CELEX: 31998R0929
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 929/98 of 30 April 1998 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

1. 5. 98             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 130/9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 929/98
                                                      of 30 April 1998
                                    fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
                                                                   rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector;
Community,
                                                                   Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  force in cases where no quotation is available for the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                     (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                   next periodical fixing;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/               Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the              function normally, the representative market rates
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as              recorded during a reference period should be used for
regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last           calculating the duties;
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2092/97 (4), and in
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,                                  Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
                                                                   results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  Annex to this Regulation,
provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs
Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,
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                  The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import            Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
price applicable to the consignment in question;                   those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
                                                                   the information given in Annex II.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
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 1 May 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 April 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 292, 25. 10. 1997, p. 10.
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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 air or
                                                                                                   or sea from                    by 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)                                                                0,60                               0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             49,13                             39,13
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           49,13                             39,13
                        medium quality                                                                74,59                             64,59
                        low quality                                                                   88,14                             78,14
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           99,04                             89,04
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  99,04                             89,04
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             99,04                             89,04
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  95,25                             85,25
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     95,25                             85,25
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   99,04                             89,04
(1) 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 1249/96), 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.
(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
    1249/96 are met.
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                                                             ANNEX II
                                                 Factors for calculating duties
                                          (period from 16 April 1998 to 29 April 1998)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                   Exchange quotations           Minneapolis   Kansas-City     Chicago      Chicago     Minneapolis  Minneapolis
   Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)        HRS2. 14 % HRW2. 11,5 %         SRW2         YC3          HAD2       US barley 2
   Quotation (ECU/tonne)                           122,50        106,69          99,53       88,93       183,82 (1)   85,86 (1)
   Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                                      12,72           6,33        9,81                      
   Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                  13,27                                                            
   (1) Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico  Rotterdam: ECU 11,60 per tonne; Great Lakes  Rotterdam: ECU 20,69 per tonne.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
                                                                                                    : ECU 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).