CELEX: 31984R1864
Language: en
Date: 1984-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1864/84 of 29 June 1984 fixing the countervailing charges on seeds

30 . 6 . 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 172/69
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1864/84
                                                        of 29 June 1984
                                           fixing countervailing charges on seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     which they are made are to be disregarded for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                       purpose of calculating these prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                                No 1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       of price information relating to a stage other than free
2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organi­                   at-Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4
zation of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by              (2) of that Regulation, the countervailing charge must
Regulation (EEC) No 1581 /83 (2), and in particular                be amended where a significant variation in the free
Article 6 (5) thereof,                                             at-frontier offer price is recorded ;
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71               Whereas, as a result of the application of the afore­
provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus         mentioned provisions to the information currently
customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize for sowing              available to the Commission, the countervailing charge
and coming from a non-member country, is lower                     in respect of certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at
than the corresponding reference price, a countervail­             the amounts indicated in the Annex to this Regula­
                                                                   tion ;
ing charge shall be levied on imports of the hybrid
from that country, subject to obligations resulting from           Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
binding under GATT ; whereas the countervailing                    No 1761 /83 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
charge is equal to the difference between the reference            No 1468/84 (*), which fixed the countervailing charges
price and the free-at-frontier price plus customs                  for the preceding period, should be repealed ;
duties ;
                                                                   Whereas the Management Committee for Seeds has
Whereas the reference prices for the 1984/85 market­               not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
ing year for hybrid maize for sowing were fixed in                 its chairman,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/84 (3);
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
country of provenance are determined using all
available relevant information ; whereas such relevant                                     Article 1
information is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4) ;                      The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as
                                                                   shown in the Annex hereto.
whereas Article 3 of the same Regulation provides that
the free-at-frontier offer prices for each country of
provenance shall be determined from the most favour­                                       Article 2
able purchasing opportunities for the products in                  Regulation (EEC) No 1761 /83 is hereby repealed.
question calculated in accordance with Articles 1 and
2 of the Regulation ; whereas information on offers                                        Article 3
which have no economic effect on the market in
particular because of the insignificant quantities for             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1984.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 June 1984.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L 246,  5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 163,  22. 6. 1983, p. 23.
(3) See  page 60 of this Official Journal.                         0 OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1983, p. 25.
(4) OJ   No L 175,  2. 8. 1972, p. 49.                             (6 OJ No L 142, 29. 5. 1984, p. 29.
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                                                       ANNEX
                                Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing .
                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                CCT                                                    Amount of
               heading                     Description                countervailing  Country of origin
                 No                                                     charge (■)
          ex 10.05        Maize :                                                    I
                          A. Hybrid for sowing :
                                I. Double hybrids and top cross
                                   hybrids                                173        Romania
                                                                          173        Other countries (*)
                               II. Three cross hybrids                    163        Hungary
                                                                          16,3       Other countries (3)
                              III. Single hybrids                         20,9       Spain
                                                                          28,8       Hungary
                                                                          78,9       Austria
                                                                          78,9       Other countries (4)
          (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
          Q   With the exception of Spain, USA, Canada, Yugoslavia, Hungary and Austria.
          (3) With the exception of Canada, Spain, USA, Chile, Japan, Austria, Romania and Yugoslavia.
          (4) With the exception of the USA, Canada, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Romania.