CELEX: 31992R1688
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1688/92 of 29 June 1992 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

No L 176/38                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                30. 6. 92
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1688/92
                                                         of 29 June 1992
                                            fixing countervailing charges on seeds
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ;
                                                                     whereas information on offers which have no economic
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               effect on the market in particular because of the
 Economic Community,                                                 insignificant quantities for which they are made are to be
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices ;
 Portugal,                                                           Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1 665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case of price
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                information relating to a stage other than free-at­
 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the                Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of
 market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            that Regulation, the countervailing charge must be
 No 1740/91 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,            amended where a significant variation in the free-at­
 Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                frontier offer price is recorded ;
 provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus          Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforemen­
 customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize and hybrid               tioned provisions to the information currently available to
 sorgum for sowing and coming from a non-member                      the Commission, the countervailing charge in respect of
 country, is lower than the corresponding reference price, a         certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at the amounts
 countervailing charge on hybrid maize and hybrid                    indicated in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from
 that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding
                                                                     Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
 under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal
                                                                     No 1902/91 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 to the difference between the reference price and the
                                                                     813/92 Q, which fixed the countervailing charges for the
                                                                     preceding period, should be repealed ;
 free-at-frontier price plus customs duties ;
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Whereas the reference prices for the 1992/ 1993 market­             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 ing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing              Committee for Seeds,
 were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 1655/92 (3);                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each                                            Article 1
 country of provenance are determined using all
 available relevant information ; whereas such relevant             The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in
                                                                     the Annexes hereto.
 information is defined in Article 1 (1 ), (2) and (3) of
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72 (4), amended                                           Article 2
 by Regulation (EEC) No 281 1 /86 (*) ; whereas Article 3 of
 the same Regulation provides that the free-at-frontier              Regulation (EEC) No 813/92 is hereby repealed.
 offer prices for each country of provenance shall be
                                                                                               Article 3
 determined from the most favourable purchasing
 opportunities for the products in question calculated in           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 June 1992.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(■) OJ  No  L  246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  163, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 39.
(3) OJ  No  L  172, 27. 6. 1992, p. 49 .
(4) OJ  No  L  175, 2. 8. 1972, p. 49.                              (*) OJ No L 169, 29. 6. 1991 , p. 38.
0   OJ  No  L  260, 12. 9. 1986, p. 8.                              O OJ No L 86, 1 . 4. 1992, p. 76.
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                                          ANNEX I
               Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                        (ECU/100 kg)
                                           Amount of
                                                                   Country of
                    CN code              countervailing              origin (2)
                                            charge (')
           1005 10 11                          1,8                      512
                                               4,3                     064
                                              13.8                     404
                                              25,2                      066
                                              34.9                      068
                                              37,2                      056
                                              37,2                         1
           1005 10 13                          3,2                      048
                                               7,1                      064
                                               8,6                      528
                                              16,5                      066
                                              21.7                      062
                                              27.1                      068
                                              41.8                      388
                                              41,8                         2
           1005 10 15                         11,1                      400
                                              24.2                      066
                                              29,4                      048
                                              32.1                      404
                                              37.2                      052
                                              37.3                      038
                                              48.4                      512
                                              53.0                      346
                                              76.1                      064
                                              78,28                     388
                                             116,3                      528
                                             116,3                         3
           (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
               In the case of Spain it may not exceed the rate obtained by alignment
               on the Common Customs Tariff in accordance with the timetable
               specified in the Act of Accession.
           (2) Origin identification :
                  1 Other countries with the exception of Austria, Argentina, the
                    United States and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the
                    Yugoslav Republics of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia
                 2 Other countries with the exception of Japan, Austria, Turkey,
                    Chile, the United States and Canada
                 3 Other countries with the exception of Bulgaria and New Zealand
               038 Austria
               048 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics
                    of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia
               052 Turkey
               062 The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
               064 Hungary
               066 Romania
               068 Bulgaria
               346 Kenya
               388  South Africa
               400  the United States
               404  Canada
               512  Chile
               528 Argentina
               056 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan,
                    Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
               053 Estonia
               054 Latvia
               055 Lithuania
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                                        ANNEX II
               Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum for sowing
                                                           (ECU/100 kg)
                                          Amount of
                    CN code             countervailing Country of
                                             charge     origin (')
                   1007 00 10                 19,7        064
                                               9,2        400
            (') Origin identification :
                064 Hungary
                400 United States of America