CELEX: 31997R2512
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2512/97 of 15 December 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

16. 12 . 97           EN I            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 345/49
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2512/97
                                                   of 15 December 1997
                                     fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
Community,                                                        force in cases where no quotation is available for the
                                                                  reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 next periodical fixing;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                    Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
                                                                  function normally, the representative market rates
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                    recorded during a reference period should be used for
1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for            calculating the duties;
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last       Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2092/97 (4), and in parti­          results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
cular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,                                     Annex to this Regulation,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
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 importa­
tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price           The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
applicable to the consignment in question;                        Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)           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 16 December
1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector;           1997 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(») OJ L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0 OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
b) 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 (')                                                               0,00                               0,00
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                            30,50                              20,50
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                          30,50                              20,50
                        medium quality                                                               48,99                              38,99
                        low quality                                                                  57,83                              47,83
     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 Adantic 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 1 December 1997 to 12 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)                             127,36           119,98         116,69        98,32      214,81 (')    100,68 (')
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                       - 15,55         10,00         7,14          —            —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    16,39              —             —            —             —            —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 13,31 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 23,59 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).