CELEX: 31997R2610
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2610/97 of 22 December 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 351 / 52             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 12. 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2610/97
                                                    of 22 December 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 2512/97,
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), as last        Annexes I and II to amended Regulation (EC) No
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2092/97 (4), and in                  2512/97 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this
particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,                                 Regulation .
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2512/97 (*), as                                            Article 2
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2589/97 (6);
Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96               This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December
provides that if during the period of application, the             1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 22 December 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (•) OJ L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
 I1) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
  3 OJ L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125 .
 («) OJ L 292, 25. 10 . 1997, p. 10 .
 M OJ L 345, 16. 12. 1997, p. 49.
 h) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 83.
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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 (')                                                                 0,00                              0,00
      1001 90 91        Common wheat seed                                                             35,51                              25,51
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           35,51                              25,51
                        medium quality                                                                54,09                              44,09
                        low quality                                                                   63,13                              53,13
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                           73,57                              63,57
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  73,57                              63,57
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             73,57                              63,57
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  79,07                              69,07
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     79,07                              69,07
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   73,57                              63,57
(') 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 Adantic 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 15 December 1997 to 18 December 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)                             123,89          115,71          112,25        98,32      214,81 (')    100,68 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                        14,46            8,89        7,14          -             —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    14,83             —              —            —             —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 13,58 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 23,61 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).