CELEX: 31996R0480
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-18
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 480/96 of 18 March 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

19 . 3 . 96             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 68 /21
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 480/96
                                                             of 18 March 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 457/96,
  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
  the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                          Article 1
  for the 1 995/96 marketing year as regards import duties
  in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation               Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 457/96 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 457/96 Is);                                                    Article 2
  Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 457/96
  provides that if during the period of application, the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 1996.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States .
                      Done at Brussels, 18 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 .
0    OJ   No   L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 13.
(<)  OJ   No   L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 5.
Is) OJ No L 64, 14. 3. 1996, p. 6.
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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 (')                                                               1,29                               0,00
       1001 90 91       Common wheat seed                                                             6,59                               0,00
       1001 90 99       Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           6,59                               0,00
                        medium quality                                                               27,53                              17,53
                        low quality                                                                  32,69                              22,69
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                         39,26                               29,26
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                39,26                               29,26
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                           39,26                              29,26
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                60,26                              50,26
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                   60,26                              50,26
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                 39,26                              29,26
(') 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.
0 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 8 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1 502/95
    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. 11%         SRW2         YC3         HAD2        US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            152,21        142,28        142,45      118,84      191,91 (2)    1 53,94 (2)
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          34,40         24,31         18,05       14,10         —              —
    Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                     —             —            —            —            —              —
    (') Fob Duluth .
    (2) Fob Gulf.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 10,70 per tonne; Great Lakes/St Lawrence — Rotterdam: ECU 29,38 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1502/95: ECU 0,00 per tonne).