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
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 966/96,
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 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 966/96 are
(EC) No 346/96 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,      hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 966/96 (*);                                                 Article 2
Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 966/96
provides that if during the period of application, the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 June 1996.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 4 June 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No  L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ No  L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
(<) OJ No  L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 5.
Is) OJ No L 131 , 1 . 6. 1996, p. 3.
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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 (J)
                                                                                                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                                                              0,00                              0,00
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            0,00                              0,00
                        medium quality                                                                 0,00                              0,00
                        low quality                                                                   16,64                              6,64
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           49,98                            39,98
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  49,98                            39,98
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             49,98                            39,98
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  28,89                            18,89
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     28,89                            18,89
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   49,98                            39,98
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1 502/95, the duty applicable is
    that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(*) 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 Atlantic 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 22. 5. 1996 to 3. 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. 1 1 %   SRW2         YC3      HAD2        US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            183,69        186,12     1 59,97     154,76   202,59 (')    138,140
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                    21,37       20,68      13,41      —             —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    25,75          —           —          —         —             —
    (') Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 11,56 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 20,73 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95: ECU 0,00 per tonne).