CELEX: 31995R1991
Language: en
Date: 1995-08-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1991/95 of 16 August 1995 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

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                                                                   I
                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1991 /95
                                                          of 16 August 1995
                                          fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 lays down detailed
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Community,                                                             1766/92 for the 1995/96 marketing year as regards import
                                                                       duties in the cereals sector ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  Whereas the improt duties are applicable until new duties
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                      are fixed and enter into force ; whereas they also remain
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)              in force in cases where no quotation is available for the
 No 1863/95 (2),                                                       reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                        (EC) No 1502/95 during the two weeks preceding the
 1502/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for                next periodical fixing ;
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
for the 1 995196 marketing year as regards import duties               function normally, the representative market rates
in the cereals sector (3), as amended by Regulation (EC)               recorded during a reference period should be used for
 No 181 7/95 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,           calculating the duties ;
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                      Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95
 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs                 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
Tariff are to be charged on import of the products                     Annex to this Regulation,
referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
however, in the case of the products referred to in para­
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to                                      Article 1
the intervention price valid for such products on importa­
tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price                The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
applicable to the consignment in question ;                            Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
                                                                       those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)                the information given in Annex II.
 No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the
                                                                                                Article 2
basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
tion on the world market :                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 August 1995.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 16 August 1995.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                            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 175,  27. 7. 1995, p. 23.
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                                                                       ANNEX I
                      Import duties lor 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 (3)
                                                                                                the Black Sea or                   (ECU/tonne) (')
                                                                                        Baltic Sea ports (ECU/tonne) (')
      1001 10 00        Durum wheat (2)                                                                10,00                             0
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                              22,53                            12,53
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (4)                            22,53                            12,53
                        medium quality                                                                43,79                             33,79
                        low quality                                                                    55,95                            45,95
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                            82,68                            72,68
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                   82,68                            72,68
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (4)                                                              82,68                            72,68
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                 118,78                           108,78
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (4)                                                    118,78                           108,78
      1007 90 00        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                  113,17                           103,17
(') Where import takes place in the month following the month of fixing, these import duty amounts are to be adjusted in accordance with the third
    subparagraph of Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95.
(2) 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
(3) 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 .
(4) 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 2. 8 . to 16. 8 . 1995):
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. 11%          SRW2          YC3           HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                              124,91        125,88      120,15        82,32       1 75,74 {')   89,05 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                             —            12,87         6,43       11,92           —            —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                      24,29          —           —            —              —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost : Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,21 per tonne ; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam : ECU 23,01 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95 : ECU 0,00 per tonne).