CELEX: 31991R1902
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1902/91 of 28 June 1991 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

No L 169 /38                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 6 . 91
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1902/91
                                                          of 28 June 1991
                                             fixing countervailing charges on seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ;
                                                                      whereas information on offers which have no economic
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 effect on the market in particular because of the
Economic Community,                                                   insignificant quantities for which they are made are to be
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices ;
Portugal,                                                             Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1 665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case of price
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                  information relating to a stage other than free-at­
of 26 October 197r on the common organization of the                  Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of
market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              that Regulation, the Countervailing charge must be
No 1239/89 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,              amended where a significant variation in the free-at­
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                  frontier offer price is recorded ;
provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus            Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforemen­
customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize and hybrid                 tioned provisions to the information currently available to
sorgum for sowing and coming from a non-member                        the Commission, the countervailing charge in respect of
country, is lower than the corresponding reference price, a           certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at the amounts
countervailing charge on hybrid maize and hybrid                      indicated in the Annex to this Regulation ;
sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from                 Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding           No 1850/90 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal               778/91 Q, which fixed the countervailing charges for the
to the difference between the reference price and the                 preceding period, should be repealed ;
free-at-frontier price plus customs duties ;
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas the reference prices for the 1991 / 1992 market­              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
ing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing                Committee for Seeds,
were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1879/91 (3) ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each                                              Article 1
country of provenance are determined using all
available relevant information ; whereas such relevant                The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in
                                                                      the Annexes hereto .
information is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4), amended                                            Article 2
by Regulation (EEC) No 281 1 /86 (5) ; whereas Article 3 of
the same Regulation provides that the free-at-frontier                Regulation (EEC) No 1850/90 is hereby repealed.
offer prices for each country of provenance shall be                                            Article 3
determined from the most favourable purchasing
opportunities for the products in question calculated in              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 28 June 1991 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
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                                           ANNEX I
                 Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                         (ECU/100 kg)
                                            Amount of
                     CN code               countervailing            Country of
                                             charge (')               origin (2)
                    1005 10 11                    1,8                   048
                                                 13.8                   404
                                                 13.9                   064
                                                 15.1                   066
                                                 34,9                   068
                                                 37.2                   056
                                                 56,9                   400
                                                 56,9                       1
                    1005 10 13                   13.0                   064
                                                 13,7                   528
                                                 20,0                   048
                                                 21.7                   062
                                                 27.1                   068
                                                 40.2                   066
                                                 40,2                      2
                    1005 10 15                    6,1                   066
                                                 10,1                   038
                                                 18,9                   400
                                                 30,0                   512
                                                 53,0                   346
                                                 55,9                   064
                                                 56,5                   048
                                                 65.8                   528
                                               . 88,7                   052
                                                 88,7                      3
            (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
                In the case of Spain it may not exceed the rate obtained by alignment
                on the Common Customs Tariff in accordance with the timetable
                specified in the Act of Accession .
            (2) Origin identification :
                   1 Other countries with the exception of Austria, Chile and Argen­
                     tina
                  2 Other countries with the exception of Japan, Austria, Turkey,
                     Chile, the United States, South Africa and Canada
                  3 Other countries with the exception of Bulgaria, South Africa and
                     New Zealand
                048 Yugoslavia
                052 Turkey
                062 Czechoslovakia
                064 Hungary
                066 Romania
                068 Bulgaria
                346 Kenya
                400 the United States
                404 Canada
                512 Chile
                528 Argentina
                056 USSR
                                           ANNEX II
               Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum for sowing
                                                                         (ECU/100 kg)
                                            Amount of
                     CN code               countervailing            Country of
                                               charge                 origin (')
                    1007 00 10                    1,5                   624
                                                 19,7                   064
                                                 45,2                   400
            (') Origin identification :
                064 Hungary
                400 United States
                624 Israel