CELEX: 31997R0490
Language: en
Date: 1997-03-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 490/97 of 17 March 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

No L 76/ 14         PEN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                18 . 3 . 97
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 490/97
                                                        of 17 March 1997
                                       amending the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
                                                                    tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             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 486/97,
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
 Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
  1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for                                     Article 1
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in         Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 486/97 are
 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 486/97 (4);                                                Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 March 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 17 March 1997.
                                                                              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  161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125 .
(«) OJ No  L  75, 15. 3. 1997, p. 41 .
 ---pagebreak---   18 . 3 . 97               EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                                   No L 76/ 15
                                                                        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
        C N code                                 Description
                                                                                                  Mediterranean ,                         ports (2)
                                                                                                the Black Sea or                       ( ECU/ tonne)
                                                                                         Baltic Sea ports ( ECU/tonne)
       1001 10 00        Durum wheat (')                                                                17,96                               7,96
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             30,73                               20,73
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           30,73                               20,73
                         medium quality                                                                35,74                               25,74
                         low quality                                                                   60,53                               50,53
       1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           66,39                               56,39
       1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  66,39                               56,39
       1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             66,39                               56,39
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   73,81                               63,81
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (-1)                                                     73,81                              63,81
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    66,39                              56,39
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the duty applicable is
     that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(2) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal (Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1 249/96), 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 .
(■') 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
     1249/ 96 are met.
 ---pagebreak---  No L 76/ 16               EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                              18 . 3 . 97
                                                                 ANNEX II
                                                    Factors for calculating duties
                                                            (for 14 March 1997)
 1 . Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                      Exchange quotations          Minneapolis      Kansas City Chicago    Chicago   Minneapolis M: n nca pcil i Λ
      Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)       HRS2. 14%       HRW2. 11,5%   SRW2        YC3       HAD2       US barley 2
     Quotation (ECU/tonne)                           1 29,43          133,81    120,37     104,37    172,43 (')   124,00 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          30,21           20,84       9,50     12,21       —             —
                                                                                                   I
     Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                     —               —         —          —                        —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,90 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 24,23 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).