CELEX: 31997R0788
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 788/97 of 30 April 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

1 . 5 . 97             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 114/ 13
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 788/97
                                                          of 30 April 1997
                                         fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1766/92 for the 1996/97 marketing year as regards import
                                                                     duties in the cereals sector;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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 ('), 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
 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for              Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               function normally, the representative market rates
as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as               recorded during a reference period should be used for
amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in parti­             calculating the duties;
cular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                    results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs                Annex to this Regulation,
Tariff are to be charged on import of the products
referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,
however, in the case of the products referred to in para­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
the intervention price valid for such products on importa­                                    Article 1
tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price
applicable to the consignment in question;                           The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
                                                                     those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the
                                                                     the information given in Annex II.
basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
tion on the world market;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 April 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 98 , 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
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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 (')                                                                4,90                                0,00
       1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             24,01                               14,01
       1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing Q                             24,01                               14,01
                         medium quality                                                                23,03                               13,03
                         low quality                                                                   46,82                               36,82
       1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           78,87                               68,87
       1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  78,87                               68,87
       1003 00 90       Barley, other (3)                                                              78,87                               68,87
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   83,10                              73,10
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (3)                                                      83,10                              73,10
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   78,87                               68,87
(') 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.
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                                                              ANNEX II
                                                   Factors for calculating duties
                                           (period from 16 April 1997 to 29 April 1997)
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)                           144,39        1 53,49      137,03      102,39  177,08 (')    103,11 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                          —
                                                                    17,65       10,32        8,69     —             —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                  13,58           _           —           —        —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam : ECU 12,50 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 24,70 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).